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A 40-page ecumenical booklet containing spiritual texts, meditations and blessings has been published for the German athletes participating in the next Winter Olympic Games in Turin (10-26 February) and in the Paralympics. Part of the kit being given to all German athletes participating in the Turin Olympics, the booklet, with the title “Thank God sport […]

The recognition of homosexual unions is dividing the Lutheran Church in Norway. The debate was re-kindled following the publication in recent days of a theological report in which the question is posed: “Do the Scriptures speak of homosexuality is such a way that the Church can claim a foundation for accepting homosexual unions?”. To this […]

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A specific proposal on women bishops is contained in the report of the work group led by the Anglican bishop of Guildford, the Rev. Christopher Hill. The Church of England is thus continuing along the road (embarked on for some time) of removing the obstacles that currently stand in the way of women gaining access […]

Security for Israel is linked to justice for Palestine: this, in essence, is what emerged from the international meeting of European and North American bishops for solidarity with the Christians in the Holy Land, held between 14 and 19 January (cf. SIR 1 and 4/2006). Representing the German Bishops’ Conference at the meeting was Bishop […]

A “globalization of the good”: that is the hope expressed by the bishop of Gurk-Klagenfurt, in Carinthia, the Most Rev. Alois Schwarz, on intervening in recent days at the symposium “Alternative Monetary Economy”, held in Klagenfurt. “With this meeting, the Church has given a prophetic sign that shows how tackling social questions may be defined […]

The 27th ordinary assembly of the Slovene Bishops’ Conference (SBC) was held at the diocesan Curia in Koper on 23 January. The participants included the apostolic Nuncio in the Republic of Slovenia, Monsignor Santos Abril y Castelló. During the meeting some significant events in the life of the Slovene Church in the last two months […]

Not one great event, but a “pilgrimage” lasting two years, punctuated with national meetings and with the participation of as large a number of people as possible: that is how the Third European Ecumenical Assembly, due to be held in Sibiu (Romania) from 4 to 8 September 2007, was described by the general secretaries of […]

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“Working without sparing any effort to re-establish the full and visible unity of all the followers of Christ”: the “priority commitment” assumed by BENEDICT XVI at the start of his pontificate was re-affirmed by the Pope during his meeting with the 150 delegates of Churches, Episcopal Conferences, Communities and Ecumenical Organizations of Europe, meeting in […]

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The agreement arrived at by the heads of state and government at the December Council Summit on the financial perspectives for 2007-2013 is good news for the Eu. Despite the obstacles agreement was reached on an issue that seemed unlikely to be resolved only six months previously. It now allows the Eu to forward plan […]

Continua, nelle 226 diocesi italiane, il cammino di preparazione al IV Convegno ecclesiale nazionale, in programma a Verona, dal 16 al 20 ottobre, sul tema: “Testimoni di Cristo Risorto, speranza del mondo”.DUE INCONTRI IN SEMINARIO. “Fragilità” e “passione”: sono queste le due “parole chiave” che hanno fatto da sfondo all’incontro organizzato dalla diocesi di NOVARA […]