Press releases

Catholics say moving last goodbye in Paris to young migrant stowaway found dead in plane undercarriage

Catholics say moving last goodbye in Paris to young migrant stowaway found dead in plane undercarriage

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

Poverty and inquality in Europe

Church charity Caritas denounces bureaucracy, legal barriers to basic services increasing poverty, inequality in Europe

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

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

French laypeople say Pope's Amazon exhortation invitation to be 'inventive... without waiting for the hierarchy'

French laypeople say Amazon exhortation invitation to be “inventive… without waiting for the hierarchy”

'Green deal' for Europe

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

Shootings in Hanau, Germany

Updated: Hanau terrorist attack: Christians from Germany, beyond ask: “Why such evil, inexcusable violence?”

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”

European Jewish Congress honours Pope for commitment to fighting antisemitism

European Jewish Congress honours Pope for “unrelenting commitment” to fighting antisemitism

Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Father Alexandre Awi Mello

Vatican secretary: “Laity are not to be seen as ‘auxiliaries of the hierarchy’, but as equally responsible for the faith”

Vatican, World Council of Churches rethink ecumenical, interfaith solidarity 'in a wounded world'

Vatican, World Council of Churches rethink ecumenical, interfaith solidarity “in a wounded world”

EU Bishops of COMECE urge Brussels to 'policy coherence'

EU Bishops of COMECE urge Brussels to “policy coherence” on trade, development, climate, human rights

Amazon Synod - an indigenous woman blesses Pope Francis in 2017

Despite Amazon Synod snub, global Catholic women vow to “take responsibility for our Church into our hands”

Pope's post-synodal apostolic exhortation 'Querida Amazonía'

Catholic aid org CIDSE welcomes Amazon exhortation: “A poetic call to undertake radical changes”

Turkey - 'Christians are losing everything they own'

Turkey: “Christians are losing everything they own”

Vatican cardinal Pietro Parolin responded to the Rome national conservatism conference in an event with Sant'Egidio

Vatican responds to Rome national conservatism conference: “Nationalisms are childish reactions to the great global world”

Albania bishop George Frendo

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

EU Bishops establish 'dialogue' with EU Court of Justice

EU Bishops establish “dialogue” with Court of Justice on non-discrimination, family law, Church-State relations

Caritas, EU Bishops remind Brussels of potential of faith-based organisations for promoting development

Caritas, EU Bishops remind Brussels of potential of faith-based organisations for integral human development

Catholic women stand up to be counted (stock)

Catholic women launch global pilgrimage for equal rights, healing of “broken” Church

Prayer vigil in Barcelona against migrant detention centres

Catholics protest for end to Spanish migrant detention centres: “More hospitality, less hostility”

Mass with survivors in the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Auschwitz

In Mass with survivors at Auschwitz, Polish bishop deplores “cruel martyrdom” of Holocaust victims

Pope Francis walks past a statue of Martin Luther

Lutherans and Catholics to pray together to mark anniversary of Luther’s excommunication

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

Archbishop of Malta, Charles Scicluna, embraces asylum seekers

Malta archbishop embraces asylum seekers: “You are welcome. Feel part of our family”

Pope Francis hugs a young child

Thousands of young people to meet in Assisi to realise Pope’s dream of a “new economy on a human scale”

A sign at a Stop ISDS protest

French Catholic development org denounces “à la carte justice” for transnationals

Cardinal Zuppi, taking possession January 11 of the title of the church of Sant'Egidio in Rome

Italian cardinal decries “painful experiences” of “always useless” wars: “May the skies of peace open!”