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Some thirty Christian movements participated in the “Christian Assizes on Globalization” (ACM) in Lyon last week. The ACM was founded a year ago with the aim of proposing to Western society means and methods to “humanise” the world’s trend towards globalization. Eight Christian associations and movements form part of the ASM. They include the Social […]

The “Pax et Unitas” Centre of ecumenical studies and inter-religious dialogue was inaugurated at Roman on 22 January, as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The new ecumenical studies centre is housed in the Franciscan Theological Institute in Roman. In a communiqué, the director of the press office of the Franciscans conventual, […]

The religious information site www.catholica.ro launched an Italian-language version on 24 January: www.it.catholica.ro. The site Catholica.ro is a project approved and supported by the Romanian Episcopal Conference which has, over the last two years, provided information on the life of the local and universal Church, documents of the Catholic magisterium, photos, etc. After two years […]

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During his meeting with the French Ambassador in Bucharest, Patriarch Teoctist of the Romanian Orthodox Church expressed his concerns about the danger that might be posed to religious freedom in France by the most recent legislative proposals. The Head of the Romanian Orthodox Church received the ambassador Philippe Étienne in his patriarchal residence on 20 […]

Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop of the archdiocese of Munich and Friesing, has expressed his support for a policy of containing public expenditure. On the occasion of the traditional new year’s meeting of the archdiocese, Wetter declared on 23 January that “for a long time many have lived above their own means. It’s not possible to […]

The Catholic association Lumen Dei has inaugurated an audiovisual company at Trujillo (Spain). It is devoted to producing programmes on life and the family “with doctrinal clarity”. The production company is called “Producciones Nuestra Senora del Encuentro con Dios” and supplies material for the major international television networks. “Our TV programmes want to bring people […]

88 pages to re-launch its presence among the English media: that’s how many pages there are in a last number of ‘Briefing’, the revamped bi-monthly ‘magazine’ published by the Bishops’ Conferences of England, Wales and Scotland. The renewal of the magazine is a matter not just of ‘look’ but also of contents. It has captured […]

For the first time the WYD cross will make its entry into a parliament. The historic event will take place in Germany, on a date still to be determined. At least this seems to be the promise that Wolfgang Thierse, President of the German Federal Republic, made to Msgr. Heiner Koch, general secretary of the […]

In a statement issued on 23 January, Msgr. Klaus Küng warned of the danger of legalizing euthanasia. On behalf of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, Küng urged the Austrian representatives in the Council of Europe to act as the mouthpieces of “clear positions, ethically founded on the fundamental rights of the person”. The bishop emphasised that […]

The State was wrong to give proof of “militant imperialism with legislation that wounds and humiliates”. But equally mistaken is a religion that “in order to find its place in public life, attacks individual liberties and refuses to accept the common heritage”. That’s the opinion of Cardinal Bernard Panafieu, archbishop of Marseilles, who in a […]