Redazione

PRIMA PAGINA

Giovedì 9 novembre 1989: una data storica per la Germania, che ha visto finalmente iniziare il processo di riunificazione con la caduta del muro di Berlino. La fine della divisione delle due Germanie, sancita dalla distruzione del muro, era stata preceduta da manifestazioni pacifiche e incruente in Germania Est, in particolare dalle cosiddette “manifestazioni del […]

DRUGS

It is an indisputable fact that, at least for a decade, the use of especially exciting drugs, in particular cocaine, has progressively invaded the scene of the consumption of psychoactive substances, especially among the young, where the consumption of “old-fashioned” heroine or alcohol abuse, which is undergoing sharp growth, has taken on original connotations in […]

DRUGS

Spreading of drug circulation is always more “complex” and “dynamic”. It includes various issues, from production to “sale”, from impact on some developing countries economies to organized and “borderless” crime, to social and health impacts where the consumption “continuous to be always very high”. Report 2009 published last week by the European Monitoring Centre for […]

ANGLICANS

“In recent times the Holy Spirit has moved groups of Anglicans to petition repeatedly and insistently to be received into full Catholic communion individually as well as corporately. The Apostolic See has responded favorably to such petitions”. Indeed, the Pope “mandated by the Lord Jesus to guarantee the unity of the episcopate and to preside […]

ANGLICANS

“This Apostolic Constitution paves a new path for the promotion of Christian unity acknowledging at the same time the legitimate diversity in the expression of our common faith”. This is how the Vatican Press release introduced the Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus” which provides for groups of Anglican faithful and pastors from across the world to […]

IRELAND

A warning about the environment as well as an invitation to take immediate action to protect the Creation – this is the content of the Irish bishops’ pastoral reflection on the environment presented on 10 November, at “St Francis of Assisi” primary school in Belmayne, Dublin. The 20-page document entitled “The Cry of the Earth” […]

GREECE

“I wished to communicate my anxieties to my friends so I will not be the only one to carry the burden of my desire, hence preventing its realization”. With these passionate words the bishop of Syros, Santorini and Crete Msgr. Francesco Papamanolis, President of the Greek Bishops’ Conference, introduced to SIR Europe the report on […]

FRANCE

On November 8 the 49th plenary assembly of French Bishops (CEF) closed in Lourdes (begun Nov.3) The assembly addressed a number of issues ranging from higher Catholic education to religious indifference, from poverty to bioethics, from migrations to the future of Christian communities, including the environment and Sunday meetings. The bishops set up two new […]

CHURCH AND MEDIA

“Our Internet sites must be able to re-awaken consciences” and “our evangelization on the web must be like the cross: horizontal in extension and vertical in depth and quality”, remarked Bishop Jean-Michel di Falco Léandri of Cap and d’Embrun and chairman of the Council for Communication of the French Bishops’ Conference. The bishop summed up […]

Portugal: in favor of organ donation Next November 30 – December 2 the Sanctuary in Fatima will host the 22nd national Encounter of the Pastoral of Health to raise awareness and reflect on the theme, “Organ transplant, donation for life”. In the message for the presentation of the initiative Msgr. Carlos Moreira Azevedo, President of […]