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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict An "equal and peaceful solution" is the proposal of Msgr. Heinrich Mussinghoff, bishop of Aachen, for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the occasion of a seminar held in Berlin, Msgr. Mussinghoff, in his capacities as president of the Sub-Commission of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) for Religious Relations with […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Belgium: thorough searches in all dioceses Judicial authorities carryout thorough searches in Belgian dioceses in the framework of operation "Chalice", the inquest coordinated by Brussels’ pre-trial judge Wim De Troy on sexual abuse by ecclesial staff in pastoral relationships. For three days authorities rummaged offices in the dioceses of Malines-Bruxelles, Hasselt, Gand, Bruges, Tournai and […]

SURVEY OF IDEAS

"Market freedom must be linked to tools that step up the commitment for solidarity and social equality", said Msgr. Gianni Ambrosio, bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italian Bishops’ Conference delegate at the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE). Commenting on "L’Osservatore Romano" of January 18 the document "A Community of Solidarity and Responsibility" […]

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

In an incandescent week for the European Parliament (EP), which saw the election of its new President and 14 Vice-Presidents and numerous significant debates (fiscal pact, situation in Hungary, programme of the Danish Presidency), the EP also voted on some important provisions and resolutions of economic, social and environmental interest. "This pact is no good". […]

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The economic and social crisis – which is also a crisis in values – is causing a hot debate across Europe. If the coexistence and development model, created with fatigue on after the Second World War, and which witnessed the fall of the Iron Curtain, is starting to creak, then we ought to reflect on […]

ITALY

After the major meeting on "God today. With him or without him everything changes" in December 2009, the Committee for the Cultural Project of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) is once again launching a powerful and provocative message at public debate. It is doing so with an international event "Jesus our contemporary", through which it […]

FRANCE

To what extent do French Catholics play a role in the presidential campaign? While less than 100 days are still to go before the first round of presidential and legislative elections (April 2012), in two books due out in the coming days, card. André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, president of the French Bishops’ Conference, Fr. […]

NAUFRAGIO COSTA CONCORDIA

La sciagura della grande nave da crociera, squarciata dagli scogli insidiosi, è apparsa come un fatto che ha coinvolto tutti e che ha avuto un riverbero nazionale. Quelle persone – tante quante un paese intero – sono rimbalzate dagli schermi televisivi con i loro volti impauriti, con le coperte sulle spalle, fino all’emozione di ciascuno. […]

UNITÀ DEI CRISTIANI

Pregare per l’unità dei cristiani è una necessità e un compito. Siamo tutti consapevoli, infatti, che essa è dono di Dio il quale, solo, può sanare alla radice le nostre ataviche divisioni; e sappiamo anche che pregare diventa già impegnarsi a camminare verso l’unità.I testi della "Settimana" di quest’anno – imperniati attorno alla frase paolina […]

VITA E SOCIETÀ

(Genova) – "Etica della vita ed etica sociale" è il titolo dell’incontro che si è svolto ieri sera a Genova nella cattedrale di San Lorenzo. Ne hanno parlato il cardinale Elio Sgreccia, presidente emerito della Pontificia Accademia per la vita, e il direttore di "Avvenire" Marco Tarquinio. Presente anche l’arcivescovo di Genova e presidente della […]