Noel Treanor Comece - Infos

PRIMA PAGINA

Il primo semestre del 2007 è stato caratterizzato da due date cruciali: il cinquantesimo anniversario dei Trattati di Roma, celebrato il 25 marzo, e il risultato positivo della riforma del Trattato dell’Unione europea il 23 giugno, durante il Consiglio europeo di Bruxelles. Si spera che il mandato conferito alla Conferenza intergovernativa, con inizio il 23 […]

REVIEW OF IDEAS

In response to the challenges of the contemporary world, the missionary idea, already of decisive importance for the modern ecumenical movement, demands closer and more intensive collaboration between the Christian Churches, transcending confessional differences. This is the thesis of WALTER KLAIBER (theologian, bishop of the Methodist Evangelical Church (from 1989 to2005) and, until recently, chairman […]

We were "welcomed with great kindness and courtesy, and shared a deep experience of brotherhood": that was the unanimous comment of the bishops of the Churches of the region of Friuli Venezia-Giulia in Italy (Archbishops Pietro Brollo of Udine and Dino De Antoni of Gorizia, and Bishops Eugenio Ravignani of Trieste and Ovidio Poletto of […]

ECUMENISM

At Sibiu the staff have long been working flat out to receive the delegates and visitors from all over Europe who will animate the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3), due to be held in the Romanian town from 4 to 9 September. It’s an eagerly awaited event (after the great ecumenical experiences at Basel in […]

YOUTH

The meeting of Italian youth, promoted by the Italian Bishops’ Conference, was held at Loreto, from 29 August to 2 September. It included a meeting with Benedict XVI. The some 500,000 pilgrims present also included 800 young delegates from 50 countries of Europe and of the Mediterranean. Guests, together with their Italian counterparts, of 32 […]

POLAND

“The political crisis of recent weeks, and the disputes both within Parliament and in the media, prompt reflection on the level and the form of public debate”, say the Polish bishops in a joint statement. The Polish bishops met on 25 August for the plenary of the Episcopal Conference at the Marian sanctuary of Jasna […]

Where are you now?” This is the name of a national initiative launched by the English Bishops to “reach the dozens of thousands of people” who have been christened in England and Wales but “very rarely” go to Mass. Raising the “awareness of the faithful” about the “essential role that everyone plays in inviting their […]

“I will give a future and a hope” is the subject of the fifth and last stop of the international congress for the new evangelisation of the big cities in Europe, which, after Vienna 2003, Paris Toussaint 2004, Lisbon 2005 and Brussels Toussaint 2006, will be held in Budapest from 16th to 22nd September. Every […]

“My visit in Austria is getting nearer. You know that: I love this country that reminds me of my childhood, the Sunday walks I went on […] with our mother […], the wonderful landscapes of your country, the great Austrian culture and the kindness of your people”. As the visit in Mariazell gets nearer, Pope […]

FRONT PAGE

The first six months of 2007 have been marked by two highlights: the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, celebrated on March 25th, and the positive outcome of the Reform of the Treaty of the European Union on June 23rd, during the European Council in Brussels. Hopefully, the mandate given to the Inter-Governmental Conference, […]