Redazione

“Strive to do good” is the hope expressed by the Archbishop of Moscow Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz to the children meeting near Kaliningrad for the “Holiday with God” project that brings children together for a short holiday with the emphasis on spirituality. The meeting with the archbishop took place in the form of an “interview”, conducted by […]

“The Motu Proprio will not bring any significant changes in the order of the Mass in the Catholic Church in Latvia”, said Cardinal Primate Ianis Pujatz, commenting on Benedict XVI’s “Summorum Pontificum” on the use of the Latin Mass. “In Latvian churches Latin is already used in some parts of the mass such as the […]

FRONT PAGE

In recent months the relations between the USA and Russia, or rather between Bush and Putin, who are both firing their parting shots before leaving office next year, are not showing any signs of improvement. We have general accusations of lack of democracy on the one hand, and unilateralism or even of imperialism on the […]

“Laicità e democrazia sono a rischio di estinzione quando si fa pressione per modificare le linee-guida applicative della legge in modo che possano servire come grimaldello per scardinare la legge stessa”. A lanciare il grido d’allarme è stata Maria Luisa Di Pietro, co-presidente (con Bruno Dallapiccola) dell’Associazione “Scienza e Vita”, durante la conferenza stampa svoltasi […]

“A hardening of line”: that, according to the French Catholic weekly La Croix (11/7), is how the almost simultaneous publication of the Pope’s “Motu proprio” on the Latin Mass and the “Responses” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on “certain aspects of the doctrine of the Church” will be read by the […]

EP

At the present time the European Parliament is tackling various issues that impact directly on the life of citizens: the liberalization of postal services, the protection of public health, greater information to consumers about food products, more transparent air tariffs and the crackdown on counterfeit products from China. The plenary session of the EP, held […]

EUROPEAN UNION

“I am ready to tackle the difficulties that could arise especially during the final phase of the negotiations. But one thing is clear: our task is not to change the mandate we have received” from the summit in June, “but to transform it into a new treaty”, says Portuguese Premier JOSÉ SOCRATES , who currently […]

“The statement (which the only Church of Christ) ‘subsists within the Catholic Church’ was interpreted in different ways during forty years. A few interpretations were relativistic: ‘The Church of Christ would subsist in all the Christian Churches indifferently’. But the current document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith points out the exact […]

The Protestant Federation of France (FPF) intends to pursue dialogue with Catholics “with a view to the unity without uniformity of Christians”, says a communiqué issued by the FPF on the same day that the document on the unicity of the Church was published by the Vatican. “It is legitimate – says the communiqué – […]

ECUMENISM

“If there is to be a sincere theological dialogue, we need to have clear ideas about what are the principles to which the other side subscribes. This helps to judge the degree of our differences”, said Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk, head of the Department of External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, commenting on the […]