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Novena is an independent, lay-run, self-financed news website that offers accurate, credible and insightful coverage of issues that affect Europeans at the intersection of religion, politics, society and culture.

Francis alerts: “Violence will never cease until all people reach a deeper awareness that they are brothers and sisters”

By Mada Jurado “Conflict and violence will never cease until all people reach a deeper awareness that they have a mutual responsibility as brothers and sisters”, Pope Francis has alerted. The pontiff sounded the alarm in a message this November…

Spanish bishop denounces drama of migrants on Canary Islands: “We must treat them as people, help them and take them in”

By Mada Jurado A Spanish bishop has denounced the drama of migrants on the Canary Islands, urging that “we must treat them as people, help them and take them in”. New arrivals left “without food, drink and destination” after being…

Cardinals join religious leaders in over 90 countries in recommitting to build “bridges of love, compassion and care” after terror attacks

By Mada Jurado Cardinals Charles Bo of Myanmar, Blase Cupich of the US, Dieudonné Nzapalainga of the Central African Republic, Philippe Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso, Luis Antonio Tagle of the Vatican and Damasceno Assis of Brazil have joined religious leaders…

German Catholic Workers throw support behind Europe-wide push for unconditional basic income

By: Cameron Doody – In light of the pandemic, “it is more than clear that we need an unconditional basic income in Europe” “In view of the effects of the pandemic measures, it is more than clear that we need an…

Secours Catholique denounces “appalling” living conditions of refugees in Calais

By : Mada Jurado The dismantling of the Calais refugee camp in northern France has not put an end to migrants’ dreams of Britain. While waiting for passage across the Channel, thousands of people – families, women, men and children –…

Ecumenical Patriarch “saddened and shaken” by Turkish plans to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into mosque

By: Mada Jurado The leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (Istanbul), recently expressed his concern over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plans to convert the Hagia Sophia basilica into a mosque. The patriarch told the Washington Post: “What…

Cardinal denounces: “We in Europe give money to Turkey so refugees don’t annoy us”

In Europe “we give money to Turkey so refugees don’t annoy us”, a cardinal has denounced. By Cameron Doody Key points – “I don’t see much difference with the wall Trump is building on the border with Mexico” – “People…

French Jesuit economist urges world to learn lessons from coronavirus: “There’ll be other pandemics, that’s for sure”

A French Jesuit economist has urged the world to learn lessons from the coronavirus crisis, warning “there will be other pandemics, that’s for sure”. By: Cameron Doody Key points – “We knew it was coming, but the economy wasn’t ready…