International
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Hezbollah-Israel clashes displace thousands of Christians in South Lebanon
By Admin Webmaster 12/28/2023 7:36:40 PMUp to 90 percent of the population of southern Lebanon’s Christian villages have left their homes since October seeking safety from daily rocket fire exchanged on the Israel-Lebanon border.
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We have no time to contrast biodiversity loss
By Admin Webmaster 12/28/2023 7:30:03 PMAs part of a study on the impact of climate change and the loss of biodiversity, researchers from University College London have found that organisms’ populations could decline abruptly rather than gradually, leaving us with very little time to respond.
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Church leaders in Jerusalem insist on immediate ceasefire in Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 12/24/2023 6:43:48 AMChristian leaders in Jerusalem meet with President Herzog to convey the Church’s consistent stance calling for an immediate cessation of the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip.
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COMECE: EU Pact on Migration fails to protect human rights
By Admin Webmaster 12/23/2023 9:29:30 PMThe Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) raises the alarm about the potential risks of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum highlighting its shortcomings in protecting the right to asylum and other human rights.
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UNICEF warns of “very high" risk of famine in Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 12/23/2023 9:12:32 PMThe UN children’s agency says that more than a million Palestinians are experiencing “emergency levels of acute food insecurity”, and calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
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Nicaragua: Another Bishop arrested
By Admin Webmaster 12/22/2023 9:29:50 PMNicaraguan police arrest Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega of Siuna, after he prays publicly for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, who was sentenced to 26 years in prison without a trial.
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New EU Asylum and Migration Pact triggers rights concerns
By Admin Webmaster 12/22/2023 8:56:13 AMCaritas Europa expresses concern for the potential negative impact of the new EU Asylum and Migration Pact, particularly regarding detention centres, an accelerated deportation procedure, and the shifting of responsibility to EU border states.
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Rachel Goldberg's wish for a 'Christmas of Peace' for all
By Admin Webmaster 12/22/2023 8:46:46 AMIn a video sent to Vatican Media to Pope Francis to “all friends in the Vatican“, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of an Israeli hostage still being held by Hamas, expresses gratitude for the Holy Father‘s closeness, sends seasonal greetings to all Christians and voices hope for a Christmas of peace.
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UN: Nicaragua moving away from rule of law
By Admin Webmaster 12/21/2023 8:28:03 PMAs the International Red Cross suspends its mission in Nicaragua, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that restrictions on civic space persist, with repeated cases of arbitrary detention.
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Scholas Occurrentes awarded human rights prize
By Admin Webmaster 12/21/2023 9:05:40 AMScholas Occurrentes, the educational movement established by Pope Francis, is awarded the University of Seville's 'Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo' human rights prize.
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Gaza parish priest: ‘I knew victims of attack on Catholic church’
By Admin Webmaster 12/18/2023 7:40:47 PMFr. Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, laments the murder by Israeli snipers of two Christian women who had taken refuge in the church compound.
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Pope condemns attacks on civilians in Gaza: ‘It is war; it is terrorism’
By Admin Webmaster 12/17/2023 8:49:39 PMPope Francis launches a heartfelt appeal for an end to the “terrorism” of war, and condemns an Israeli military attack on Gaza’s Holy Family Catholic Parish, which killed two Christian women and destroyed a convent of the Missionaries of Charity.
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Two women killed in Israeli attack on Holy Family parish in Gaza
By Admin Webmaster 12/17/2023 6:54:11 AMThe Israeli military on Saturday entered the compound of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, shooting at anyone leaving the church. The victims are an elderly woman and her daughter who rushed out of the building to rescue her mother.
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CAFOD: People of Gaza urgently need help
By Admin Webmaster 12/16/2023 6:33:01 AMCAFOD reiterates its appeals for an urgent ceasefire and launches a campaign to help the people of Gaza, where people are starving and cold, and where half the entire population is displaced with far-reaching consequences.
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Pope renews appeal for immediate Gaza ceasefire
By Admin Webmaster 12/13/2023 6:36:47 PM"No to weapons, yes to peace", Pope Francis says, renewing his appeal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages there.
