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PRIMA PAGINA" "

Prosegue in Vaticano (fino al 23 ottobre) l’XI Assemblea generale ordinaria del Sinodo dei vescovi su “L’Eucaristia: fonte e culmine della vita e della missione della Chiesa”. Diverse le situazioni e le prospettive tracciate dai padri sinodali europei. Pubblichiamo alcuni stralci dei loro interventi. PENITENZA. “Occorre eliminare l’abuso di accedere alla comunione senza il sacramento […]

“ The Synod listens to the suffering of the world” is the title of the editorial in La Croix (12/10) signed by Isabelle De Gaulmyn, who recalls that “ the intensity of the testimonies of the bishops, in the light of the difficulties being experienced in their own countries, has somewhat upset the Synod’s plan […]

committee of the regions" "

Without adequate funds, the regional policy of the Union will remain a dead letter. That’s the constant refrain that accompanied the European Week of the Regions and Cities, which brought 600 delegates and almost 2,000 observers from over a hundred localities in 27 nations to Brussels from Monday 10 to Thursday 13 October. The Week […]

european union" "

“Linguistic diversity is considered a “patrimony” of the culture of the old continent, so much so that in 2001 the Council of Europe decided to emphasize this specific feature by introducing an annual “Day” in celebration of it at the end of September. The EU is also committed to linguistic diversity. Following its enlargement on […]

immigration" "

Clashes and deaths on the frontier between Morocco and Spain, before the fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla; immigrants taken into the Sahara desert by bus and abandoned to the elements and an uncertain fate; intolerable conditions and abuses of human rights in temporary holding camps in Italy; and, […]

Presided over by Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis, the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of Barbora Umiastauskaite (1620-1648) was solemnly opened in the cathedral of Siauliai on 24 September. The young woman, nicknamed “Zagariete” because she lived in the town of Zagare, in north-west Lithuania, has been venerated for centuries by the people, who flock […]

“Emphasizing and enhancing the ‘dual citizenship’ of each Christian: member of the Church and called to the Kingdom and, at the same time, called to responsible participation in the social and political life of the country”: that’s how Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, President of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference (LBC), explained the significance of the prayer intention […]

The role of religious education in state schools and the preparation for the sacraments of Christian initiation are the object of the pastoral letter that the bishop of Kaisiadorys, the Most Rev. Juozapas Matulatis, sent to the faithful of the diocese in recent days. The letter warns of false expectations, in particular the “claims that […]

“The signs of the time invite us to rediscover in a new light the gift of the sacrament of reconciliation. It is unfortunately being given inadequate consideration today”, but is, on the contrary, “one of the privileged ways for the formation of conscience and the Catholic consciousness”, declared the Bishop of Vilkaviskis, the Most Rev. […]

lithuania" "

Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius is the new President of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference (LBC). Elected for the next three years during the LBC plenary session held at Telsiai in recent days, he succeeds Cardinal Audrys Backis, who has been appointed vice-president. Archbishop Tamkevicius will also head the episcopal Commission for Social Communication and the Council for […]