new human drama in the Mediterranean, ecclesiastical coming-out in Germany

Seven migrants died of cold trying to reach the Italian coast via the island of Lampedusa on a boat of about 300 people. Three died during the journey and four others succumbed just before reaching the mainland. These 300 people, from Libya, would be from Bangladesh.

In Germany, Catholics have come out in a documentary broadcast on the ARD and on the web, 125 Catholics committed to the Church have just revealed themselves to the world. Among them, Monika Schmelter: “I always said to myself ‘it must not exist, I’m wrong, maybe I’m even sick’“. If they risk their office, the Church should be more lenient because, since the revelations of pedophilia in its lap, the institution is more attentive.

Greece and Turkey put on their white coat. In Athens, the Acropolis was completely covered in snow, a delight for tourists. This rare sight in the country has also been observed in Turkey where it is usually also very rare. Moreover, due to weather conditions, Istanbul airport was paralyzed.