Redazione

The 9th International Festival of Gregorian Chant will be held at Watou (Poperinge) from 24 to 28 May. The festival is held every three years. As always it brings together the best choirs in the world, and its success continues to grow. “Even for those who don’t understand Latin – explain the organizers – Gregorian […]

ACAT (Action of Christians for the abolition of torture) in French-speaking Belgium is promoting a day of biblical animation in Brussels on 10 June, with the title “Living with and without fear”. The meeting intends to reflect on four biblical texts: “the episode of pharaoh and the people of Israel, Jesus in the Garden of […]

With reference to an article published in recent days in the Belgian paper “De Morgen”, in which it was claimed that the Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium supported the bishops in their actions in support of asylum seekers, thus laying himself open to the suspicion that the Vatican diplomat were assuming a political position, a statement […]

BELGIUM

“The regularization of the sans-papier [illegal immigrants] is first and foremost a political question. It therefore requires a response” by “our politicians”, but “it is also a human drama that, as such, concerns us all”, declare the bishops of Belgium in a statement issued at the end of a press conference held in recent days […]

GERMANY

“Justice in the eyes of God”: that’s the slogan of the 95th Katholikentag, the congress of German Catholics due to be held in Saarbrücken from 24 to 28 May this year. Ever since it was first held in Mainz in October 1848, the event has progressively evolved: if the meeting in Mainz was a simple […]

ITALY

The 56th General Assembly of the Cei, the Italian Bishops’ Conference opened in the Synod Hall in Vatican City on 15 May. The questions on the agenda include: the life and ministry of the priest; guidelines and regulations for major seminaries; preparations and programme for the 4th national ecclesial Meeting (Verona, 16-20 October 2006); and […]

The seven-day pilgrimage on foot involving Swiss youth aged between 14 and 30 from 13 to 20 August is called “Get up and walk”. It will cover the 85 km from Ranft to Einsiedeln. Its aim, according to one of its organizers, Father Bernard Savioz, is to “strengthen the faith of the young pilgrims”. He […]

German brass bands, most of them from Bavaria, birthplace of the Pope, with over a thousand musicians, will march in procession through the streets of Rome on 20 May to celebrate the fifth centenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the new Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican and of the establishment […]

Barcelona was the chosen venue for the 22nd International Congress of Catholic medical associations (FIAMC), held from 11 to 14 May. Theme of the congress: poverty in the context of globalization. The Archbishop of Barcelona, the Most Rev. Lluís Martínez Sistach, in his keynote address, urged the need for “greater awareness” of the “situation of […]

The archdiocese of Bucharest is strongly opposing the construction of a skyscraper that would dwarf the Catholic cathedral in the Romanian capital. The town council of Bucharest – according to a report carried by the ENI ecumenical press agency – has already issued a permit for the construction of a 19-storey building, 75 metres high, […]