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A colloquium to reflect on the role of film and artistic story-telling in Portugal's former African colonies.
By Admin Webmaster 12/13/2023 9:41:39 AMA look at the liberation struggle in Portugal's former African colonies through the eyes of film and art, 50 years after independence, is being held in Rome.
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More calls for Gaza ceasefire
By Admin Webmaster 12/12/2023 9:51:39 AMThe World Health Organization has adopted a resolution urging for prompt and unobstructed humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.
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COP28: The fight for survival of Indigenous peoples
By Admin Webmaster 12/10/2023 6:30:08 AMThey have come from afar to defend their ways of life. Indigenous peoples from around the world are represented at COP28, courted by journalists, but sometimes side-lined in the immense Dubai World Expo site.
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Save the Children: 'Every hour without a ceasefire children die in Gaza'
By Admin Webmaster 12/7/2023 8:14:17 AMOver one million children – or the entire child population - in Gaza have been left with nowhere safe to go as ground military operations were launched in Khan Younis following the collapse on Sunday of the truce between the Israeli government and Hamas.
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UNICEF: In wealthier countries, 1 in 5 children living in poverty
By Admin Webmaster 12/6/2023 8:19:30 PMA new UNICEF report states that one in five children among the 40 wealthiest nations faces poverty, lacking basic necessities like food and housing.
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COP28: Sustainable agriculture is antidote to climate change
By Admin Webmaster 12/6/2023 7:34:11 PMProgrammes’ Coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) speaks to Vatican News about its work to bring the voice of African small traditional producers at the climate negotiations in Dubai.
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When Hamas kidnaps Muslims
By Admin Webmaster 11/30/2023 8:56:20 AMAmong the hostages taken by Hamas militants in their incursion into Israel on October 7 there are several Bedouins, including 16-year-old Aisha who was kidnapped along with her father and two siblings.
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COP28: An overview of UN climate change summits
By Admin Webmaster 11/29/2023 10:08:59 AMAhead of the COP28 in Dubai, running from 30 November to 12 December, we offer a general overview of the United Nations climate change conferences and their outcomes.
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Fr. Patton: Reconciliation in Holy Land means recognizing other's suffering
By Admin Webmaster 11/28/2023 8:23:34 AMThe Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, reiterates the need for a long-term political solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict that recognizes the right to the existence of both peoples.
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Caritas navigates huge challenges amid Holy Land crisis
By Admin Webmaster 11/27/2023 8:16:56 AMThe Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis shares insights into the organization's humanitarian efforts amid the conflict in the Holy Land and speaks of the despair of the people and the need for peace for all.
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Patriarch Pizzaballa: Freeing hostages ‘first step’ toward end of the war
By Admin Webmaster 11/25/2023 7:54:03 PMPatriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa hails Hamas’ release of some hostages and Israel’s corresponding release of Palestinian prisoners as a first step toward the end of the war in the Holy Land, and calls for interreligious dialogue and new political perspectives for Gaza.
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Cardinal Parolin emphasizes need for dialogue for peace
By Admin Webmaster 11/24/2023 4:42:44 PMCardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin reflects on current developments in a world at war and offers his perspective on words Pope Francis used during his General Audience when he lamented the suffering of the people in the Holy Land due to the conflict between Israel and said: “this is not war; this is terrorism.”
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Holy Land: First Israeli hostages to be released Friday afternoon
By Admin Webmaster 11/24/2023 10:22:14 AMThe pause in the fighting in the Holy Land, initially due to start on Thursday, has been moved to Friday, as fighting continues.
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Cardinal Parolin: Hostage agreement is a ‘very important’ step forward
By Admin Webmaster 11/24/2023 10:12:56 AMThe Vatican Secretary of State welcomes the hostage agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, and expresses hope “for a peaceful solution to the bloody conflict in the Middle East."
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Relative of Israeli hostage: ‘I felt Pope was with us in our pain'
By Admin Webmaster 11/23/2023 12:36:45 PMRachel Goldberg, whose son was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, says after meeting with Pope Francis that “I really felt his empathy”.