At least 140 migrants aboard a ship headed towards Europe drowned off the Senegalese coast marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Thursday.

The vessel, bound for Spain’s Canary Islands, reportedly caught fire a few hours after departing the western Senegalese coastal town of Mbour on Saturday before capsizing on the country’s northwest coast, near Saint-Louis… Read more »

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Basilica of Notre Dame in Nice, France  (ANSA)

French media on Thursday morning reported that at least three people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack in the city of Nice.

According to sources, the attack began around 9:00 am in the Basilica of Notre Dame – the largest Catholic church in Nice. Shortly after, Police swarmed the scene to secure the area and restore order… Read more »

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today, in this audience, as we have done in the previous audiences, I will stay here. I like to come down and greet each one of you, but we must keep our distance, because if I come down, then a crowd forms to greet me, and this is contrary to the measures and the precautions we must take in order to face “Madame Covid”, and it is harmful to us… Read more »

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary since the establishment of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Pope Francis returns to reflect on Europe once more in a letter addressed to H. Em. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, who will be participating in the Autumn Assembly of the Bishops of the European Union to start today, Wednesday 28 October 2020… Read more »

They come from Africa, Asia (Brunei and the Philippines), North and South America, and Europe. In addition, there is a particular accent on the sons of St Francis during the year in which the Encyclical “Fratelli tutti” was published.

Short biographies of the 13 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on Sunday:

Bishop Mario Grech – General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal-elect Mario Grech – General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

Bishop Mario Grech was born in Qala (Malta), in the Diocese of Gozo on 20 February 1957… Read more »

On 28 November, there will be 13 new additions to the College of Cardinals: 9 are under 80 years of age, among them is the Guardian of Sacro Convento in Assisi, Father Mauro Gambetti.

The Church will have thirteen new Cardinals. Nine of them are younger than 80 and therefore, have the right to participate in a future conclave. Four others are older than 80 years of age… Read more »