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“Words that the Orthodox have been awaiting for centuries”. That’s how the Orthodox Patriarch of Romania, Teoctist, recalled the words pronounced by John Paul II during his visit to the country in 1999. “The Christian faith was brought to this land by Peter’s brother, Andrew”, the Pope had then said. The 25th anniversary of his […]

ecumenism" "

During the 2003 session of the central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), held in Geneva from 26 August to 2 September, the Council’s new general secretary was elected. For the first time an African was chosen. He is Pastor Samuel Kobia, of the Methodist Church of Kenya. He will succeed Konrad Raiser, […]

people and religions" "

“A Europe capable of being more open to the spirit, capable of living with the southern hemisphere, of being the expression of a democracy attentive to human rights, and able to contribute in a decisive manner to the third millennium”: that’s the “dream” of the Sant’Egidio Community for our continent. It is expressed in the […]

European universities" "

The University, an institution devised by the Catholic Church in the high Middle Ages, is one of the essential elements of European civilization, and a decisive factor in its development. The European identity was largely formed through the intellectual irrigation produced by the universities, from Uppsala to Bologna and Catania, from Oxford to Krakow, from […]

media" "

“The television initiatives of Catholics in the European countries: situations and prospects” is the theme of the seminar organized by the Commission of the European Episcopates for the media (CEEM) of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), due to be held in Rome on 18 September. Promoted in collaboration with the Communication and […]

“Discrimination against gipsies (the Rom and Sinti groups) has serious consequences for their life expectancy”, writes Jan van der Zandt, delegate for the pastoral care of migrants and gipsies of the Dutch Episcopal Conference, in the last number of rkkkerk.nl, newsletter of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. According to van der Zandt, the figures […]

ethnic diversity" "

Social integration, professional training, crackdown on clandestine work and a new law on foreigners that places the person, and not the labour force, at the centre: these are some of the recommendations on immigration policy made by the Swiss bishops in a new document issued by the “Migratio” Commission. The document, entitled “Theses for immigration […]

A pastoral Charter of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference on social ethics, with the title “Joint responsibility for the common good” will be published on 15 September. The document is the outcome of the last general assembly held at Fatima in May, and subsequent permanent councils. The document will tackle various issues of social ethics of […]

European churches" "

“God is not male. Nor female. It is we humans who attribute connotations to God, who is an ineffable mystery par excellence“. That’s the conclusion of the 16th international Conference “Gender and religion: male-female and religious phenomenon”, organized by Aiempr (International Association of Medical-Psychological and Religious Studies). The Conference, meeting in Granada from 3 to […]

The 75th anniversary of Addes, the community of work that coordinates the diocesan secretariats for spiritual exercises in Germany, is being celebrated in Bingen on 18 September. The anniversary will be celebrated in the course of the annual conference of the diocesan representatives of Addes at the castle of Rochus at Bingen, in the presence […]