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  • Italian ambassador killed in Congo remembered for humanitarian work

    Italian ambassador killed in Congo remembered for humanitarian work

    • Feb 23, 2021

    Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio was remembered by his parish priest as a “light that breaks through the fog, illuminates and warms,” after he was killed in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Italian charity urges hotels to open doors to homeless amid winter chill

    Italian charity urges hotels to open doors to homeless amid winter chill

    • Jan 13, 2021

    The Italian Sant’Egidio community has issued an appeal for hotels and other buildings empty due to a lack of tourists amid the coronavirus pandemic to take in homeless who are at risk in the cold winter temperatures.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • U.S. gives grant to Catholic groups helping poor cope with pandemic

    U.S. gives grant to Catholic groups helping poor cope with pandemic

    • Dec 3, 2020

    The U.S. government’s foreign aid agency awarded thousands of dollars in assistance to two Rome-based Catholic organizations assisting the poor in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

    By Junno Arocho Esteves
  • Peace in South Sudan closer after opposition group accepts ceasefire deal

    Peace in South Sudan closer after opposition group accepts ceasefire deal

    • Nov 14, 2020

    In a significant move in South Sudan’s peace process, the country’s main opposition group Friday announced their adherence, thanks to the intercession of the Sant’Egidio community, to a 2018 peace deal that until recently they had opposed.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Pope wearing a mask appeals for fraternity at interfaith prayer

    Pope wearing a mask appeals for fraternity at interfaith prayer

    • Oct 20, 2020

    During an ecumenical and interreligious prayer liturgy for peace Tuesday, Pope Francis issued an appeal to fraternity as a remedy to war and conflict, insisting that love is what allows room for brotherhood to happen.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Cardinal calls for resettlement of asylum-seekers from Greek island

    Cardinal calls for resettlement of asylum-seekers from Greek island

    • Sep 9, 2020

    Hours after a fire or fires sent thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing their tents and makeshift container homes at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, a close aide to Pope Francis called for the permanent resettlement of all the residents.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Archbishop says church needs more aid to help refugees arriving in Greece

    Archbishop says church needs more aid to help refugees arriving in Greece

    • Aug 19, 2020

    To be able to continue helping migrants and refugees in Greece, a local archbishop said, the Catholic Church needs more funds.

    By Jonathan Luxmoore
  • What Catholicism didn’t do amid COVID shouldn’t obscure what it did

    What Catholicism didn’t do amid COVID shouldn’t obscure what it did

    • Jul 8, 2020

    ROME – When we look back at the Catholic experience of the coronavirus, it will be tempting for closures and suspensions to be what we remember most. In many parts of the world Catholics were unable to attend Mass for months, driving some of them online for worship and others

    By John L. Allen Jr.
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