Yesterday, H. Em. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti installed #Dutch priest Eric van Teijlingen as canon of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Honoured to have been present there.

🇻🇦 🇳🇱 Vanochtend gaf paus Leo XIV zijn gebruikelijke nieuwjaarstoespraak tot ambassadeurs bij de Heilige Stoel. Daarna mocht ook Annemieke Ruigrok Annemieke Ruigrok, de Nederlandse ambassadeur paus Leo (allerhartelijkst, zoals de beelden tonen) groeten.

Lovely gathering at New Year’s meeting at the Generalate of the Sisters of Saint Basil the Great. With their fellow sisters in Ukraine they are providing humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine. They still have very warm memories of NL Minister’s Wopke Hoekstra’s visit in March 2022.

#Dutch Vice Minister Foreign Affairs Christiaan Rebergen met with Archbishop Gallagher today to exchange opinions on geopolitical affairs, including Venezuela, and the role the Holy See can play. #TerzaLoggia

1/Religieuze geletterdheid bij de overheid? 'Volgens hen is religieuze ideologie een factor in gewelddadig extremisme. Het interessante is echter dat dezelfde religieuze leiders een belangrijke sleutel zijn in het tegengaan van gewelddadig extremisme. nieuwwij.nl/opinie/meer-re…

2/ Wat zij onder andere bepleiten is dat er meer religieuze geletterdheid nodig is en godsdienstvrijheid. Zij spelen daar zelf een belangrijke rol in door onderwijs te geven, verkeerde interpretaties tegen te spreken of te weerleggen.

3/ Daarnaast gaan ze onderling in dialoog en met de leiders van andere religies. Samen staan ze op voor de vrijheid om religie vorm te geven, zowel privé als publiek.'

🇳🇱🇺🇦 The Netherlands has increased its total contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to EUR 100 million. An additional EUR 35 million will be allocated, part of which will support the installation of solar PV systems under the Ray of Hope initiative. The project aims to

Am in the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura for the first time since the image of Pope Leo XIV was installed.

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in Harderwijk, The Netherlands. A 25-meter long water bridge and an architectural beauty, allowing 28,000 vehicles to pass under it daily. x.com/i/status/20219…

Addio a Cees #Nooteboom. “Ho percorso la strada più lunga, la strada senza un arrivo”. open.substack.com/pub/antoniospa…

Lovely tribute to #Dutch writer Cees #Nooteboom, who died 11 February, by Antonio Spadaro, Undersecretary of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Culture and Education (in Italian).

Russia has abducted thousands of children from Ukraine, with a clear aim: to erase the Ukrainian identity. The Netherlands is setting aside an extra €2 million to help identify and reunite these children with their families, and for psychosocial care. government.nl/latest/weblogs…

Despite Russia’s aggression, Ukrainians stand strong and determined. Amid a freezing winter and after almost four years of unimaginable human suffering. They are not alone. David van Weel David van Weel underlined our unwavering support for Ukraine in Amsterdam's Dam Square 🇺🇦 🇳🇱

Warm meeting with the #Dutch participants of the pilgrimage the members of Pro Petri Sede make to Rome every two years. Thanks to the Belgian Embassy to the Holy See for their hospitality.

Yesterday, the new #Dutch government was sworn in. One of the first acts of prime minister Rob Jetten Rob Jetten: a phone call to #Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський. The Netherlands will continue to support Ukraine 🇺🇦 #WeStandWithUkraine

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has entered its fifth year. A brutal war without provocation, that Russia can end today. This morning, Tom Berendsen and Sjoerd Sjoerdsma joined Ambassador Andriy Kostin to honour Ukraine's perseverance and reiterate our full support. 1/2

German bishop Heiner Wilmer is the new president of the German Bishops Conference. During the press conference he was asked about his spiritual closeness to Etty Hillesum, the Dutch Jewish woman who died in Auschwitz. This was his answer:

Rome tonight. #SlavaUkraini!

#OTD in 1459, Adriaan Florensz was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In January 1522 he became Pope Adrian VI, the only pope from the Low Countries and the last non-Italian pope until John Paul II.