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A “pontificate of extraordinary dimension”: that’s the comment of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna. In a press conference held at Vienna on 2 October, Schönborn pointed out the “strong prophetic signs” that have characterised the Pope’s activity. As examples he cited the Pope’s first visit to Poland in 1979, his address to 80,000 young […]

“John Paul II – says Bishop Angelo Massafra of Scutari, president of the Albanian Episcopal Conference – is for Albanians, whether Catholics or not, a man who, with his strength and his personality, has illuminated and given support to contemporary man. For us, who have had the grace to have him with us in this […]

On the occasion of the imminent 25th jubilee of John Paul II’s pontificate, on 16 October, the Swiss Episcopal Conference (SEC) expresses “recognition” to the Holy Father “for the service he has rendered to the Church and to the community of nations over the last twenty-five years, renews “its affection for the Pope” and declares […]

“The Pontiff is showing himself in all his fragility in the eyes of the world”, thus becoming a “sign of the uniqueness and immutability of the values that each human being bears within himself”. So writes Cardinal Adrianus Simonis, president of the Dutch Episcopal Conference, in a letter addressed to the country’s Catholics, issued on […]

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It’s not the first time that an Anglican Primate has paid a courtesy call on the Pope. It may be said, indeed, that a kind of tradition of exchanges, of contacts, has developed, even for the pre-eminent figure of the archbishop of Canterbury. For although he is not the “Pope of the Anglicans”, since he […]

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It is enough to be a hand, bare and poor, but placed under the same hand as Peter, as Moses who raised his hand and rendered his people victorious, in the name of YHWH; he lowered it and the people’s victory relapsed. Who took the decision to become a hand that simply exists, and no […]

Una Costituzione europea che non si fonda sui principi della pace? E’ questo il dubbio espresso in un documento intitolato “Pace, Costituzione europea e la Nato”, stilato in concomitanza con l’apertura dei lavori della Conferenza Intergovernativa sulla Costituzione europea. Tra i firmatari, padre Alex Zanotelli, don Luigi Ciotti, Gino Strada, che fanno capo ad alcune […]

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Far restare i rifugiati presenti in Germania da lungo tempo. Lo chiede la sezione tedesca di Pax Christi in concomitanza con la giornata del rifugiato, celebrata il 3 ottobre, aderendo così all’appello dell’associazione Pro Asyl che si batte per il diritto di residenza nei confronti delle persone “tollerate”. Si tratta di profughi di guerra cui […]

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“La guerra in Iraq e l”impasse’ del Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite sollevano preoccupazioni sulla moralità e la legalità del conflitto e sul futuro dell’Onu come istituzione garante dell’ordine politico multilaterale. Noi ci impegniamo a sostenere la ricerca di un dibattito morale su questi temi e insistiamo affinché l’Onu ottenga un mandato come espressione […]

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“La scuola non vive una situazione facile in questo inizio del XXI secolo”, constatano i vescovi belgi in un documento uscito in questi giorni intitolato “La scuola cattolica all’inizio del XXI secolo”, nel quale riflettono sulle problematiche attuali e le sfide per il futuro. “La scuola – scrivono – è un luogo talmente importante per […]