Thursday, 07 November 2019 23:05
Belgium: church welcomes migrants
The parish of Riches Claires has a dedicated committee that has worked for thirty years helping new arrivals to Europe. For many residents in Brussels the Christian outreach was a key step for their integration into…
Thursday, 07 November 2019 23:03
Italy: two nuns expecting babies
An investigation has been launched by the Catholic Church after two missionary nuns became pregnant whilst working in Africa. One of the nuns, a mother superior, aged 34, only realised she was pregnant when she visited…
Friday, 01 November 2019 00:06
Vatican: ‘Click to Pray’ eRosary app
Frédéric Fornos, director of the Pope's worldwide prayer network, has said that the eRosary combines the best of Church tradition with the best of technology. The device is aimed at young people who seek to learn…
Friday, 01 November 2019 00:02
France: secularism sowing hatred and division
Religion is again at the forefront of French public debate. After an 84-year-old former far-right candidate fired shots at a mosque in Bayonne, Emmanuel Macron evoked the French concept of ‘laïcité’ in a speech at the…
Friday, 25 October 2019 09:51
Europe’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia
European countries temporarily halted arms exports to Turkey after its military incursion into Syria. But Europe’s other arms trading partner, Saudi Arabia, has caused deaths or injuries of 18,000 in Yemen, where 24.1 million need humanitarian…
Friday, 25 October 2019 09:49
Brussels: concern for displaced Venezuelans
The EU, along with UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), is organising a high-level international conference on 28 and 29 October in Brussels. They are calling for urgent and concerted action for Venezuelan refugees…