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As EU enlargement fast approaches, the question of symbols is becoming of primary importance for Europe. Shared references that translate into practice the concept of “unity in diversity” are needed in the process of integration. To this end the Union is trying to promote and enhance the value of such European symbols as the blue […]

Four hundred youth aged from 18 to 30, from the 45 member countries of the Council of Europe but also from Asia, Africa and Latin America, will meet in Strasbourg from 5 to 9 May to discuss “Europe, youth and globalization”. The meeting is being promoted by the Council of Europe and will be held […]

Bertie Ahern, current President of the European Council, has put pen to paper and made an emotional appeal to the heads of state and of government of the Twenty-Five in recent days, urging them to proceed with conviction to the approval of the Constitution. The Irish premier asks for a firm and constructive commitment, aimed […]

Two French bishops went to Istanbul, seat of the ecumenical Patriarchate, to participate in the “sorrowful” anniversary, on Tuesday 13 April, of the taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders 800 years ago. It was in 1204 that thousands of French and Venetian troops, participating in the fourth Crusade to take possession of Constantinople, sacked the […]

The next European meeting of youth promoted by the Taizé Community will be held in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, from Tuesday, 28 December 2004 to Saturday 1st January 2005. After the jamboree in Hamburg, at the end of 2003, the Lisbon meeting will mark a new stage in the “pilgrimage of faith on earth” that […]

The first “ecumenical cathedral” has been established in Lausanne. Open to all Christians, it is intended to be a sign and place of mutual acceptance. The Reformed Evangelic Church of the canton of Vaud has in fact decided to open its Cathedral in Lausanne to the various Christian Churches present in the canton. The project […]

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In a message sent to all member churches, Pastor Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), invited Christians all over the world to unite in prayer and in the celebration of Easter, which this year – by a coincidence that will be repeated five times in the next ten years – […]

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Multiculture and immigration: one of the key issues in the campaign for the forthcoming local and European elections on 10 June. It will also be a key battleground between Conservatives and Labour in the general elections in a year’s time. The measures to control immigration in the UK could cost Tony Blair his job as […]

“Faz-te ao largo” (Do it yourself writ big) is the name of the internet site (www.faz-teaolargo.com) that the catechetical Office of the Patriarchate of Lisbon inaugurated on Easter Sunday, 11 April. The aim of the project, whose preparation has taken two years, is that of helping in the training of diocesan catechists, promoting the activities […]

“The mass media in the family” is the title of a recent conference organized by the diocesan secretariat for social communications and ministry of the family of the diocese of Porto, in preparation for the celebration of the 38th World Day of Social Communications on 23 May. Father Américo Aguiar, director of the diocesan Secretariat […]