Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,May 12, 2022: Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on May 12, describing it as an urgent social emergency and a “new poverty.” “It is not immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news, but it is very urgent: fewer and fewerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Sept. 29, 2021: A tribal environmental activist from Odisha is one of the participants of the ‘Youth4Climate,’ the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Milan, Italy. Archana Soreng is one of the seven members of the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ youth advisory group onContinue Reading
Rome, April 30,2020: After eight weeks without funerals, Italian families will be able finally to gather together to mourn and pray at funeral Masses for the victims of the coronavirus starting May 4. In Milan, the largest city in Italy’s coronavirus epicenter, priests are preparing for an influx of funeralContinue Reading
Rome, Apr 20, 2020: After receiving more than 300 letters during the coronavirus pandemic, the Italian bishops will entrust the nation to Mary’s protection on Friday, May 1, at a shrine in northern Italy. In a video message April 20, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference said he receivedContinue Reading
By S S Sundar Rome, March 15, 2020: I was shocked when the Italian government on March 14 announced a total of 1,441 deaths from COVID-19 in the country where I have spent the past eight years. The country has reported 21,157 cases. I took off for a month fromContinue Reading
Rome, Feb 24, 2020: Several Catholic dioceses in northern Italy have suspended Mass and other activities this week to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. The northern regions of Italy saw a dramatic uptick in coronavirus cases over the weekend, prompting some regions toContinue Reading
Palermo (Italy) : Supporters of a conservative Sicilian priest who called the Catholic Church “false” and “a prostitute” will meet Palermo’s Archbishop Corrado Lorefice to try and prevent his dismissal. In a recent letter, Lorefice ordered Alessandro Minutella to leave Palermo’s San Giovanni Bosco parish by Friday “for a periodContinue Reading
ROME (CNS) — Priests in central Italy were instructed to celebrate Mass outdoors following another devastating earthquake that rocked the region and brought one its most spiritually and historically significant churches tumbling down. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve advised priests to not celebrate Mass indoors over the nextContinue Reading
Following the introduction of civil partnerships, Muslim representatives in Italy are now demanding the legalisation of polygamy. Responding to a new law allowing same sex couples to enter civil unions, Hamza Piccardo argued that if gay relationships, which Muslims disagree with, are a civil right then Italians must accept polygamyContinue Reading
Italian marines are accused of killing Kerala fishermenContinue Reading