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The priests of England and Wales have rejected the proposal made last week by the National Conference of Priests (NCP) to favour a relaxation of the norms that regulate the celibacy of priests. In the motion presented by Father Peter Morgan of the archdiocese of Liverpool, it was proposed that the idea of also admitting […]

A warning to beware of the “populist rhetoric of some candidates and parties that risk weakening the process of democratic development” in the country has been made by the bishops of Lithuania. In view of the approaching elections that will renew Parliament in October, they have in recent days sent a letter to the “faithful […]

“In Europe there’s a lot of tension between those who place in question the rights of the family, and those who defend its traditional values. This often leads to a paradox in European policies, because on the one hand the precedence of human rights over everything else is proclaimed, and on the other these same […]

This year, the diocese of Eger is celebrating the millennium of its foundation and the bicentenary of its elevation to an archdiocese. The celebrations will culminate on 25 September with a Mass celebrated in the basilica of Eger by the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Juliusz Janusz, while the homily will be given by the Primate of […]

“When we go to vote, let us evaluate with attention the candidates we ought to vote for”. That’s the advice of the Slovene bishops, who in preparation for the forthcoming parliamentary elections on 3 October, have drawn up a kind of vademecum on how Catholics should vote: “Let us vote for those candidates whom we […]

In response to the “world threat” of terrorism, “we are all put to the test, as individuals, as peoples, as international community and also, and more specifically, as Christians”, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, on opening the permanent Council of Italian bishops, now being held in Rome until 23 September. […]

Dieter Heidtmann of the Evangelic Church of Württemberg, in Germany, is the new executive secretary of the “Church and Society” Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC). He comes to the CEC from the Community of the Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE), an association of 103 Lutheran, Reformed and Methodist churches that now live […]

The annual meeting of the Commission for migration of the CCEE (Council of the European Episcopal Commissions) and the National Directors for the pastoral care of migrants was held at Mechelen, in Belgium, from 17 to 19 September. Representatives of the Holy See and 24 episcopal conferences, of the Commission of the Episcopates of the […]

The Catalan Josep Gavín has a quite particular vocation: collecting images of saints and of Mary. He has won 4 Guinness Prizes, including one for being the collector with most images of St. Joseph (51,000). His Marian collection now runs to some 800,000 images of Our Lady. Josep Gavín is the director of Arxiu Gavin, […]

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By losing “the sacred sense of marriage, we’ll end up by considering it merely as a private contract and consequently established at a person’s own discretion and dependent on personal choice, that may change and lead to breakdown”. This is the view of the Spanish Episcopal Conference after the government’s approval last week of a […]