Redazione

“Strengthening relations with the bishops and directors of pastoral offices” and “promoting the project ‘Agora of Mediterranean youth'”: that’s the objective of the visit to the Balkan countries being made by a delegation of the Youth Pastoral Service of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), of the CEI Office for Cooperation between the Churches and of […]

YOUTH

Art, music and theatre for a Lenten experience in the run-up to Easter. It is the idea of mgr. Mario Joseph Conti, archbishop of Glasgow, who promoted a veritable Lenten festival (the Lentfest) for young and adults. “We would like to boost the use of arts in the mission of the Church to rediscover and […]

The 3rd general assembly of the superiors major of male religious orders operating in Russia (CORSUM) was held near Moscow in recent days, with the participation of over 40 delegates from all over the Russian Federation and representatives of religious from Ukraine and Latvia. “The lessons of the past, the evaluation of our methods and […]

“Nowadays, we easily forget that we all belong to one community: to a family, to a village, to a country. Whether they are in good health or sick, happy or sad, in company or alone. But is it enough to think about them once a year?” This was asked by mgr. Norbert Brunner, bishop of […]

The history of mission is the theme chosen for a conference organized by the Catholic Academy of Vienna and held in the Austrian capital from 23 to 24 February. The aim of the meeting, explained Elisabeth Maier, the Academy’s general secretary, in a briefing to the Austrian Catholic press agency Kathpress, was “the elucidation of […]

CHRISTIAN FOR EUROPE

An appeal “for a new consciousness on the part of all citizens of the European Union” since “the vision of the founding fathers of Europe is not a matter of the past”, but “is a plan for the future that our continent awaits”, was launched in Brussels on 28 February. The appeal was made by […]

FRONT PAGE

The Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia approved the new law on religious freedom on 2 February. During the period in which we were awaiting the approval of the bill, the Slovene mass media began a campaign of attacks against the Catholic Church, accusing her of maintaining a privileged position among the other Churches and […]

Esiste una feconda circolarità tra la coscienza del credente e le scelte quotidiane. La coscienza cristiana spinge a decisioni per il bene e, contemporaneamente, gli atti buoni rafforzano la buona coscienza. Ne ha parlato Benedetto XVI ai partecipanti all’assemblea generale della Pontificia Accademia per la vita, riferendosi a temi della promozione della vita. Nella coscienza […]

BASILICATA

Il Consiglio regionale della Basilicata ha approvato, il 6 febbraio scorso, il disegno di legge della Giunta regionale che “delinea e regola la rete regionale integrata dei servizi di cittadinanza sociale”, con l’obiettivo di “assicurare unitarietà e continuità di risposta ai bisogni di sostegno, cura, assistenza e salute delle persone e delle famiglie attraverso l’impegno […]

COMMISSIONE EUROPEA

“Dobbiamo sostenere il patrimonio linguistico dei Paesi europei, ma dobbiamo anche comprenderci reciprocamente all’interno dell’Ue e capire i nostri vicini”: LEONARD ORBAN ha assunto dal 1° gennaio la carica di commissario al multilinguismo, un settore della politica comunitaria che finora non aveva un portafoglio ad hoc. Per questa ragione l’Esecutivo Barroso ha definito un'”agenda politica” […]