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SIR Europe’s specials on the reflection of European Bishops on the European integration process and Church thought on the common European home (Cf. SIR Europe 62-63-64-65-66-67-69-71-75-76-77/2011) continue with the interview to Msgr. Rimantas Norvila, bishop of the diocese of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania).What are Lithuanian Catholics’ opinions and expectations regarding the EU? “When Lithuania entered the EU […]

europE AND EDUCATION

In the development of a “renewed European citizenship” also “the theme of teaching religion, and more in general, the relationship between civil society and religion, takes on greater importance every day”. It is the belief of Fr Vincenzo Annicchiarico, at the lead of the national Service for the Teaching of Catholic Religion within the Italian […]

EU-MIGRATIONS

The movement of people from one country to another is unquestiobly a major effect of globalization, which in turn may cause a vast array of complex problems. Identifying the best response to mass migration flows at global level, with landings throughout the European coasts of the Mediterranean and along the Eastern coasts of the Mediterranean […]

Fighting illegal online gamblingStronger cooperation between EU countries, along with common standards an a framework directive: MEPs urged the European Commission to propose stronger cooperation between EU countries in the fight against illegal online gambling. A non legislative resolution voted by the European Parliament states that “member states should be free to set rules on […]

ENGLAND

Approximately 200 participants attended the first national conference for all marriage preparation providers in England and Wales that took place a few days ago. The Conference was hosted by the Bishops’ Committee for Marriage & Family Life of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, which presented the findings of an online survey conducted […]

BISHOPS' CONFERENCES

England: victims of abuse, Caritas, Catholic ChurchesEnsuring support to abuse victims, new Caritas structures at local level, public funding to Catholic schools, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth and the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 2012. These are the themes addressed by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales during the plenary session held at […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

France: ANDDP, a conference in JerusalemThe Congress of the National French Association of Diocesan Pilgrimage Directors (ANDDP) took place in Jerusalem past November 14 to 19 whose theme was a verse from Psalm 84 “For God our Lord has loved this land”, chosen as an invitation “to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land”. The […]

CHURCH IN EUROPE

“The new evangelisation happens in a changing world. In this day and age, we have to speak of God in an often indifferent, sometimes hostile context”. This realisation, expressed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, in Rome this morning, opened the workshop on Europe and the New Evangelisation, promoted by the Council of European […]

CHURCH IN EUROPE (2)

“Europe has a need of courageous men and women”, said Luca Volontè, parliamentarian at the Council of Europe, intervening on 22 November at the seminar in Rome on “Europe and the New Evangelization” promoted by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE). The political representative of the Council of Europe intervened in the […]

CARITAS ITALIANA

Quarant’anni di attività a fianco degli ultimi, in Italia e nel mondo, che hanno contribuito a dare speranza e migliorare, in parte, il volto della società. I quarant’anni dell’organismo pastorale voluto da Paolo VI si stanno celebrando in questi giorni a Fiuggi con grande solennità, durante il 35° convegno nazionale delle Caritas diocesane, che dal […]