Redazione

The French association “Portes Ouvertes” and the Evangelical Alliance of France annually hold a Sunday dedicated to the persecuted Church. This year it will be celebrated on 4 November and be dedicated to China, the country that will host the next Olympic Games next year. “Why? Because – explain its promoters – the fact is […]

The German Evangelical Church (EKD), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) have collaborated to produce a brochure on integration. The document called “Forming society together” was presented on 23 October during a joint workshop held at Kaiserau, with the participation of representatives of the Churches and sporting organizations that work in […]

ECUMENISM

A packed cathedral in Moscow welcomed the new Catholic Archbishop of the Russian capital, Paolo Pezzi, on Saturday 27 October. Alongside diplomatic representatives of various countries and exponents of Communion and Liberation, who had travelled from Italy for the occasion, a large delegation of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow was also present. The new bishop […]

Encouraging young families to give a Christian education to their children: that is the aim of the Bonifatiuswerk of German Catholics for this year’s Diaspora event. “Bring a light into the world!” is its title. It will be officially inaugurated on 4 November with a Mass in Münster Cathedral co-celebrated by the Bishop Reinhard Lettmann […]

The Czech Bishops’ Conference is negotiating with the government of Prague to obtain compensation of three billion Euros to be paid in instalments over a period of some 60-70 years. The claimed compensation was reported on 25 October by the President of the Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Jan Graubner, in an interview with the Czech Catholic […]

The Scientific Council of the Polish Bishops’ Conference has issued an official statement declaring the creation of hybrid organisms morally inadmissible. In their statement, the bishops express their opinion on the recent announcement of the creation of hybrid embryos, i.e. using a mixture of human and animal cells for purposes of scientific research. The new […]

FRONT PAGE

These days recurs the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s tragic retaliations in Belarus which culminated in the year 1937. It was a real and true genocide which was ordained by the Soviet totalitarian regime against the elite of Belarus: men of culture and science, prelates from all confessions and patriots, but also ordinary citizens. Within 15 […]

Dal Veneto, dal Friuli, dalla Calabria, dall’Abruzzo, dalla Campania, dal Piemonte, dal Lazio. A ben guardare non c’è Regione da cui non siano partiti dei nostri connazionali per l’Australia. Dal secondo dopoguerra (1947) al 1976 si calcola che siano stati ben 360mila gli italiani trasferitisi in questa isola-continente. Accolti inizialmente come manovalanza, ignari della lingua […]

All’appello ad un’Unione mediterranea, lanciato il 23 ottobre a Tangeri dal presidente francese Nicolas Sarkozy, è dedicato l’editoriale del quotidiano nazionale LE MONDE (25/10), che lo definisce come “la proposta di una politica dei piccoli passi”, ispirata al “modello della Comunità del carbone e dell’acciaio (Ceca) che, nel 1950 fu la matrice di quello che […]

Ha avuto luogo ad Atene settimana scorsa il vertice euromediterraneo dei Consigli economici e sociali ed istituzioni simili, organizzato dal Consiglio economico e sociale dell’Unione europea (Ecosoc) in collaborazione con il governo greco. L’ordine del giorno del summit si è concentrato in particolare su quattro temi: il rafforzamento della partecipazione delle organizzazioni che rappresentano la […]