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ECUMENISMO

Il 31 ottobre 2009 si celebra il 10° anniversario della Dichiarazione comune della Federazione luterana mondiale e della Chiesa cattolica sulla dottrina della giustificazione. La dichiarazione, siglata ad Augsburg, rappresentava il frutto di numerosi dialoghi intercorsi tra i luterani e la Chiesa cattolica romana ed è un’importante pietra miliare in campo ecumenico. Con il documento, […]

LAICATO CATTOLICO

Saranno oltre 1100 i partecipanti che il 19 e 20 settembre si ritroveranno a Loppiano (Firenze) per “Insieme per l’Europa”, appuntamento che si colloca nel solco del cammino con altri 250 movimenti europei di varie Chiese e che si è reso visibile con le grandi manifestazioni di Stoccarda (2004 e 2007). Promotori dell’iniziativa la Comunità […]

IRLANDA

“Ogni cattolico può, senza riserve e in tutta coscienza, votare ‘sì’ al Trattato di Lisbona. Non vi sono elementi per giustificare un ‘no’ dato sulla base di preoccupazioni di natura etica o religiosa”. A rassicurare i cattolici irlandesi è mons. Nöel Treanor, vescovo di Down and Connor e rappresentante della Conferenza episcopale d’Irlanda presso la […]

EU PARLIAMENT

Political debates, institutional commitments and new procedures were the themes addressed during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 14-17. MEPs inserted in the full agenda the next Commission President election (see other article in this issue of SIR Europe). Issues addressed by MEPs include the EU’s position at the G20 […]

EU COMMISSION

“My party is Europe”. He reiterated it several times over the past few days. José Manuel Barroso, EU Commission outgoing President, on Wednesday September 16 was re-elected for a five-year term by the European Parliament with a victory of 382 votes (out of 736 – 718 voting MEPs). 219 MEPs voted against him amid 117 […]

ECUMENISM

On October 31 2009 recurs the 10th anniversary of the joint Statement of the World Lutheran Federation and of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of justification. The declaration signed in Ausburg was the result of lengthy dialogue between the Lutheran Church and the Catholic Church in Rome and represents a significant ecumenical milestone. In […]

CATHOLIC LAITY

Over 1100 people will convene in Loppiano (Florence) September 19-20 to attend “Together for Europe”. The event follows the wake of the major events promoted in Stuttgart (2004 and 2007) by 250 European Church movements. The Pope John XXIII Community, Sant’Egidio, Equipe Notre Dame, Renewal in the Holy Spirit and the Focolari Movement promote this […]

IRELAND

“A Catholic can, without reserve and in good conscience, vote ‘Yes’ for the Lisbon Treaty. There are no grounds to justify a ‘No’ vote in the Lisbon Treaty on the basis of specifically religious or ethical concerns”. Msgr. Nöel Treanor, bishop of Down and Connor, and representative of the Irish Bishops’ Conference to COMECE, (the […]

Italy: an alliance for education”Education is needed and teachers capable of teaching are needed. But it’s difficult to obtain either the one or the other if there’s not a heritage of values and knowledge, let’s say a tradition, that is considered worth handing down”. That’s the observation that forms the leitmotif to the preliminary Report […]

Croatia: pilgrimage to Marija Bistrica”A person without God loses his own identity, just as Croatian culture without the cross of Christ and the resurrection risks being no longer recognizable”. That’s the warning made in recent days by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanic, in his homily during the Mass celebrated on the occasion […]