Redazione

What are the specific commitments that European university lecturers have to assume if Europe is once again to become capable of respecting its own identity, based on Christian roots, and in line with the process of integration begun fifty years ago with the treaties of Rome? We put this question to Giuseppe Dalla Torre, Rector […]

ccee: universities

“Europe today needs to preserve and re-appropriate her authentic tradition if she is to remain faithful to her vocation as the cradle of humanism”, said BENEDICT XVI last Saturday on receiving in audience the 1,500 participants in the meeting of university lecturers held in Rome from 21 to 24 June on the theme “A new […]

portugal

The definitive version of Portugal’s new law on abortion (Law 16/2007 of 17 April) was published in the Diário da República (Official Gazzette) on 21 June. Amending article 142 of the Penal Code, it permits the interruption of pregnancy, “by choice of the woman”, down to the 10th week of the life of the foetus, […]

“Read, seen and listened to for you” is the title of a new page on the internet site of the Belgian Catholic Church (www.catho.be). It’s a section that contains reviews of books, films and works of art, complemented with a list of religious bookshops in the country. Each film or book is presented with an […]

A reality show aimed at adolescents was transmitted by the television channel run by the Patriarchate of Georgia on 11 June. The title of the programme is “48 Hours” and was produced to give a Christian response to “those immoral youth programmes that propagate aggression and violence”. “48 Hours” is a show in which the […]

Over the last ten years, over 13,000 Italian Catholic movements, associations and groups have opened websites on the Internet and, of these, 11,480 are still available on line. The point is made by Francesco Diani, coordinator of www.siticattolici.it, the web address that has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. It was on 12 June 1997 – […]

church & communication

The 12th meeting of ECIC (www.ecic.org), the Conference of webmasters belonging to the various European Christian Churches, ended at Revfülöp (Hungary), a little lakeside resort on the shores of Lake Balaton, on 20 June. The theme of the meeting, “Church 2.0, an environment for interaction and integration”, stimulated reflection and discussion on the relation between […]

“It’s very dangerous to repudiate the values of Christianity, or deny the Pope’s right to teaching on such questions as abortion, euthanasia or the recognition of homosexual couples”, said the Right Rev. Bronislaw Dembowski, delegate of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for the pastoral care of religious associations and movements. The bishop was speaking during the […]

“There are no practical reasons to become a priest. The guiding motive can only be love and the flame of this love is holiness”, writes Bishop Clemens Pikel of the diocese of St. Clement-Saratov in his recent pastoral letter, issued to mark the Day for the Sanctification of the Clergy (15 June). “The sanctification of […]

Solidarity and prayer were expressed to the Christian community of Gaza by the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev. Patrick Kelly, Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. In a letter sent to the parish priest of Gaza, Msgr. Manuel Musallam, on 21 June, Archbishop Kelly, who led a group of European and […]