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“Consecrated persons are called to punctuate their day with prayer to be ready to proclaim the Gospel”. The exhortation is made by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of Brussels, who has promoted a prayer vigil in the Cathedral for 1st February, on the eve of the World Day for Consecrated life, now in its 11th year. […]

“Serving the Gospel together”: that’s the title of the meeting being held by the German Bishops’ Conference at Würzburg on 1st February to discuss the future of the consecrated life. Twenty-five bishops, including the President of the Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, and 120 men and women members of religious orders and secular institutes in […]

“We are particularly close to the Guinean population and in particular to those most in need following the deterioration of the general situation of the country in recent times”, says the Presidency of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, in a communiqué issued on 23 January. “In recalling the particular bond between the Italian ecclesial community and […]

The Catholic Church in Portugal is preparing for its national Congress for the pastoral care of the sick, dedicated to the theme “At the service of the Person – Healing and Protecting”. Discussion will focus on the concepts of the person, the threats to life, to health and to dignity, and the responsibility of society […]

The national Hungarian meeting in preparation for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3) was held on 25 January at Gyula, a town close to the frontier with Romania. The Orthodox cathedral of St. Nicholas of the Romanian community hosted the ecumenical liturgies during the meeting. Representatives of the Catholic, Calvinist and Orthodox Church participated. Also […]

“There were 2030 Greek-Catholic churches in Romania in 1948, before the Communist oppression. Now there are only 405, including those under construction”, pointed out the Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Kolozsvár-Szamosújvár), Florentin Crihalmenau, in addressing the conference of the Reunion of Charities of Aid to the Oriental Churches (ROACA) recently held in the Vatican. “The question of […]

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Seventeen years after the political transformation and the fall of Communism, it seems that the Polish media are pulling the skeletons of the past regime out of their cupboards. There is increasing talk of the documents that allegedly prove the collaboration of priests, of bishops, such as Msgr. Wielgus, and of journalists with the security […]

“Chi ama la vita – scrivono i vescovi italiani nel Messaggio per la 2ª Giornata per la vita, che si celebrerà il 4 febbraio – non la toglie ma la dona, non se ne appropria, ma la mette al servizio degli altri”. Sì, l’atteggiamento adeguato, con il quale considerare la vita, è proprio questo: lo […]

Il Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II per gli sudi su matrimonio e famiglia e l’Istituto di bioetica dell’Università Cattolica di Roma hanno inaugurato, nei giorni scorsi, la seconda edizione del Master in bioetica e formazione. Ha tenuto la prolusione, dal titolo “Testamenti biologici: un diritto o una trappola”, Antonio Spagnolo, coordinatore del Centro di bioetica […]

“Un lavoro continuativo e capillare, per vari aspetti analogo a quello che ha preparato il Convegno, da svolgere nelle diocesi, nelle parrocchie e nell’intera rete delle realtà ecclesiali, e da innervare con alcuni eventi di rilievo nazionale che ne diffondano la conoscenza e favoriscano il coinvolgimento delle più varie energie e presenze sociali e culturali”.È […]