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CHARLES-MAGNE AWARD

“Without a unitary European vision, Benedict XVI’s description of a farewell to history is doomed to come true. We would thus become the victims of the news, conveyed through bulletins and TV screens, but it won’t be history. Hence Europe would exit from world history”, said Andrea Riccardi, the founder of the St.Egidio Community upon […]

ENGLAND AND WALES

A penitential liturgy for all parishioners marks the preparation of the faithful with the priest to the sacrament of Reconciliation inside the church. This encounter is followed by confession and individual absolution – the faithful draw close to the priest on their own initiative – and a final common prayer. The Sacrament of Reconciliation, experienced […]

Switzerland: “no” to pre-implant diagnosis A “no” to pre-implant diagnostics was said by the Commission for Bioethics of the Swiss Bishops Conference (Ces). In a release dated May 20th, the Commission rejected a bill of law of the Federal Council on the prenatal diagnostic procedure, which they defined as an “alarming sign for all society”. […]

Ukraine: Greek-Catholic Bishops’ meetingOn May 12-14 the city of Uzhgorod, Ukraine, hosted the meeting of Europe’s Greek-Catholic bishops. The meeting was attended by the representatives of 14 Eastern Churches in the European continent and by archbishop Ivan Jurkoviè , Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine. The program included plenary meetings and workshops. Each year the assembly chooses […]

Italy: Church and “educational emergency””Educating men and women who will build the Italy and the Europe of tomorrow”: that’s the commitment assumed by the Italian Church to respond to the “very serious alarm” being felt on the educational front, in the words of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), in his […]

FRONT PAGE

The approaching European elections are an occasion to think of what Europe means today and what we would like it to become. The crisis we are going through is a providential time for us to reflect on and seek to take seriously the responsibility of each of us for the process Europe is engaged in. […]

Come Paolo VI (1964) e Giovanni Paolo II (2000), anche Benedetto XVI ha scelto di cominciare il suo viaggio in Terra Santa dalla Giordania. Dall’ 8 all’11 maggio, giorno in cui si è trasferito in Israele, Benedetto XVI ha visitato, da pellegrino, il memoriale di Mosé sul monte Nebo, il sito del battesimo di Gesù […]

“Mi sono presentato come pellegrino di fede nella Terra dove Gesù è nato, ha vissuto, è morto ed è risorto, e, al tempo stesso, come pellegrino di pace per implorare da Dio che là dove Egli ha voluto farsi uomo, tutti gli uomini possano vivere da suoi figli, cioè da fratelli”. Nelle parole di Benedetto […]

Fra il 4 e il 7 giugno i cittadini Ue sono chiamati ad eleggere il Parlamento europeo. L’evento di “democrazia partecipativa” avviene però entro un quadro normativo comunitario consolidato e – in parte – sorpassato. Infatti il Trattato di Lisbona, definito nel 2007 per riformare l’edificio Ue dopo il grande allargamento del 2004, resta in […]

Aiuti umanitari per il Corno d’AfricaLa Commissione ha stanziato 54 milioni di euro come aiuti urgenti per cinque paesi africani: Somalia, Etiopia, Eitrea, Kenya e Uganda. “Il Corno d’Africa – spiega il commissario Louis Michel – è in balia di molteplici pericoli umanitari. In questa regione, provata da condizioni climatiche estreme, da conflitti incessanti e […]