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“If we are called to love the creation, why are we indifferent to animals?” asks Deborah Jones, general secretary of the Catholic Study Circle for Animal Welfare, in a reflection published by the English weekly The Catholic Herald on 3 October. According to Jones, “the Church, which tirelessly professes moral guidance on a huge range […]

The Catholic Church of Stockholm celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation on 12 October, with a mass in the cathedral of St. Erik celebrated by Msgr. Anders Arborelius (the first bishop of Swedish origin since the sixteenth century) and by auxiliary bishop William Kenney. Also present were the king of Sweden Charles XVI and […]

“Nullkommasieben” (“Zeropointseven”) is the name of the campaign inaugurated in recent days in Austria, in the course of a conference in which Monsignor Julio X. Labayen (among others) took part. The aim of the campaign is to obtain from the Austrian government compliance with the pledge it made in 1970, and has so far ignored, […]

A thousand young religious met in Madrid in recent days to “listen to the noises of transcendence” of this world: this is the original title of the National Days of vocational apostolate for the young, an occasion to recognise that “God speaks in a thousand ways”. Leonor García, general secretary of the Spanish Conference of […]

“Do we really obey the commandment to love our neighbour if we grant naturalization to foreigners? If we integrate them in our society? If we teach them our language and our customs? No, that in itself is not enough. We obey Jesus if we ourselves – individually or as a community – become a genuine […]

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“I think that present events mark an important step ahead on the road to a just and lasting peace. They are the proof that progress is made by dialogue and that confidence is built where there’s a sincere commitment to the achievement of the common good, central theme of the request made by the Pope […]

“We have come to worship him” (Mt 2:2) is not only the slogan but also the theme of the “soundtrack” of the 20th World Youth Day, to be held in Cologne between 16 and 21 August 2005. For the official hymn of the event, the organisers are holding a competition with a deadline of 29 […]

“Examining a funerary culture and pointing out new ways for a critical and constructive approach” to death: this is the declared objective of the conference on “Funerary culture: giving form to the future”, which was held at Erfurt, in Germany, from 16 to 17 October, and attended by over 120 exponents from the world of […]

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“A general plan for immigration and integration is necessary”: so says the ZdK, the Central Committee of German Catholics, which issued an appeal on 17 October, to coincide with the consultations being conducted on the law on immigration. The ZdK urges “government and opposition” to “reinforce efforts to reach a viable compromise”. It recognises and […]

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“It is indispensable to redefine a new migratory policy at the European level. To guarantee the future of relations between peoples, a policy of cooperation and aid in development, especially with the countries to the south of the Mediterranean, needs to be developed”: so says Msgr. Jean-Luc Brunin , auxiliary bishop of Lille and chairman […]