Redazione

PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Women from different faiths and different European Countries gathered in the past days to reflect upon the different forms of violence and establish a joint commitment in support of oppressed and discriminated minorities. The symposium, held in the town of Rovereto (Italy) past May 22, and was attended by women from over 13 European Countries […]

ECUMENISM

Russia: the Pope’s letter to Alexis II The visit to Russia of His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was an opportunity for Pope Benedict XVI to convey to His Holiness Patriarch Alexis II his personal “esteem and appreciation” for the Patriarch’s “commitment to fostering relations between Catholics […]

COMECE-CEC

“Religion in Europe’s public arena” was the topic of the meeting held past May 29 at the European Parliament in Brussels. This the second (held April 17) of the four dialogue seminars on “Islam, Christianity and Europe” promoted within the framework of The Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, by the Commission of Bishops Conferences of […]

GREAT BRITAIN

The latest data issued by the Government’s statistical office confirm that marriage is an institution undergoing a serious crisis in Great Britain, where civil unions reached their lowest levels since they started to be officially registered. Religious marriages decreased by 50% compared to 1991 and over three quarters of Catholic couples live together before getting […]

England and Wales: a mass for Christians in Iraq Next June 16, His Eminence Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor will officiate a Mass in Westminster’s Cathedral (at 5.30 p.m.) conveying support to Christians in Iraq and to all those undergoing sufferings and violence in the Country. “At a time when many Iraqi Christians have been forced to […]

FRONT PAGE

Three years later, the referendum casts its long shadow over Europe. In Ireland citizens will be called to vote on June 12 to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. In this same period, in 2005, French (on May 29) and Dutch citizens (June 1st) with their respective popular votes knocked down the EU Constitution signed in 2004 […]

“Far conoscere meglio il grande valore e la ricchezza dell’insegnamento di San Paolo, il più vigoroso divulgatore del Vangelo, ancora troppo poco noto fra i cristiani”, e “pregare, agire e operare per l’unità della Chiesa”: sono questi, ha spiegato il 5 giugno a Roma il card. Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, arciprete della basilica di […]

Un tam tam continuo: a meno di due mesi dall’apertura di quello che viene giudicato il più grande evento religioso giovanile mai realizzato in Australia, prosegue l’opera di promozione del Comitato organizzatore della Giornata mondiale della gioventù di Sydney (15-20 luglio). Il tutto a colpi di spot su radio, tv, di manifesti sulle strade per […]

CAMPANIA

È stato attivato, nei giorni scorsi, in Campania un nucleo ispettivo dell’assessorato regionale alla Sanità per approfondire la questione relativa all’applicazione della legge 194 sull’interruzione volontaria di gravidanza in Campania, dopo la denuncia di un ginecologo alla stampa su un presunto mercato di aborti clandestini. Il nucleo ispettivo compirà controlli approfonditi nelle strutture sanitarie e […]

REGNO UNITO

Una lettera pastorale coraggiosa e controcorrente che ricorda ai cattolici, mentre il governo di Gordon Brown sta rendendo più difficile agli stranieri entrare nel Regno Unito, che l’immigrato ci porta il volto di Dio e va aiutato in ogni modo possibile. “Mission of the Church to migrants in England and Wales” è stata preparata dall’Ufficio […]