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“Scarred by the erosion of values, especially Christian values”: that’s how Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis, archbishop of Vilnius and president of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference, defined “the cultural transition of post-Soviet Lithuania”. The archbishop was addressing the international conference held in Vilnius in recent weeks on “Christian values and culture today”, focused on the revival […]

An elementary catechism for Romany children was presented in recent days at the research centre for Romany culture in Bjelovar (Croatia). The catechism forms part of the “Romany Weekend” programme. The director of the Catholic weekly Glas Koncilia, Nedjeljko Pintariæ, Sister Karolina Miljak, chairperson of the Committee for pastoral activities among Romanies of the Croatian […]

“We have a need for sincere and stronger cooperation in our Church”: that is the plea made by the Austrian bishops, who published a pastoral letter for Austrian Catholics on 7 October. The letter refers to the recent scandal in the St. Pölten seminary. “During the ‘Pilgrimage of Peoples’ to Mariazell in May this year, […]

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The vote with which the Justice, Public Liberties and Security Committee of the European Parliament rejected the candidature of Rocco Buttiglione, designated by the Italian government to the post of EU Commissioner, has arousing opposing reactions, not only in terms of the episode itself, but, more widely, in terms of the relation between the various […]

“The Turks, they dream of Europe” is the opening headline of La Croix (5/10). The “Turkish question” has monopolised the attention of the international media, as it considers whether the country’s entry to the EU is or is not appropriate, after Brussels pronounced its “yes” to opening negotiations on membership. “The vast majority of Turks”, […]

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The scant participation of European citizens in the June elections highlights once again the need “to reawaken our democratic culture, to promote informed debate and responsible citizenship”. However, at the same time it calls for reflection on the “duties of those who were elected” and on the system of lists, which “in many countries does […]

An appeal against the abuses inflicted on child soldiers was launched recently by the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. During his annual lesson at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, the Anglican Primate of all England, spiritual leader of 70 million faithful, spoke of the atrocities suffered by 300,000 child soldiers in […]

The Council of bishops of the Orthodox Church opened in Moscow on Sunday 3 October with a solemn liturgy presided by Patriarch Alexis II, it is due to close on 8 October. Opening the meeting, the Patriarch mentioned among other things relations with the Catholic Church in Rome, dwelling on both lights and shadows. Among […]

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Sibiu, a city in the heart of Romania, has been chosen to welcome the third European Ecumenical Assembly in 2007, one of the most important meetings of Christian Churches in Europe. The announcement was made by the central committee of the Conference of European Churches (KEK) which, together with the Council of European Episcopal Conferences […]

In Hamburg on 4 October – for the occasion of awarding the Catholic Media Prize to Ariel Hauptmeier for the “Print” category and to Tina Soliman and the cameraman Torsten Lapp for the “Electronic” category – Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference, referred to the duties of those who work in the […]