Europe

Pope Francis meets in Bari February 23 with bishops of the Mediterranean

After the Bari ‘synod’… what’s the Church’s vision for the Mediterranean?

EU migration and asylum pact - Church, civil society groups urge 'fair, sustainable and humane' solutions

EU migration and asylum pact: Church, civil society groups urge “fair, sustainable and humane” solutions

'Solidarity, subsidiarity, cooperation' - COMECE bishops back EU plan to beat cancer

“Solidarity, subsidiarity, cooperation”: COMECE bishops back EU plan to beat cancer

'Green deal' for Europe

Catholic aid org CIDSE calls on EU “to make ‘Green Deal’ work” for partner countries, climate, biodiversity

Mother and child refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, 2015

Three cardinals urge EU governments, bishops’ conferences to take in refugees “stuck indefinitely” on Greek islands

Bishops on the first day of the Bari 'synod' on the Mediterranean February 19

On first day of Bari ‘synod’, bishops deplore “economic and interested wall” dividing Mediterranean

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for 'selfish' migration policy

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for “nearsighted, selfish, individualistic and unfair” migration policy

Sunrise in Bari - Vatican, Italian cardinals look forward to Bari 'synod' as start of 'great Mediterranean spring'

Vatican, Italian cardinals see Bari ‘synod’ as start of “great Mediterranean spring”

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli - 'To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they're from'

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli: “To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they’re from”

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets 'dangerous precedent'

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets “dangerous precedent”

Catholic Archbishop of Athens Greece is determined to break the shackles of the economic and financial crisis

Catholic Archbishop of Athens: “Greece is determined to break the shackles of the economic and financial crisis”

Vicar apostolic in Turkey - 'The Mediterranean has forgotten its vocation to hospitality'

Vicar apostolic in Turkey: “The Mediterranean has forgotten its vocation to hospitality”

Albania bishop George Frendo

Albania archbishop lobbies in Brussels for EU accession: “My country has much to offer”

European countries, others join Trump's 'International Religious Freedom Alliance'

European countries, others join Trump’s “International Religious Freedom Alliance”

Humanitarian corridors of Sant'Egidio

3,000 refugees reach Europe safely and legally through Catholic “humanitarian corridors” across national, religious lines

Environmental protection 'intrinsic part of Christian faith'

Environmental protection “intrinsic part of Christian faith”, Churches insist in Brussels

Auschwitz

European Bishops say ‘no’ to anti-Semitism and political manipulation of the truth 75 years after Auschwitz

COMECE-CEC delegation meets with the Croatian EU Presidency

EU bishops “annoyed” not to have been included in new Brussels Conference on future of Europe

A migrant on a refugee boat in the Mediterranean

Italian bishop: Bari ‘Mediterranean Synod’ to transform “sea of death” into “welcoming haven”

Syrian refugees sleep on the floor of Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, 2015

Vatican officials insist in heart of Europe that “history is made of migrations”, praise Global Compacts on migrants, refugees

Vatican 'Foreign Minister' Paul Richard Gallagher

Vatican ‘Foreign Minister’ asks EU for “deep, extensive and universal commitment” to migrants

Brexit

Italian Bishops’ secretary urges EU to rethink common project in wake of Brexit

Anti-climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg

Irish Primate defends “prophet” Greta as Polish bishops redouble attacks

French priest and Holocaust investigator Patrick Desbois

French priest investigating Nazi mass killings in Europe: “Holocaust deniers are getting stronger”

Young businessman (stock)

European Young Christian Workers lament decreasing job security, loss of rights

Pope Francis

Pope issues plea to “save” Europe from “frightening” populism

Pope Francis meeting some 5,000 scouts from over 20 European countries on August 3, 2019

Pope sums up his vision for Europe in these five words

Victims of the Roma Holocaust

Churches warn Roma Holocaust “not a thing of the past”

Rubbish on a beach in Guyana

Churches blast “greed and indifference” at root of ecological crisis

Boat people off the coast of Sicily

Church orgs want end to “criminalisation of solidarity” after “year’s worst Mediterranean tragedy”