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“The Church of the future must be less authoritarian and have both a male and female face; it must be”, above all, “a listening Church”. That’s the hope of the future archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, appointed coadjutor of the archdiocese in May and destined to take over from the present archbishop, the 77-year-old Cardinal […]

“Speak, Lord: I am listening to you”: that is the title of the pastoral letter of the Swiss Episcopal Conference, issued on the occasion of the federal Festival of prayer (or Federal Fast), an ecumenical rite introduced in Switzerland in 1832; it’s celebrated on the third Sunday of September each year (21/9). “This year – […]

“We must thank Providence: this Cross, presented by the Pope, has united young Catholics throughout the world and today has reinforced the links between the youth of our diocese”. With these words the bishop of Siauliai (in northern Lithuania), Msgr. Eugenijus Bartulis, addressed the youth who had brought the Cross of World Youth Day and […]

“Even in our relatively affluent countries, many people may find themselves in difficult and sometimes critical situations”, declared Franz Küberl, head of Caritas in Graz, in Austria, on presenting the annual report of the organization for the region of Styria last Monday. To corroborate his remarks, Küberl described the results of the balance sheet for […]

The autumn plenary assembly of the German Episcopal Conference is due to open in Fulda on Monday, 22 September. 68 bishops from 27 German dioceses will take part in the meeting, which will continue till 25 September. Card. Karl Lehmann will present an opening report on “Cohesion and justice, solidarity and responsibility between the generations: […]

The presidents of the 34 Bishops’ Conference in Europe, which make up the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (Ccee) are to meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 October. Bearing in minds the post-synodal document, “Ecclesia in Europa”, published on 28 June 2003, the Bishops will examine the present-day challenges facing the Church in Europe.

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Not even a State “neutral” from an ideological point of view can “reduce religion to a private fact”, but must “recognise and appreciate its role in public life”: so said Bishop Reinhard Marx , of Trier (Germany), chairman of the German Justice and Peace Commission, on intervening in the debate on “Christian roots”. He emphasized, […]

Un Libro Verde sulla cultura europea per sostenere e divulgare la ricchezza culturale nel rispetto delle identità regionali e degli aspetti culturali dei popoli. Questo uno dei punti cardini della relazione, approvata dal Parlamento europeo lo scorso 4 settembre, con cui la Commissione cultura invita gli Stati membri a rafforzare il sostegno alle industrie culturali […]

La protezione civile è un settore in cui le decisioni vengono assunte di norma a livello nazionale. In molti Stati membri dell’Unione europea, la competenza è addirittura devoluta alle Regioni ed agli altri Enti locali. I recenti mutamenti climatici sono all’origine di una serie di catastrofi di natura e portata tali da rendere indispensabile un’azione […]

Nel quadro della politica regionale dell’Ue, la plenaria del Pe ha approvato due relazioni che ribadiscono gli orientamenti per la strategia futura in ordine alla dimensione regionale, soprattutto in vista dell’allargamento. L’assemblea di Strasburgo sollecita il Consiglio a promuovere un miglior coordinamento delle politiche del settore, favorendo la partecipazione degli enti locali al processo decisionale […]