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Diplomatic action is being taken by the European Union to revive the peace process in the Middle East and salvage the “Road Map”. In the space of a few days, the Israeli-Palestinian crisis sharpened: the resignation of Palestinian premier Abu Mazen and his replacement by Abu Ala were followed by the threats of the government […]

The positions to be adopted by the 25 in the negotiations that will lead to the approval of the new European constitutional Treaty are gradually taking shape. The main bone of contention is Giscard d’Estaing’s draft Constitution adopted by consensus at the end of the 18 months work of the Convention he chaired. The European […]

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On Wednesday 17 September the European Commission adopted an opinion on the draft European Constitution that will be discussed by the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) due to open in Rome on 4 October. While the EU Executive considers the draft prepared by the Convention an “excellent point of departure”, it also underlines the need for the […]

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“TV not as a tool but as a living environment in which to perform the Church’s mission of evangelization”: the point was made by Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference, in his welcoming address to the participants in the seminar “Catholic television initiatives in the European countries: realities and prospects” Held […]

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“The choice between the Lotus and the Cross is not the simple choice between two spiritual journeys that help man to free himself of his own egocentrism. It’s a choice between the coherence of the Buddhist way and the mystery of the Cross and the resurrection of Christ, essential and inseparable elements of the Christian […]

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A European and Mediterranean “Agorà”: a space in which to satisfy the needs of the young to meet each other. It’s the “Agorà of Mediterranean youth”, a project promoted by the national Service of youth apostolate of the Italian Episcopal Conference in collaboration with the John Paul II Centre in Loreto, where the meeting has […]

Bosnia-Herzegovina" "

The Catholic Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated the “Katholikentag” at Kupres on 19 July. The central event of the meeting was the eucharistic celebration presided over by Cardinal VinkoPuljic, with the participation of 8 bishops, 166 priests and 20,000 faithful. The apostolic nuncio of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Msgr. Santos Abril y Castelló, brought the greetings of […]

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Victims of the heat or of loneliness? The death toll of the elderly caused throughout Europe by the long torrid summer that is now drawing to a close is a tragedy. No country has been spared – in Italy, for example, 4,175 more deaths were registered than in the previous year, an increase of 14%. […]

EUROPEAN BISHOPS

John Paul II alone has beatified 46 and canonized 22 of them (68 in total), without counting the causes of beatification and canonization still in progress. Bishops and “sainthood” was one of the themes of the “Pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter”, a meeting of reflection for new bishops, held in Rome (until 19 […]

The Dominicans of Spain and Portugal recently organised an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the Rosary in León (11-13 September). Held in the sanctuary of the “Virgen del Camino”, patron of the city, the meeting tried to consider the prayer of the Rosary from various points of view: that of other religions, of art and even […]