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TV WITHOUT FRONTIERS

On 13 December the European Parliament approved on its first reading the Proposal of the Commission for the revision of the Directive “Television without frontiers”(Twf) of Parliament and Council no. 89/552/Cee, updated by Directive no. 97/36/Ce. The revision of the Directive had become unavoidable in view of recent developments in digital communication that have multiplied […]

A directive recently issued by Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, on multi-religious celebrations in schools, has aroused conflicting reactions in Germany. The directive, aimed at teachers of Catholic religion in the archdiocese, invites them not to participate in multi-faith celebrations held in schools since they are difficult for children to understand: “the image of […]

A Christian-Islamic social meeting was held in recent days at the archbishop’s palace in Vienna. At the invitation of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of the Austrian capital and president of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, the representatives of Islamic organizations and senior churchmen of the archdiocese met for an “evening of getting to know each other”, […]

ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE

“Sibiu 2007 will significantly help the progress of ecumenism”, said the Romanian Orthodox theologian Viorel Ionita in an interview with the Austrian Catholic Kathpress agency. Some 2500 delegates from all the Christian Churches of Europe are expected to attend the Third European Ecumenical Assembly due to be held in Sibiu from 4 to 9 September […]

“Normal and palliative forms of treatment are the alternatives to euthanasia and therapeutic over-treatment, because “they really place themselves at the service of the patient and of families”, said Maria Luisa Di Pietro, president of the Association “Scienza & Vita” (Science & Life). She was reporting on the progress of the national campaign “Neither over-treatment, […]

Free palliative treatment for everyone: that is the call made by the head of Caritas in Vienna, Franz Zdrahal, during the recent Congress on palliative treatment held at the University of Salzburg. Zdrahal, who also fills the post of director of the team of mobile hospices run by Caritas, has warned of a two-tier society, […]

EUTHANASIA

“Cesta domù” (return home) is the name of an association of hospices run in the Czech Republic with the aim of improving assistance to the terminally ill, the dying and their families. Founded in 2001, the association consists of professionals in the healthcare sector and representatives of other professions, volunteers and personalities in Czech public […]

The preparation for Christmas in Germany is expressed by a wide variety of projects: from the more traditional, such as exhibitions of Christmas cribs, to the more innovative. On-line Advent calendars are proliferating (as in the dioceses of Paderborn and Dresden-Meissen). There is also an ecumenical version (http://www.advent-online.de), and even an Advent podcasting set up […]

“Mutually supporting each other”: that’s the motto and aim of the evening being held at Herzogenrath (diocese of Aachen) on 21 December. It’s an occasion for workers from local factories and unemployed in search of a job to meet together in front of the Christmas crib. The participants all support the projects run by the […]

CHRISTMAS

Buying only religious Christmas cards, and boycotting those of a secular character, such as the Santa Claus stamps proposed by the Royal Mail, and collecting money and objects that could be useful for the hostel for the homeless run by the city council: these are just some of the ideas that the Catholic parish of […]