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The phenomenon of migration from the developing to the more advanced countries in Europe does not just concern the Mediterranean states in closer contact with Africa e Asia, but is also making itself felt in Scandinavia. Over the last five years the presence of immigrants in these countries has grown considerably: they come both from […]

Internet sites completely revamped and dedicated to John Paul II; biographies, speeches, homilies, photographic tributes; and especially forums open to anyone who wants to post a prayer, a thought, a memory: that’s how the majority of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe have followed the death, funeral and last farewell to Pope John Paul II. Romania […]

History and Christian roots, democracy and human rights, economic problems, social justice, scientific research, safeguard of the creation: the issues that John Paul II tackled in his official addresses to the European institutions, during some of his journeys in the “old continent”, are endless. Worth singling out among these speeches, in view of the richness […]

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“Europe in the crisis of cultures” is the subject of the address that the dean of the College of Cardinals, Joseph Ratzinger, recently gave at the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Scolastica at Subiaco (Rome) on the occasion of the award of the “St. Benedict Prize” promoted by the Life and Family Foundation in Subiaco and […]

The death of John Paul II and the huge crowds converging on Rome from every part of the world to pay tribute to the pontiff and participate in his funeral are monopolising the attention of all the European papers. Never as on this occasion do the headlines better reflect the content of the various articles. […]

“On behalf of the European Commission I wish to extend our deepest condolences to the Sacred College and to the whole Catholic Church”. JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO , head of the Executive in Brussels, was the first voice at the international level to express the grief and the void left by the pope’s death, as a […]

Cec All the Christians of Europe join with Catholics in prayers of thanksgiving for the life and witness of John Paul II, said pastor Keith Clements, general secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), an organization that represents 125 Churches of Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic tradition. In his statement Clements recalls the […]

The European episcopates have been swift in their reactions to the death of John Paul II. Among the first were the bishops of his “beloved Poland” who, in an initial declaration, expressed the hope that “John Paul II would enlarge the circle of saints and even today is interceding for us at the Throne of […]

The death of John Paul II has not failed to arouse reactions and condolences also in the German Committee that is organizing the 20th World Youth Day (WYD) in Cologne, from the 16 to 21 August, preceded by the preparatory days in German dioceses from 11 August. The hope of seeing John Paul II in […]

An “historic” pontificate, “an energetic, courageous and visionary pontiff”, who “bore suffering and weakness with dignity, has inspired countless millions of believers and non-believers across the world”. That is how the European bishops remember John Paul II, unanimously recognized for his commitment to overcoming every “wall” and promoting dialogue between peoples and religions. A POPE […]