solidarity

Coronavirus in Italy

Milan archbishop criticises “alarmism” over coronavirus, apathy for victims in poorer countries; Vatican also takes preventative measures

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

The German Churches christen their new refugee rescue ship

“When people drown, we have to help”: German Churches christen Med refugee rescue ship

Poverty and inquality in Europe

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

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

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”

Pope Francis in his Santa Marta Mass February 18

Francis, in Santa Marta: “Jesus is a slap to hardheartedness”

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”

German bishop Gregor Maria Hanke (Eichstätt) decries - 'We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries'

German bishop decries: “We live with our prosperity at the expense of less developed countries”

Pope Francis presides over a Vatican Synod of Bishops

Vatican summit for refugees in 2022? Synod warns of “urgent need to express solidarity with forced migrants”

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

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

'Querida Amazonía', the Pope's post-Amazon Synod exhortation

‘Querida Amazonía’: 7 of the Pope’s most powerful political statements, beyond the Church debates

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”

Pope Francis in a new interview on Italian TV

Pope says ‘holier than thou’ believers unwilling to help others, “get hands dirty” only “superficial” Christians

New papal trips announced for 2020

New papal trips to denounce dumping of toxic waste in Italy, plight of migrants in Malta

Pope Francis caresses the belly of a pregnant woman February 10 in an audience with the Knights of Colombus

Francis encourages Catholics to “make ourselves one with all, starting with the last, the excluded, the discarded”

German Churches buy Med refugee rescue ship

“Urgently needed, lives are in danger”: German Churches buy Med refugee rescue ship

Athens Catholic archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos accuses EU of "great inconsistency" on migrants

Athens Catholic archbishop accuses EU of “great inconsistency” on migrants

Vatican cardinal Ayuso highlights 'ABCs' of interfaith coexistence

Vatican cardinal stresses ‘ABCs’ of interfaith dialogue: “Friendship, peace and living together”

Pope Francis February 9 in the Angelus prayer

Angelus: Pope urges responsible use of technology to prevent trafficking, renews plea for “beloved and martyred” Syria

Interfaith Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity bearing fruit in Croatia

Interfaith Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity bears fruit in Croatia

Deportation of asylum seekers in Austria

Austrian bishop slams “blatant injustice” of deportation of Christian-convert asylum seeker

Spanish-African bishops insist 'No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants'

Spanish-African bishops insist: “No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants”

Pope pleads for economy based on 'inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development'

Pope pleads for economy based on “inclusion, care for our Common Home and integral human development”

Josef Marketz, the new Bishop of Gurk-Klagenfurt in Austria, in favour of optional celibacy

New Austrian bishop: optional celibacy would solve “problems”, create vocations, ease “loneliness” in priests

Pope agitates for global economic reform with leading world economists and finance ministers

Pope agitates for global economic reform: “A rich world can and must put an end to poverty”

Child Lesbos refugees

Cardinal Marx donates 100,000 euros to Lesbos refugees