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The agenda of the European Union after the summer holidays is very tight, especially because of the fire emergency that has devastated Greece, Spain and Italy and that in few weeks has killed more people that those who died in the last ten years across the member states. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. September opens with the plenary […]

ECUMENISM

It’s the countdown for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (Aee3), the event established by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (Ccee) and by the Conference of the European Churches (Kek) to continue a journey and a European tradition which is nearly twenty years old. From 4 to 9 September Sibiu, in Romania, will host the […]

“Nowadays, there are many Christian parents who are really aware of the importance of the role of family education in the transmission of the faith. And who worry for their children, that they may open up to life and personal relations in a universe in which there is a God Father, Jesus the Son of […]

The fires that have been devastating Greece over the last few days, killing people and destroying everything, are “a dramatic and at the same time a mysterious event”. This was stated by the president of the Greek Bishops Conference, mgr. Francesco Papamanolis, in a statement he gave to SIR today. “The reason that pushes the […]

“Exemption from paying ICI (the Council Tax) is a problem that has nothing to do with the terms of the Concordat between the Italian State and the Church, which does not cover it at all and which applies only to religious and social activities, takes inspiration from the normal legislation and is perfectly identical to […]

On 5th August the emeritus archbishop of Paris, card. Jean-Marie Lustiger, defined by BENEDICT XVI “a passionate pastor of the search for God and the announcement of the Gospel”, “a man of faith and dialogue”, “a farsighted intellectual”, died after a long disease. In his telegram to mgrs. André Vingt-Trois, the current archbishop of the […]

JEAN-MARIE LUSTIGER

“I was born a Jew, I have become a Christian by faith and baptism whilst I remained a Jew as the Apostles did. My patrons were the great priest Aaron, Saint John and the Virgin full of grace”. This was written about himself by card. Jean-Marie Lustiger who was the archbishop of Paris between 1981 […]

FRONT PAGE

Just one year after his appointment as bishop of Rome, John Paul II raised mgr. Jean-Marie Lustiger to episcopate (November 1979) as the bishop of Orléans. Thirteen months later, he took him to Paris. A brave choice, probably one of the most farsighted ones in his papacy. The Pope had noticed the extraordinary spiritual energy […]

C’è anche una delegazione di 15 giovani australiani tra i partecipanti all’Agorà dei giovani italiani che vedrà il 1° e il 2 settembre, giungere nella piana di Montorso a Loreto, circa 300mila giovani provenienti da tutte le diocesi italiane per assistere alla veglia e alla messa con Benedetto XVI. 800 sono, invece, i delegati stranieri […]

17:51 – AGORÀ DEI GIOVANI: GIOVANI AUSTRALIANI “APPUNTAMENTO A SIDNEY” Si dicono “impressionati dal clima di festa” e dai “volti gioiosi dei giovani” che stanno incontrando a Loreto e sperano “di vivere la stessa atmosfera anche a Sidney nel 2008, alla Gmg”. Matthew Shakhovskoj e Nathan Chapple sono due rappresentanti della delegazione australiana presente all’Agorà dei […]