Of the 475 men scheduled to be ordained this year, 392 completed the survey for an overall response rate of 83% Photo: InfoVaticana

Israel: Israeli judge orders eviction of more Palestinian families

In 2022, the Supreme Court had intervened by «freezing» the expropriations in the neighbourhood long at the centre of high tensions in East Jerusalem. A judge ordered the eviction of three families by July. Behind the decision is said to be pressure from Nahalat Shimon, a pro-settlement group. The army ordered the seizure of land north of Hebron, a UN note against settler violence.

Congolese bishops: ‘Our country is not for sale’

The statement also called on the international community to “understand once and for all that the DR Congo is neither for sale nor to be lawlessly exploited” – referencing Pope Francis’s message in early 2023 telling multinational companies to take their “hands off” the DRC and Africa.