Church in Europe

Italian government taps Vatican official to head commission on elderly care
- Sep 22, 2020
Italy’s Ministry for Health announced Monday that it had formed a new commission for elderly care in light of the coronavirus pandemic, and that the Vatican’s top official on life issues, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, had been tapped as its president.

By Elise Ann Allen
Carpenters wow public with medieval techniques at Notre Dame
- Sep 20, 2020
With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a three-ton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the landmark’s devastating April 2019 fire that also toppled its spire.

By Elaine Ganley
Papal Almoner says slain Italian priest gave ‘ultimate act of love’
- Sep 19, 2020
The funeral on Friday in Valtellina, Italy, for Father Roberto Malgesini was a testimony of how he lived: Modest, simple and – just as the family wanted – private.

By Paulina Guzik

Cologne cardinal warns German church’s Synodal Path could cause schism
- Sep 18, 2020
Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki warned that the Synodal Path reform project could lead to a “German national church.”

By Catholic News Service
Chaplains vital role remembered on anniversary of WW2’s Operation Market Garden
- Sep 18, 2020
Market Garden was a disaster for the Allies in World War II. An attempt to invade the Netherlands was stopped by the Germans. Of the 15 British and 3 Polish chaplains involved in the operation, 3 were killed and 10 were taken prisoner.

By Peter Doorakkers – Katholiek Nieuwsblad
Caritas official: After refugee camp fire, Lesbos locals patrol streets
- Sep 17, 2020
The director of Greece’s Catholic charitable organization said the situation on Lesbos island remains tense after a fire at a refugee camp left at least 12,000 homeless.

By Jonathan Luxmoore