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“The Charta Oecumenica is an important stimulus to combine reflection and action in the activity of this commission. I approve this decision and am anxious to see its results”. That’s how Keith Clements, general secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), welcomed the adoption of the Charta Oecumenica by the new CEC “Churches in […]

For the seventh time Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevièius, vice-president of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference and member of the episcopal commission for social communications, invited the country’s journalists to a press conference in Kaunas to mark World Day of Social Communications. On behalf of the “Bažnyeios kronika” (Chronicle of the Church) Foundation, the archbishop honoured two journalists […]

“The problem is not so much that of the relations between Church and media, as that of how to present events to the public in a more objective way. There’s always a risk of indulging in exhibition or caricature. The most important question is the accuracy of information”. With these words Cardinal Josip Bozanic, archbishop […]

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“Communication and Mission” is the title of the handbook on social communications in the mission of the Church, approved in recent days by the Italian bishops who were meeting in the Vatican for their 53rd General Assembly. “Having reached its final draft after a long and complex drafting process”, explained Archbishop Francesco Cacucci of Bari-Bitonto, […]

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After the accession of the ten new States, the June elections will pose “a democratic challenge to the European Union”. “The majority of citizens are convinced that the peace and prosperity brought by integration are a good thing”, yet “their rate of participation in the democratic process is constantly decreasing” with “ill-fated effects on the […]

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Collegiality between the Episcopal Conferences of Europe, the ecumenical process and the role of the Churches in society and culture, have formed, as usual, the main commitments of the European episcopates in recent months. As for “collegiality”, the meeting of the presidents of seven Episcopal Conferences of South-East Europe (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia […]

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The 6th Consultation promoted by the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) on “The responsibility of the churches and religions for the creation” opened at Namur (Belgium) on 3 June” (till 6 June; cf. Sir no. 40/2004). During the consultation, the contribution of the churches to sustainable development will be described and “ecumenical” […]

The terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, with over twenty victims and new hostages, capture the attention of the international press, as they try to come to terms with the new recrudescence of the “network” of Al-Qaeda . “Religious terrorism reveals the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia”, is the headline carried for instance by Le Monde of […]

The Congress of the Local and Regional Powers of Europe, established at the Council of Europe, has a new chairman: he is the Italian Giovanni Di Stasi, who succeeds the Austrian Herwig van Staa. The Congress plays an important role since it represents some 200,000 local, provincial and regional authorities in the 45 member countries […]

Among the projects that the institutions in Brussels periodically launch to bring citizens closer to the Union, the last in order of time is the “European portal for youth” (http://europa.eu.int/youth/). The portal is being promoted by the European Commission and is a follow up to the publication of the White Paper “A New Impulse for […]