Redazione

“La domenica non deve diventare un giorno della settimana”: è quanto affermano i vescovi svizzeri, invitando gli elettori, il prossimo 27 novembre, a votare contro il lavoro domenicale del personale dei centri commerciali di stazioni ferroviarie, stazioni di servizio stradali e aeroporti. “Le norme attuali – osservano i presuli in una nota diffusa il 17 […]

COMECE" "

“La Chiesa segue con grande partecipazione questa difficile fase dell’integrazione europea”; registra “molta incertezza e scetticismo sul futuro dell’Unione”, ma riscontra anche “forti segnali di speranza, che spesso giungono dai Paesi di nuova adesione”; offre il “suo contributo per un ampio dialogo, sui temi più delicati come la ratifica della Costituzione”, mentre accoglie con favore […]

PRIMA PAGINA" "

La sussidiarietà compresa in modo giusto – sia nella dottrina sociale della Chiesa, sia nei dibattiti dell’Unione europea – mostra che bisogna di nuovo attivare l’uomo e il suo organizzarsi nei gruppi piccoli o grandi. In Croazia, i temi legati al campo della sociologia, dopo decenni di regime comunista nei quali erano stati totalmente assenti […]

JUSTICE" "

“Fraternity can become new life blood to revitalise relations and humanise justice”, says a statement put out by the supporters of “Communion and Law”, organ of the Focolare Movement, which promoted the 1st International Conference on “Relationships in law: what scope for fraternity?” at Castelgandolfo (Rome) on 18-20 November. The conference was attended by 700 […]

CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM" "

An international conference with the title “Islam in a Pluralistic World” was held in Vienna from 14 to 16 November. Numerous personalities of the international political and religious world attended the conference, including the ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I . Cardinal Christoph Schönborn , president of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, also addressed the meeting. We present […]

After an interruption of 5 years the Royal Mail, the postal service of Her Majesty the Queen, will issue a series of Christmas stamps, six in total, with images of the Nativity. The citizens of the United Kingdom shall therefore be able to send their Christmas good wishes with first-class or second-class stamps bearing the […]

He’s called Francis Campbell. He’s 36 years old, a career diplomat from Northern Ireland. He’s the new ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy See. He’s also Catholic: a not negligible detail. In fact he’s the first Catholic since the time of Henry VIII to represent the British government at the Holy See. It is […]

UNITED KINGDOM" "

“List the most important results of your priestly ministry at the present time”, “How do you judge the morale of priests?”, “What contributes to it?”, “What are the most important concerns of priests today and how can they be tackled?”. These are some of the questions that form part of a survey promoted by the […]

“10 million stars – A gesture for peace”, i.e. candles lit throughout the country during the Christmas period as “symbol of the yearning for peace in the world”: that’s the Christmas charity appeal launched by Portuguese Caritas this year (and presented in Lisbon on 17 November). It invites people to buy a candle and to […]

The 11 victims of the fire of 27 October that gutted the detention centre of Schipol airport, between Amsterdam and The Hague, in which clandestine immigrants awaiting expulsion and drug couriers were being held, were commemorated in an official ceremony held on 9 November. Many public authorities were present, including the Minister of Justice Piet […]