Redazione

Dying “not by the hand” of others, but “taken in hand” by others: recalling the words of the late-lamented Cardinal Franz König, the President of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, spoke at an international conference on the end of human life held in the castle of Hartheim, in Austria, at the end of […]

LIFE

The Portuguese Church is preparing to celebrate Pro-Life Week (13-20 May). Its theme this year will be: “Human happiness, God’s concern”. By introducing Pro-Life Week in 1994, the Episcopal Commission for the laity and the family, following a suggestion of John Paul II in 1991, has aimed to “arouse a recognition of the meaning and […]

A mass in various languages in the Catholic Cathedral of Westminster, a procession of parishes and religious groups and a rally in Trafalgar Square: that’s how the Catholic Church of England and Wales recently participated in the action day organized by the association Strangers into Citizens. The association is campaigning for illegal immigrants who have […]

The first Bulgarian Catholic priest was ordained on 5 May, after 55 years. He is Father Stefan Calapish of the diocese of Nicopolis (Northern Bulgaria). According to Vatican Radio, the celebration was attended by all the members of the Bulgarian Bishops’ Conference, the Apostolic Nuncio of the country, Msgr. Giuseppe Leanza, many priests, men and […]

www.missio.ba is the new website of the Pontifical Mission-Aid Societies (POM) of Bosnia-Herzegovina which will be used as a means of missionary animation for the Croat-speaking region. News of the new website is carried by the FIDES international press agency, which reports that the site has been active since 30 April 2007. Cardinal Vinko Puljic, […]

The almost 500 martyrs due to be beatified in Rome in October are priests, religious, nuns, laymen and laywomen. The Spanish Bishops’ Conference presents them as “witnesses of hope” and invites Spanish dioceses to go to Rome for the occasion. An expert on the history of Spain in the 1930s is Vicente Cárcel Ortí, former […]

FRONT PAGE

On Tuesday 8th May 2007 the people of Ireland woke up to a day that witnessed the beginning of a new era of peace and healing on the island. A decades old conflict between two communities in Northern Ireland with roots in centuries of disagreement and violence between the Irish and the British was showing […]

Sì è conclusa il 5 maggio la visita ad limina della Conferenza episcopale internazionale dei santi Cirillo e Metodio, che aveva avuto inizio il 30 aprile. Venerdì 4 maggio i vescovi hanno incontrato in udienza il Papa, portandogli “i saluti cordiali di tutti i cattolici di rito romano e bizantino della Macedonia, Montenegro e Serbia […]

PRIMA PAGINA

La Francia ha un nuovo Presidente. All’uscita di una lunga campagna elettorale, piena di sorprese, che ha appassionato tutto il Paese, Nicolas Sarkozy è stato eletto con una maggioranza netta, con più del 53 % dei voti. Da tempo il Capo dello Stato non veniva eletto con una maggioranza così ampia. La partecipazione (più di […]

Moltiplicare gli sforzi per preservare lo spazio umanitario in Medio Oriente. È questo il senso del messaggio trasmesso dal Commissario Ue responsabile dello sviluppo e degli aiuti umanitari Louis Michel durante la Conferenza di Gerusalemme sulle sfide umanitarie del processo di pace mediorientale, nel corso della quale a nome dell’Unione europea ha espresso la “crescente […]