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We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches in March. 1 263rd ordinary Assembly of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (1-3), at Villars-sur-Glâne, Lausanne – Spring Plenary Assembly of the German Bishops’ Conference (1-4), at Bergisch-Gladbach – Meeting of the UN Committee for the protection of the rights of migrant […]

The Apostolic Nuncio in Belarus Msgr. Ivan Jurkoviè met with Greek-Catholic priests from all over the country in Minsk in recent days. The meeting took place at the end of a pastoral conference of priests chaired by the Apostolic Visitator for the Greek-Catholics in Belarus, archimandrite Siarhiej Gajek. During the meeting the apostolic nuncio urged […]

Prayers, hymns and the main truths of the Catholic faith in a 474-page book: called the “Warrior’s Prayer Book”, it was presented at the Ministry of Defence in Vilnius on 18 February. It is the first publication of its kind aimed at Catholic soldiers. Present at the book presentation were, among others, the apostolic nuncio […]

On 16 February the archbishop of Vilnius, Cardinal Audrys J. Backis, celebrated a Mass in the cathedral for National Independence Day in the presence of the head of state, Rolandas Paksas, and numerous political leaders. Commenting on Paul’s teaching on Christian unity, the archbishop reminded “everyone of their duty to preserve unity and truth” and […]

A document that helps to take account of changes in funerary culture, the drafting of a declaration on the integration of immigrants and current questions relating to the future of compulsory military service: these are the main issues to be discussed by the German bishops during their spring plenary assembly to be held in Bensberg […]

The Church is strongly opposed to any legalization of euthanasia, a prospect discussed in recent days at the level of the Council of Europe. The Church’s “firm opposition” was reiterated by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, president of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, in an address at Tainach/Tinje in Carinthia on 22 February, during which he spoke of […]

In Portugal there are 3000 missionaries “who cannot leave home” and who pray each day for the success of the new evangelization in the country. Preparations for the international Congress on the new evangelization (ICNE) were held in Lisbon on 14/15 February. The Congress is aimed at promoting the city mission in five European cities […]

What are children’s saints like? Father Miguel Ángel Requena, Dominican and director of the Parents’ School of the Dominican College in Valencia, presents the example of children’s saints in his book “The Saints: a friend for each day. The Christian year for children”. Father Requena is headmaster of the nursery and primary school attached to […]

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A directive to facilitate the free circulation of citizens within the European Union is also proving an occasion to “verify” the concept of the family itself. In the headquarters of the EU institutions in Brussels work has been proceeding since 2001 on a new directive, proposed by the Commission, to facilitate and render effective the […]

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Ten new countries will become members of the European Union on 1st May this year. Eight of them belong to the former Soviet bloc (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland). The other two countries are Malta and Cyprus (for the time being only the Greek-Cypriot zone of the island). With this number […]