#Crisis

Locked-down Buenos Aires for the G20 summit. Tensions over the economic crisis and widespread poverty

It’s a historic moment for Argentina and for its capital city. A G20 summit will take place in South America…

Greece: Mgr. Rossolatos (Bishops’ President), “we have become once again a poor, mission Church”. Appeal to the Churches of Europe to show solidarity

Argentina: agreement between Government and IMF. Mgr. Lozano: “Support from Monetary Fund does not always boost production and work. Desperate situation for many families”

Church and politics amidst sovereignisms and the end of democracy. Tognon: “Tackling the crisis while averting the collapse of the common European home”

“For far too long we have been under the illusion that freedom is like water that can be wasted. But…

Venezuela: Caritas’ cry of alarm “inflation at 1 million % at year’s end. A month’s wage not enough to buy a carton of eggs” 

Interview with Janeth Marquez, director of Caritas Venezuela: 87% of Venezuelan families live in poverty. Fortunately, child acute malnutrition dropped…

Libya: UN-brokered ceasefire agreement. 8.000 migrants in detention centres left without food and medical care

An agreement on a ceasefire in Tripoli was announced on the official Twitter account of UNSMIL – United Nations Support…

Nicaragua: 448 victims in 100 days of protests. Another day of prayer and fasting today

Nicaragua: bishops’ meeting of dialogue, nothing new about the continuation of national Dialogue. Paramilitary forces attack Jinotega. Another desecration

Nicaragua: Bishops meeting today to discuss the future of national dialogue. Mgr. Báez, “slander against the Church”. Chapel defiled in Jinotega

Nigeria: fears for the advancement of Fulani herders. A Salesian Fr: “they resort to violence to seize the lands of local farmers”

After the extremist terrorism of Boko Haram now Nigeria fears the massive arrival of Muslim Fulani pastoralists who are fleeing…