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The governments of the Twenty-Five stand accused of not having done enough to achieve the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, adopted in 2000. MEPs and MPs of the national parliaments of the EU member states met in Brussels on 17-18 March, in preparation for the summit of 22-23 March, to discuss the future of the […]

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“Europe must develop the necessary measures to combat exclusion”, said José Manuel Barroso , President of the European Commission, at a meeting held in recent days with a delegation of the Social Platform, composed of leaders of the three most important European NGOs, including the European Disability Forum (EDF). “Cohesion and social inclusion – Barroso […]

The transfer of Anglican priests – who are often married – to the Roman Catholic Church is a frequent occurrence in England but not in the rest of the United Kingdom. It is difficult to obtain official statistics, but in the London area for example, the dioceses of Westminster and Southwark each have between 8 […]

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“I’ve been an Anglican all my life and I regard this possibility of division with horror”, says Anglican bishop JOHN FLACK , director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. We asked Bishop Flack to comment on the crisis that has opened within the Anglican Community, following the ordination of a gay bishop in the USA […]

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A whole people that closes ranks round the Pope, praying for his health and for his intentions: that is the image that the Polish bishops, meeting in plenary sessions in recent days, have wished to send to John Paul II in a letter. The various questions discussed during the assembly included the formation of the […]

The vocational campaign “Come and see” is being held in the diocese of Málaga. It consists of opening the doors of the seminary to enable people in the diocese to get to know it. Málaga, a diocese with 26 seminarians, is receiving a visit from 1200 people this week. But the seminarians are not waiting […]

“Passing from the logic of charitable and social action to the logic of generosity and self-giving”: that’s the appeal made in recent days by Bishop Antonio Ceballos Atienza of Cadice and Ceuta, the Spanish diocese that also comprises on its territory a zone of north Africa. In a pastoral letter on “Holy Thursday and Immigration”, […]

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An Easter focused on people’s real-life experiences today: that’s how the faithful are preparing to celebrate Easter in various areas of Spain. The particular Easter initiative focused on peace and reconciliation being promoted by the Jesuits in Barcelona is being announced with provocative posters: “Jesus, where shall we hold Easter? And Jesus replies: Place a […]

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World Youth Days (WYD) have now become, two decades after their foundation, a firm presence in the landscape of the universal Church. They are among John Paul II’s finest intuitions. They translate his attention to the young as builders of the future and his friendship for the new generations, eloquently expressed even in his forced […]

“ Il Vaticano va all’attacco contro il ‘Codice Da Vinci'” titola in prima pagina International Herald Tribune (17/3), sottolineando che dalla Santa Sede viene il consiglio “ ai cristiani di non comprare e nemmeno di leggere il thriller divenuto best-seller“. La giornalista Elisabeth Rosenthal riporta l’intervento del card. Tarcisio Bertone, arcivescovo di Genova. “ Sono […]