The main events involving the Catholic Church, the other Christian Churches and the main institutions of Europe in February 3 Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) (3-5), at Chartres (France). Meeting of the permanent Council of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (3-4), in Madrid. 4 Meeting of the Ministers for the Economy and Finance of the G-7, under the chairmanship of Great Britain (4-5), in London. 7 Audience of the Holy Father to the Ambassador of Austria for the presentation of his Letters of Credence. 10 13th National Conference of Pastoral Theology (10-11), promoted by the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, on the theme “ Europe was born in pilgrimage and its mother tongue is Christianity (J.W. Goethe) . What scope is there for Christianity in the new Europe?”, in Rome. 55th International Film Festival in Berlin “Berlinale” (10-20). In Italy, “Day of Commemoration of the victims of the foibe (dolines)” and exodus of Istrians, Fiumani and Dalmatians after the end of the Second World War. 11 Meeting of Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Fernández Zapatero with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, at Barcelona, on the promotion of the process of ratification of the European Constitution. 14 Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop, Patrons of Europe. General Synod of the Anglican Church (14-17), in London. 15 Session of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) (15-22), in Geneva, at the Ecumenical Centre. 16 Entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, after the ratification of Russia on 22 October 2004. 18 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Episcopal Commission for the Media (CEEM) (18-20), in Rome. 20 Referendum on the ratification of the European Constitution, in Spain. Early Parliamentary Elections, in Portugal. 21 Visit “ad Limina Apostolorum” of the Bishops of Spain (21 Feb-5 March), (Barcelona, Tarragona, Santiago de Compostela, Granada, Seville, Valencia). 22 Audience of the Holy Father to the Croatian Prime Minister, Ivo Sanader Visit of US President George W. Bush to NATO and to the European Union, in Brussels. 23 50th anniversary of the death, in Paris, of the French poet and diplomat Paul Claudel (1868-1955). 25 Meeting of the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of South-East Europe, under the aegis of the CCEE, at Sarajevo; the presidents of the episcopates of Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Turkey, together with the president and general secretary of the CCEE and the general secretary of CEMECE, will be participating in the meeting. 27 Solemn celebration, in Helsinki, of the 850th anniversary of the arrival in Finland of St. Henry Bishop, and of the 50th anniversary of the erection of the Diocese of Helsinki (25 February 1955), officiated by the Special Envoy of the Holy Father, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne. 28 267th ordinary Assembly of the Conference of Swiss Bishops (28 Feb-2 March), at Lucerne.———————————————————————————————————– Sir Europa (English) N.ro assoluto : 1361 N.ro relativo : 10 Data pubblicazione : 09/02/2005
