Citizens of the European Uni-on want EU politicians to be more actively engaged in inter-national issues such as the Ukraine war, an Italian bishop said after the EU elections earlier this month. Bishop Mariano Crociata of Latina, president of the Bishops’ Conferences...
Panicked-stricken people and police were seen in Russia’s volatile Dagestan region. The area plunged into mourning on June 24 following attacks against houses of worship in the regional capital, Makhachkala and Derbent, with an ancient Jewish community. The...
A statement on June 24 released by the Holy See Press Office said Pope Francis has appointed Abp Georg Gänswein, Titular Abp of Urbisaglia, and Prefect Emeritus of the Papal Household, as Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. Archbishop Gänswein, who is...
Thousands of people from across Italy braved the summer heat to join the national Demonstration for Life in Rome on the afternoon of June 22. “Let’s Choose Life” was the motto of the annual procession, which began at 2 pm in Rome’s Piazza della Repubblica, close to...
The timing at the moment seems premature, but “if there were openness on the part of the Chinese, the Pope would also go immediately” to China, a land for which he has always shown great appreciation and esteem for its people, history and its culture. Cardinal Pietro...
