UN calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants

The UN migration agency renewed its call for increased search and rescue efforts after another tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea claimed the lives of 74 migrant men, women and children. According to the UN International Organisation for Migration, also known as IOM, a boat carrying more than 120 people capsized off the coast of... Read More

News – World

Doctors Without Borders, governments, Khums, Libya, Mediterranean, migrants, rescue missions, shipwreck, UN International Organisation for Migration

September 11, 2020

World cannot remain indifferent to migration crisis, pope says

European countries can turn the migration crisis into a “window” of opportunity, dialogue and encounter between migrants and their citizens, Pope Francis said. “No-one can remain indifferent to the human tragedies that continue to occur in different regions of the world. Among these, we are often challenged by those that have as their theatre the... Read More

News – Vatican

crisis, Mediterranean, migrants, migration, Pope, Pope Francis, Snapshots from the Borders

July 23, 2020

Food & Drink: Seven top drops for a taste of the Med

Sam Wylie-Harris rounds up some stellar wines from our favourite Mediterranean hotspots. Jetting off to your favourite Mediterranean retreat may be off the cards for the foreseeable – but we can still fill our ice buckets and picnic hampers with wines from some of our best loved coastal locations. Just as these regions are synonymous... Read More

Lifestyle

Cava, drink, food, France, Greece, Italy, Laithwaite’s, Lebanon, M&S, Marks & Spencer, Med, Mediterranean, Picpoul de Pinet, rose, Sicily, Spain, taste, Tesco

January 8, 2020

Pope will celebrate Mass with bishops from 19 Mediterranean countries

Pope Francis will travel to the southern Italian seaport city of Bari in late February to close a meeting of bishops from countries bordering the Mediterranean, the Vatican confirmed. Publishing a list of the pope’s liturgies in January and February, the Vatican said he would celebrate Mass in Bari on 23rd February at the end... Read More

Catholic Times, News – Vatican, News – World

January 23, 2019

Pope says he’s pained by deaths in Colombia, the Mediterranean

When Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer on 20th January, he told the crowd in St Peter’s Square that he had “two pains in my heart: Colombia and the Mediterranean.” “I want to assure the Colombian people of my closeness after the serious terrorist attack” on 17th Janaury outside the national police... Read More

Catholic Times, News – Vatican, News – World

attack, Colombia, Mediterranean, Pope, Pope Francis, terrorist, terrorist attack

January 10, 2019

After drawn-out negotiations, Malta allows rescued migrants to disembark

Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean were taken to shore in Malta on Wednesday after being kept at sea while European nations argued over who was responsible for them. Pope Francis had issued a public plea last Sunday for European governments to demonstrate “concrete solidarity” with the 32 migrants rescued on 22nd December and 17 others... Read More

Catholic Times, News – World

France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Joseph Muscat, Luxembourg, Malta, Mediterranean, migrants, Pope Francis, Portugal, prime minister of Malta, Romania, Sea-Watch, the Netherlands

April 30, 2017

Killing Mediterranean birds must end, says animal charity

A Catholic animal welfare group has called for an immediate end to the killing of migratory birds across the Mediterranean. Catholic Concern for Animals’ (CCA) call comes after global conservation body BirdLife International claimed that some 25 million birds are reportedly killed illegally there each year. BirdLife revealed that common methods include illegal shooting, capture... Read More

News – World

BirdLife International, birds, Catholic Concern for Animals, CCA, Chris Fegan, Malta, Mediterranean, migratory birds

THE NEWS SITE YOU’LL HAVE FAITH IN

UN calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants

World cannot remain indifferent to migration crisis, pope says

Food & Drink: Seven top drops for a taste of the Med

German Church leaders recall end of World War II and urge commitment to peace

Pope will celebrate Mass with bishops from 19 Mediterranean countries

Pope says he’s pained by deaths in Colombia, the Mediterranean

After drawn-out negotiations, Malta allows rescued migrants to disembark

Killing Mediterranean birds must end, says animal charity

MOST READ THIS WEEK

Social Network

CULTURE:

EDUCATION:

TRAVEL: