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World Youth Day (WYD) was one of the issues discussed at this year’s Katholikentag, the congress of German Catholics, celebrated at Ulm from 16 to 20 June. The question was also testified by the presence of the WYD Cross in the nearby city of Baden-Württemberg during the event. Meanwhile preparations continue to make sure that […]

An international congress on: “Priests, forges of sainthood for the new millennium” is due to open in the cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Valletta, capital of Malta, on 18 October 2004. Some 15,000 bishops and priests have already received an invitation to attend the congress from the Prefect of the Congregation for the […]

The Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, officially received the bishops of the Turkish Episcopal Conference for the first time in Ankara on 21 June. News of the event was reported by a communiqué issued by the press office of the bishops, who “expressed to Erdoðan and to his government their best […]

Alif and Alef are respectively the first two letters of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabet. Alif-Aleph is the name of the association for dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Great Britain, established at the Foreign Office in London on 21 June, with the support of the Minister for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Mike O’Brien, […]

religious liberty " "

In the countries of Eastern Europe, the scope granted to religious communities by the heirs of State communist atheism (with the conspicuous exception of Belarus) is growing; the larger of these communities are recognized as “traditional religions, i.e. belonging to the history and culture of the country”. In Western Europe, on the other hand, dialogue […]

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Internet, the family, information and ethics: they are the chosen themes for the meeting of some thirty participants at the annual meeting of the press officers and spokespersons of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) being held in Athens from 24 to 27 June. “It’s a very important appointment for the Greek Church – declared […]

france" "

In France “the having sidelined the teaching of religions – if not the Republic’s flaunted mistrust in its ‘eternal enemies’ – has led to an ignorance which has not only afflicted the young generations, but has deprived universities of the opportunity to invest in whole fields of human knowledge”. This is a misconception of secularism. […]

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“Pilot experiences” of community service for the youth of various European countries, both East and West, “to make them fall in love with Europe and educate them in participation and citizenship”: this was one of the proposals that emerged from the round table on “Community service for an active and caring European citizenship”, held in […]

european council" "

An identity card for the 25-member Europe. The prolonged applause of the heads of state and of government who welcomed the approval of the Constitution on the late evening of Friday 18 June, at the end of the European Council meeting in Brussels, dissolved the tensions that had built up over two days of hectic […]

Satisfaction for the approval of the Constitution as an undeniable step towards European integration; regret for the lack of any citation of the Christian roots; and the need to confirm the commitment and witness of believers within the European institutions. That’s the main thrust of the positions adopted by individual intellectuals, associations and groups of […]