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A commemorative act to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the conciliar declaration “Nostra Aetate”, on dialogue between Catholics and Jews, will be held in Madrid on 28 October, on the initiative of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, in collaboration with the Federation of Jewish communities in Spain. The aim of the event is to “recall that […]

A new national committee of the Church for the protection of childhood was announced by the Irish Church on 25 October, following the publication of the Report of Mr Justice Frank Murphy on the sexual abuse perpetrated on children by some priests in the diocese of Ferns. “No one who is a danger to children […]

The 1st meeting of teachers of Catholic religion (TCR) was held in Rome in early October, on the initiative of the Service for the Teaching of Catholic Religion of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. Attended by over 700 participants representing over 20,000 TCR throughout Italy, its title was: “TRC: a cultural contribution to the education of […]

Some 15,000 youngsters are expected to attend “Holywins” in Paris on Monday, 31 October. “Holywins” is a youth festival with rock concert organized by the archdiocese of the French capital and now in its fourth year. Throughout the day groups of youngsters will go through the streets of the city to meet its inhabitants and […]

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Grasp all, lose all. Life is getting ever longer. Solidarity is thus becoming ever more important. At the other end of the chain, education too is becoming ever more demanding. Professional life is undoubtedly starting ever later. And the birth rate is gradually declining. Despite that, people are refusing to prolong their working life, or, […]

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“It’s a question of knowing what type of Europe we wish for our children and how much we are willing to pay to have it”, declared José Manuel Durao Barroso , President of the European Commission. Barroso was trying to stir the waters in preparation for the informal summit at Hampton Court, in Great Britain, […]

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The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed 2005 “International Year of Micro-credit”. During this year the UNO has promoted a series of programmes aimed at raising the awareness of workers, governments and trades unions about the advantages of micro-credit and micro-finance. The initiative is born from the consciousness that micro-finance has already helped […]

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The Protestant Federation of France celebrated the centenary of its foundation (25 October 1905) on 21-23 October. The Federation’s foundation took place in the same year in which France approved the law on the separation between Church and State that would strongly characterize the system of the secularism of public life in the country. The […]

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“I have been a priest for over 35 years and during my priesthood in Bulgaria the Communists destroyed four churches, whereas today we are seeing the birth of another four. That’s why I say that 2005 is a symbolic year for the rebirth of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria, because thanks to your tireless efforts […]

“Europe has a need for strong States that are able to guarantee social welfare”, declared Fintan Farrell, director of EAPN, the European anti-poverty organization, on addressing the 6th annual Austrian Conference on poverty, which ended at Salzburg in recent days. “We cannot dispense with the decision of the European heads of state, agreed during the […]