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“An important decision by the Albanian government was to set up an interministerial and interreligious commission to coordinate the events and celebrations planned for the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. That’s commendable, but within this commission I’ve insisted that the emphasis be not placed on the outward aspects, but that efforts be made to […]

The six months’ Italian presidency of the EU represents “a very important phase” in the development of the European Union, especially for the approval of the constitutional Treaty, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) on opening the permanent Council of Italian bishops (now being held in Rome until 25 September). […]

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“Cohesion and justice, solidarity and responsibility between the generations”: that’s the title of the address given by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference, to inaugurate the autumn plenary assembly of the German bishops on 22 September. The plenum will end on 25 September. Lehmann spoke of the relations between the generations and […]

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When ten other countries join it on 1st May 2004, the European Union will grow not only in terms of geographical extent, population and economic power, but will also integrate new cultures, languages and traditions, such as those of the Slav and Magyar peoples and those of the Mediterranean islands. The result will be more […]

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Not only TV, but also the press, internet and radio are “very suitable media for communicating religious information in Europe, because they are based on the written word that facilitates reflection and listening, a typically Catholic theme”. The presence of the Church media in the various European countries was discussed in recent days by the […]

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I have often wondered if I was wasting my time when I was teaching philosophy. Over 20 years I taught about 60 courses, and one principle I tried to share with students came in the form of a Latin phrase: Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur – in other words, when we have something to […]

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“The Catholic Church of Sweden expresses satisfaction that over 80% of Swedish citizens voted in the recent referendum, thus supporting the democratic principles on which our society is founded”. That’s how Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm commented to SirEurope on the massive voter turnout on Sunday 14 September (81.2% of the 7 million electorate) on […]

“The law approved by the Norwegian Parliament this summer on the commitment that spouses assume with marriage, and on the guarantee of their mutual freedom to divorce each other, does not meet with our agreement”: so says Bishop Georg Muller of Trondheim, in a statement in which he points out the problems that a decision […]

“Gli Stati Uniti di fronte alla crescita dell’ostilità irachena”. E’ il titolo di apertura dell’ Herald Tribune (18/9), in cui Douglas Jehl e David E. Sanger fanno notare che il “nemico più formidabile” in Iraq, in questi mesi, “può essere il risentimento dell’iracheno comune all’occupazione militare americana”. Una tesi, questa, confermata – anche se in […]

Presentato al Parlamento europeo lo scorso 9 settembre il programma ambiente della Presidenza italiana dell’Unione si basa su “azioni positive, piuttosto che sull’ideologia dei divieti”. La Presidenza italiana è impegnata in questa direzione, ed intende accelerare e qualificare la necessaria svolta europea della cultura negativa del “comando e del controllo” a quella positiva dell’ambiente come […]