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ECUMENISM

The General Synod of the Church of England opened at the campus of the University of York on 6 July. It is due to end on Tuesday 11 July. The most important debate is due to be held on Monday 10th: the one that risks splitting the Anglican Communion, namely, the controversial question of the […]

ROMANIA

Hunger strikes, peaceful demonstrations, letters to the authorities, interventions of the Vatican, protests by Romanian Orthodox and Jews: the denunciations to save the Catholic cathedral of St. Joseph in Bucharest have so far (from April to the present day) proved fruitless. The cathedral is in danger of collapse due to the construction, now underway, at […]

The Forum of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (forum.ugcc.org.ua) was launched on the Internet a year ago, on 16 June 2005. During this first year 213 users wrote 788 messages on 176 different questions. According to UGCC statistics, the daily average of posting messages on the site is 2.16. Four sections are now active on the […]

Ukraine celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Constitution on 28 June. To mark the occasion President Viktor Yushchenko met the representatives of the authorities, diplomats and delegates of the various Churches and religions in the country. Representing the Catholic Church on behalf of the Apostolic Nuncio Ivan Jurkovic was Father Pavlo Vyshkovskyy of the Oblates. […]

UKRAINE

Five years ago, addressing Ukrainian politicians in Kiev, John Paul II had said: “Your task consists in serving the people, and in guaranteeing peace and equality of rights to everyone. You must resist the temptation to use power for your own interests or the interests of some restricted groups”. “Especially today we note that these […]

COMECE

More just institutions thanks to the Constitutional Treaty: this, according to STEFAN LUNTE , is the long-term objective of the “ambitious project” published in recent weeks by the European Commission, with the title “Project Citizen”. In the June number of “Europe infos”, monthly of the Community of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) and […]

CHRISTIAN ROOTS

The Dominican vocation, democracy in the Church and globalization: some of the questions touched on by Cardinal CHRISTOPH SCHONBORN , Archbishop of Vienna, in this interview granted to SirEurope. In the years in which our world was embarking on its pursuit of consumerism and the rejection of obedience, you entered the Dominican Order … “History […]

“The match was magnificent, gripping right down to last minute. Only the final result saddens us, of course”, commented the Archbishop of Paderborn Hans-Josef Becker on the semi-final of the football World Cup, played between Germany and Italy at Dortmund on 4 July: Italy won by 2 goals to nil. Becker reveals that he “spent […]

As the summer holidays approach and millions of French people prepare to set out for their holiday destinations, the new version of the website giving information on the times of masses throughout France is now available for consultation online. There are many search options (by parish, by place of worship, by city/town, by departement and […]

The physicians of the UK oppose euthanasia: with a vote at the British Medical Association, the professional organ that represents 130,000 British GPs has declared that it is contrary to any form of assisted suicide. Last year the same association had assumed a more neutral position on the question. A significant majority of medics, 84%, […]