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COMMUNITY LAW

The question of unions between same-sex couples has in recent times come to the fore in the debate being conducted at the European level on individual rights and family rights. While some States have already legislated on the matter and others are discussing whether or how to approve new forms of “unions” or “marriages”, including […]

TAIZÉ

Ability to listen in conflict situations, commitment and attention “for an equal redistribution of the fruits of the Earth”, closeness to the poor and the ability “to achieve forgiveness”. These are the underlying topics of the European Youth Meeting promoted by the Ecumenical Community of Taizé in Geneva from December 28 to January 1 2008. […]

“We are ready for dialogue on Church-related topics with the Patriarchate of Moscow”, declared these past days Igor Kowalewski, Secretary of the Russian Bishops Conference, emphasizing that the Church is ready to dialogue with the Orthodox not only at the level of the relations between the Vatican and the Patriarchate of Moscow but also at […]

On Sunday December 9 Poland’s Church celebrated its day of prayer and help to the Catholic Church on former USSR territory. Presently, in the former Soviet Union Countries operate approximately 250 diocesan priests, 450 religious priests, over 600 women religious, 23 brothers religious and a few lay volunteers. The Polish Church has been helping East […]

POLAND

Cardinal Józef Glemp (b. 1929), primate of Poland since 1981 (until 2009) and – until 2007 – archbishop and apostolic administrator of Warsaw, retired on December 6 retired. “We want to thank you all the good you have done during all this time” – said Msgr. Slawoj Leszek Glodz addressing himself to Card. Glemp during […]

KOSOVO

December 10 marked the expiry of the last deadline of the Kosovans – Serbs negotiations on the future asset of Kosovo, while the unilateral proclamation of independence of the region of Pristina from Serbia is drawing near. Today, December 14, the issue will be addressed during the summit under way in Brussels, and next week […]

Family, youth and the poor. These are the priorities addressed by the Slovakian Catholic Church from 2007 to 2013. It was stated in a communiqué issued last week , by the press office of the Bishops Conference of Slovakia abridging the Pastoral Care plan adopted by the 58th Bishops Plenary Meeting held in Donovaly on […]

Greater responsibility in biotechnologies for the benefit of future generations: this was the warning of the bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, mons. Gebhard Fürst. “An epoch that intends to adopt feasibility as its maximum criteria loses is balance and soon becomes a ‘ruthless history’ between the strong and the weak, the perfect, the disabled and the pariah”, […]

“Our homeland is in the heavens” is the title of the message published by the under-Commission for the Family and for the Defense of Life of the Spanish Bishops Conference on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of the Family and for Life scheduled for December 30. The Bishops, according to Fides International […]

FRONT PAGE

The meter has already clocked up the record figure of 183 days of crisis and shows no signs of stopping. People no longer know what to say. All the possible solutions have been weighed in the balance and found wanting; some have been put into practice. Each citizen has contributed his own feelings, his own […]