Europe
COVID-19 lessons learnt: boosting EU civil protection | News | European Parliament
, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210208IPR97325/
Christianity
Pope Francis tells diplomats ‘everybody is important’ and ‘we are all in the same boat’
Pope Francis has reached out to the world, offering encouragement to many suffering from the global COVID-19 pandemic, saying "we are in the same boat" and that everybody is vital…
News
Social development key pillar for ‘sustainable and resilient’ world – Commission hears
As coronavirus vaccines provide a glimmer of optimism around the world, a high-level UN official said on Monday that it was “painful to witness” the dashed hopes of most people…
Europe
Opening – February plenary session | News | European Parliament
, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210204IPR97111/
News
Zambia: Caritas Kasama’ solidarity with flood victims – Vatican News
Caritas Kasama in Zambia’s northern Archdiocese of Kasama has donated food items to flood victims at the Mediatrix of All Graces, Malole Parish.
News
Ecuadorians go to the polls to choose a new President – Vatican News
Ecuador's Catholic Bishops call for a day of fasting and prayer as the people of Ecuador go to the polls in search of a way out of deep rooted crises.…
America
FROM THE FIELD: Chicken wings, hunger and the Super Bowl
The amount of money spent on food and beverages to enjoy, perhaps, the United States’ most high-profile annual sporting event, adds up to more than twice the global budget of…
Health
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Friday, while warning that after inoculating…
Environment
Carbon levy on EU imports needed to raise global climate ambition
To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say Environment MEPs.Committee on the Environment, Public Health…
America
Israeli-born Margaret Karram elected president of Focolare movement
The international Focolare Movement that promotes unity and universal kinship has a new president for the next six years -- Margaret Karram -- an Arab Catholic, born 1962 in Haifa,…