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Three dead and nine wounded, including the parish priest, Father Romanelli, is the toll of the Israeli army's attack on the only Catholic parish in Gaza. "We appeal to all those who have the power to make decisions to put an end to all this," said the Latin Patriarch. The Pope's solidarity.

Black Continent

Turkson-Ambongo: two cardinals, two visions for Africa

The Ghanaian cardinal urges his compatriots to adopt a "virtuous mindset" that transcends selfishness and greed. But his Congolese counterpart calls for "climate justice" and perpetuates the rhetoric of Western guilt, a notion that young Africans no longer subscribe to.

Taybeh
WEST BANK

Holy Land: Israeli settlers attack Christian villages

Christians in Taybeh, an ancient village in Ephraim in the West Bank, appeal for help against the continuous attacks by Jewish settlers aiming to take their homes and land. And Netanyahu’s government is complicit. The solidarity visit of the leaders of the Christian Churches.

Alice Weidel (La Presse)
EUROPE

Political discrimination returns to Germany. And it's not making headlines

It's not yet law, but almost: The interior minister of Rhineland-Palatinate announced a regulation excluding anyone who is or has been a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from local public employment. But no one is scandalized.

Matteo Bruni (Imagoeconomica)

The Daily Compass writes to the director of the Press Office, Bruni. But the answers do not clarify whether, in addition to the official and favourable consultation, other consultations were held to justify the war on the Latin Mass produced by the motu proprio Traditionis custodes. In reality, it seems that it was the Congregation for Divine Worship and not the bishops consulted that buried the Traditional Latin Mass.

Ecclesia 14_07_2025 Nico Spuntoni

In an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica, the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life condemns assisted suicide but accepts certain criteria imposed by the Italian Constitutional Court, which are not in accordance with natural morality. And, following in the footsteps of his predecessor, he speaks of “dialogue” to achieve mediation: but there can be no compromise on the unavailability of life.

Mons. Nicola Bux

The desire of the episcopate, invoked by Francis to ‘put an end’ to the Latin Mass, appears quite different according to the documents examined in La liturgia non è uno spettacolo (The Liturgy is Not a Show). No one wanted a war, explains co-author Monsignor Bux; on the contrary, the Church needs liturgical peace.

INTERVIEW/MANUEL GREGORI

‘The Sacred Heart can heal every wound.’

He is only 23 years old, but he has contagious strength and a special gift he received even before he was born: the statue of the Madonna who wept in Civitavecchia in the 1990s, right in his parents' home. The author of Fuoco e misericordia (Fire and Mercy) tells The Daily Compass the ‘secret’ of his friendship with Jesus.

DEMOGRAPHY

Birth rate plummets, Vietnam scraps two-child policy

For the third consecutive year, Vietnam has recorded a fertility rate below the replacement level. The government is taking action and, in Ho Chi Minh City, is offering a cash bonus to women who have two children before the age of 35.

SOCIAL DOCTRINE 

With Leo XIV, natural law finally returns

In his address to parliamentarians, the Pope posits natural law as a point of reference for legislating on ethical issues, including those concerning the intimate sphere of personal life. This is an important and necessary return to the teachings of the Church after years of neglect.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel-Iran, a war that paves the way for further tragedies

The Israeli attack on Iran has prompted the expected response. Even among Catholics, there is a lack of awareness of the criteria set out in the Church's social doctrine, as well as those set out in Pope Leo XIV's recent appeals. These criteria are fundamental to understanding what is at stake.