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“Prayer for peace means that it is possible to continue to be a seed in a difficult moment in history, also characterized by fear of terrorism”, says Msgr. AMBROGIO SPREAFICO , representative of the St. Egidio Community, distinguished Bible scholar and former Rector of the Pontifical Urbanian University, in commenting on the 19th international meeting […]

“Increasing dialogue and understanding of the various religions”: that is the recipe of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix and the Salesians of Albania to “prevent religious syncretism among young Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics”. To achieve this objective, the essential prerequisites are to provide “as comprehensive and reliable information as possible, valid for everyone, headmasters, staff, […]

The British Muslim Council has issued a statement expressing its deep “consternation for the second series of terrorist attacks in London” which happened exactly 14 days after the first wave of bombings on 7 July. “Fortunately the criminals failed to cause serious damage, but we urge all our communities to have greater vigilance and to […]

The summer meeting of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow was held on Saturday, 16 July. The meeting was opened with a solemn celebration in the cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin on the occasion of the feast of St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow and of all the Russias. The Synod heard […]

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In a solemn ceremony the Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias Alexis II handed over a replica of the icon of the Madonna of Kazan to the city of Kazan, the ancient river port city on the Volga, on Thursday 22 July. According to the press release of the Patriarchate of Moscow, the visit […]

One cent donated for every kilometre travelled without accident serves to purchase a vehicle for the missions. The project has been organized by the Catholic association MIVA (Missions-Verkehrs-Arbeitsgemeinschaft) in Austria to coincide with the feast of St. Christopher (24 July), patron saint of car drivers. All Austrian Catholics have been invited to donate one cent […]

A web page entirely dedicated to Mary Magdalen and aimed at the fans of Dan Brown’s bestseller “The da Vinci Code”: the “unprecedented” idea is the brainchild of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales as a way of responding to the questions people ask about Catholicism. The web page can be accessed on the […]

The “Law for the reform of the educational system is unacceptable, as well as representing a total surprise”, declares the Spanish Bishops’ Conference in a statement, commenting on the recent approval of the new Organic Law of Education, about which the Spanish Church was kept wholly in the dark and which eliminates the obligation of […]

The meeting of the ruling Council of the 34 European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) ended at Zagreb on 21 July. The meeting prepared the CCEE plenary assembly planned to be held in Rome from 29 September to 2 October, date of the start of the Synod of Bishops (2-23 October). To mark the 40th anniversary of […]

A motorcoach carrying youth from Belgrade, two other coaches from the diocese of Subotica, one from the Greek-Catholic Exarchate of Sriem and one from Montenegro: these will be the youth delegations (in total roughly 260) that will travel to Cologne for World Youth Day in August. They will represent the “International Bishops’ Conference of Saints […]