Redazione

The diocese of Lausanne-Geneva-Fribourg will hold its second Forum at Renens on 30 September, after that held in October 2003 which marked the launch of the regrouping of parishes and the consequent birth of 52 pastoral units. “It’s a reorganization that is taking place without great difficulties thanks to the good will of the faithful”, […]

The President of the Polish Republic, Lech Kaczynski, recently made an official visit to Israel and the Territories of the Palestinian Authority. This was the first visit of a head of state to the country since the end of the war between the Israeli army and Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon. The President met the […]

A “return to the origins”, in the areas where the Catholic Church took the first steps in a renewed process of evangelization after decades of absence following the Reformation: for the bishops of the five countries of the Scandinavian Bishops Conference (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark), the meeting recently held at Alta, in northern […]

The average Spaniard is married, Catholic and socialist. Only 17% participate in mass every Sunday: that’s what emerges from the survey conducted by the Centre of Sociological Research (CIS) on “social classes and social structure” in Spain. Almost eight Spaniards in ten declare themselves Catholics, but only 17% are practising. 47.3% of Spaniards work and […]

A large number of Catholics in England and Wales do not agree with the decision of the Bishops’ Conference to suspend the weekday Mass, hitherto obligatory, for the feast-days of the Ascension, Corpus Domini and Epiphany and transfer them to the following Sunday. It is the priests, on the contrary, who approve the change. So […]

The Scottish Cardinal Keith O’ Brien has responded with “great joy” to the news that Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has lent his support to the campaign launched last year to transform 30 November, the feast of St. Andrew, patron of Scotland, into a national holiday. In England and Wales, all the national holidays are […]

CCEE: MIGRATION

The meeting of national directors for migration of the 25 Bishops’ Conferences of Europe has just ended in Siguenza, in Spain, with an appeal for development policies and the better reception of young immigrants in Europe. Promoted by the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences (Ccee), the meeting (21-24 September) was devoted to the theme […]

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The opinion polls did not get it wrong: 68% of Swiss voters as a whole (almost 80% in central Switzerland, a good deal less in French-speaking Switzerland) approved the new law on foreigners and the reform of the law on the right of asylum in last Sunday’s referendum. These laws were supported by the government […]

“Molte famiglie affrontano giorno dopo giorno quella prigione senza barriere che è la malattia di un loro caro. Bisogna però che non siano lasciate da sole di fronte a queste situazioni”. Così Fulvio De Nigris, direttore del Centro studi per la ricerca sul coma nato a Bologna per iniziativa dell’associazione “Gli amici di Luca”, fondata […]

La lettera di Piergiorgio Welby, malato terminale, al presidente della Repubblica e la risposta dello stesso presidente con la richiesta di un approfondimento del tema in Parlamento hanno ridato il via al dibattito sull’eutanasia. Stando alle prime informazioni e alle reazioni riferite da organi di stampa sembra opportuno qualche precisazione. Le disposizioni anticipate di trattamento, […]