Redazione

Inghilterra: le suore della soffitta 150 anni dopoA 150 anni dalla Messa celebrata, il 19 luglio 1859, dal card. Nicholas Wiseman con le Sorelle della carità nella soffitta della loro prima casa a Londra, lo scorso 19 luglio mons. Vincent Gerard Nichols, arcivescovo metropolita di Westminster e primate della Chiesa di Inghilterra e Galles, ha […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Si chiamerà “Legge di libertà religiosa e di coscienza” e già non piace a molti perché è vista come una mossa per limitare la libertà religiosa in Spagna. L’ordinamento giuridico spagnolo intende finora l’obiezione di coscienza come “un rifiuto a realizzare servizi invocando motivazioni etiche o religiose, specialmente il servizio militare”. Ma esiste un vuoto […]

COMMISSION

The European Commission is having to grapple with two rather thorny questions and has intervened on them during the course of this week: the first regards the process of reform of the judicial systems underway in Romania and Bulgaria, the last two States to have entered the EU in January 2007; the second relates to […]

EUROPEAN PARISHES

Faith “generates future”. It is “the greatest challenge that European Christianity is called to address today”. These were the opening remarks pronounced during the 25th Colloquium of European Parishes (CEP), held a few days ago in Mons, Belgium, on the theme “Why transmit the faith? Seduced by God, fascinated by the Gospel”. Established in 1961 […]

EUROPEAN CHURCHES

“Central European Churches are tasked with a special mission. They must be engaged into saving the soul of our Continent. A continent with Christian roots, that has always managed to embrace the different cultures that touched its lands; that has been capable of creating a human unity without destruction. Indeed, this was done by transforming […]

RUSSIA

After 70 years of State atheism and a ten-year long debate, Russia decided to introduce religion classes in schools. Pupils or their parents will have the possibility to opt for the teaching of Orthodox Christianity, representing the faith of over 70% of Russian people. The bill envisages also the teaching of Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. […]

Germany: Msgr. Zollitsch (DBK) in NigeriaStepping up the commitment of the Universal Church and supporting the local Church: this is the purpose of the trip which Msgr. Robert Zollitsch, President of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), will make to Nigeria from August 26 to September 5. In a statement released a few days ago, the […]

England: the Daughters of Charity 150 years afterOn the 150th anniversary of the Mass celebrated by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman with the Daughters of Charity in the attic of their first house in London on 19 July 1859, Archbishop Metropolitan of Westminster, the Most Rev. Vincent Gerard Nichols, Primate of the Church of England and Wales, […]

FRONT PAGE

It’s called “Law of religious freedom and conscience” and already it’s not liked by many people because it’s seen as a move to limit religious freedom in Spain. The Spanish legal code has hitherto understood conscientious objection as “a refusal to perform services, especially military service, by invoking ethical or religious grounds”. But there exists […]

Un incontro che “chiamerà a raccolta il mondo della comunicazione e della cultura del nostro Paese” a otto anni dalla prima edizione di “Parabole mediatiche”, il convegno organizzato dalla Cei nel 2002 che oggi segna una pietra miliare dell’impegno della Chiesa italiana rispetto al mondo della comunicazione. “Testimoni digitali”, questo il tema dell’appuntamento, si terrà […]