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monthly agenda" "

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other European Christian Churches in December. 1 Meeting of Cardinal Cormac-Murphy O’ Connor, archbishop of Westminster, with the youth of the archdiocese, in preparation for World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005. The aim of the meeting is to explain the spirit of WYD […]

immigration" "

“Immigration has reduced many of the consequences of the ageing of the population and the need for more manpower in Europe, but it is not the only solution to the sustainability of social security programmes”: that’s one of the statements contained in the report of the United Nations on the question of international migration, drawn […]

With great emotion the Dalai Lama, spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, was welcomed at the airport of Elista, capital of the Kalmuck Republic, to the north of Daghestan on the Caspian Sea, on Monday 29 November. The Kalmuck people are mainly Buddhist: the most westerly and indeed only majority Buddhist people in Europe. Just a […]

The leaders of the Christian Churches ask President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine to manage the situation by taking “decisive” measures against those who have violated the fundamental rights of the people, to satisfy “solely their personal interests”. In these terms, the leaders of the six Christian denominations present in Ukraine (the signatories of the appeal […]

Ecumenism and dialogue" "

In spite of the difficulties that have emerged with the ordination of women as priests and bishops and more recently that of homosexuals, the Anglican Communion is serious in its intention to pursue the ecumenical process and is keen to hear the point of view of the Catholic Church on these matters. The point was […]

germany" "

For months discussion has been raging in Germany about the reforms of the German state – especially in the social security and welfare sectors – aimed at promoting economic recovery. The economic crisis is also having negative repercussions on the German Churches, forced to undertake belt-tightening measures that impact on their activities on the territory. […]

consecrated life" "

Out of every 100 Catholic religious, 44 are European men and women, 30 are Americans, 18 Asians, 7 Africans and only 1 is from Oceania”: these are the data presented by Father Josè Maria Arnaiz, general secretary of the Unions of Superiors General (USG), who, together with the corresponding female organization, the International Union of […]

15,000 illustrated flyers against euthanasia in French, English, German, Spanish and Catalan: that’s the initiative of the European Federation that brings together the national associations of Catholic doctors. The executive committee of the Federation recently met in Barcelona, in Spain. Catholic doctors throughout Europe denounce the rise of a new form of “secularism to the […]

A seminar on “Emigration, new direction, new hope” was held in Dublin on 30 November. Promoted by the Emigrant Advice Network (EAN), an independent NGO coordinated by Father Alan Hilliard, head of the agency for migrants within the Irish Bishops’ Conference, the meeting was attended by many delegates who devote themselves to Irish migrants in […]

A four-point programme for the Year of the Eucharist in the archdiocese of Vienna is contained in a pastoral letter of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, president of the Episcopal Conference and archbishop of the Austrian capital. The letter, which was released on the first Sunday of Advent, contains an invitation to keep churches open, to hold […]