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With an unprecedented coordinated front, 9 leaders of the major religious faiths in Great Britain (Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Sikhs) have joined their forces to launch an appeal against voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. The religious representatives sent an open letter to the members of both houses of Parliament (Commons and Lords) on […]

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The Federation of the Protestant Churches and the Conference of Swiss Bishops have joined together to defend Sunday in view of the referendum on 27 November in which the Swiss will be called to vote either for or against the Sunday opening of shops “in public transport centres” (stations or airports). In a press conference, […]

“Categorically excluding any type of research on children or the mentally ill”: that’s the imperative spelt out by Monsignor Gebhard Fürst, expert for bioethics of the German Bishops’ Conference and bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, in an interview with the German Catholic press agency KNA. Criticising a UNESCO document on bioethics, the bishop observed that some parts […]

The WYD office in Cologne has been awarded the European Union’s prestigious EMAS Award for 2005. The prize was awarded for the innovative and successful utilization of the system of environment management during World Youth Day. WYD environmental manager, Thomas Here, received the prize at a ceremony in Villach, in Austria, in recent days. The […]

For the first time, Catholic priests and Evangelical pastors involved in the spiritual care of the police forces in southern Bavaria have organized an ecumenical service. The service was held in recent days in a building of the company that runs the motorways on Autobahn A92. The congregation consisted of traffic police who patrol the […]

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“If a grand coalition is able to reach agreement on a few points such as the campaign against unemployment, the safeguard of social welfare systems and the reform of federalism, and the reforms were truly to be decided on the basis of consensus, society too would give its approval”, declared Bishop Reinhard Marx of Trier […]

“Il Sinodo dei vescovi ha compiuto quarant’anni. Paolo VI lo ha annunciato nella sua allocuzione all’inizio dell’ultima sessione del Concilio Vaticano II e lo istituì con il motu proprio Apostolica sollicitudo del 15 settembre 1965. Da allora, esso è ormai entrato nella vita della Chiesa cattolica come un organismo vivo che esprime, qualifica e anima […]

“We must never cease to learn”: with this motto the European Commission has decided to accompany the adoption of a new financial package of over 30 million euros to support transnational projects of cooperation in the sector of adult education. The funds –reserved for the over 2500 public and private organizations devoted to adult education […]

Avere la stessa fede, avere lo stesso pensiero di Cristo. Questo è uno degli inviti che Benedetto XVI ha rivolto ai vescovi convenuti a Roma per riflettere sull’Eucaristia. E non può essere diversamente dal momento che la fede ci precede e ci è consegnata. La fede è stata ampiamente professata dai padri sinodali, che nei […]

Alla sesta Congregazione generale (6 ottobre), “il Papa è arrivato con un minuto di ritardo, ma con in mano la borsa nera del Sinodo”. A riferirlo ai giornalisti è stato don GIORGIO COSTANTINO, addetto stampa per il gruppo linguistico italiano, durante il “briefing” del 6 ottobre con i giornalisti. Oltre a recitare la preghiera iniziale […]