Redazione

The “Day of open monuments” will be held in Germany on Sunday 14 September. The Catholic Church is participating in the event with an information campaign on ecclesiastical monuments, with the aim of sensitising public opinion on the thorny question of the maintenance of the many Catholic monuments in Germany. “God’s houses in the hands […]

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Writing in the diocesan weekly of Mainz, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Mainz, has attacked the reactions aroused in Germany by the so-called Rürup Report, drawn up by the Commission set up by the Schröder government to formulate a reform of the sector of pensions, healthcare, and assistance […]

Ukraine" "

A land “that is the cradle of Christianity in eastern Europe” and that “bears written in its history and in the blood of so many of its sons and daughters the call to work with utter dedication at the service of the unity of all Christians”: that’s how John Paul II, in February this year, […]

Ccee" "

Collegiality between the Episcopal Conferences, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, joint commitment to the process of the reunification of Europe and to a greater presence of the Church in culture and society have, as in the past, continued to dominate the agenda of the episcopates of the continent in recent months. The CCEE (Council of the […]

Vasil’ Hopko, Greco-Catholic auxiliary bishop of Presov and titular of Midilen, was born at Hrabské, in the province of Bardejov, in 1904. He was ordained as a priest at Presov in 1929 and consecrated bishop in 1947. Following the events of the Sobor (Council) of Presov in 1950, the State banned the Greco-Catholic Church. Bishop […]

Slovakia

The third apostolic visit of John Paul II to Slavakia is now in progress (11-14 September 2003). During the visit two Slovakian martyrs will be beatified: Vasil’ Hopko (1904-1976) and Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová (1916-1955). We present below a reflection by the spokesman of the Slovak Episcopal Conference, Msgr. Marian Gavenda, accompanied by brief biographical notes […]

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Sunday after Sunday, all through this torrid Sunday, the Pope has repeated a passionate plea for a reunified Europe. John Paul II regards the new constitutional treaty as a sign of reunification. It is therefore a significant historical turning point, a time for stocktaking and revival. And the last protagonist of this reunification cannot remain […]

“Un invito a non restare ancorati alla nostra storia passata”: è stato lanciato, il 26 luglio, da mons. Michael Neary, arcivescovo di Tuam (Irlanda), nel corso del tradizionale pellegrinaggio annuale della diocesi al monte Croagh Patrick. Rivolgendosi ai fedeli presenti l’arcivescovo ha descritto la situazione comune a molte diocesi: “la popolazione sta diminuendo e con […]

“Degli atti criminali distruggono la Corsica, incendiandola, destabilizzando coloro che lavorano per il suo sviluppo. Gli autori la penalizzano pesantemente prendendo gli abitanti in ostaggio”. La Corsica non brucia, dunque, del “fuoco dell’amore” ma di incendi dolosi. E’ la denuncia di mons. André Lacrampe, vescovo di Ajaccio per la Corsica, affidata ad un comunicato diffuso […]

Si svolgerà a Zelazko, Polonia, dal 1 al 10 agosto, il VI raduno dell’Unione internazionale delle Guide e Scout d’Europa-Fse (Uigse), noto come “Eurojam”. Sono attesi 8 mila giovani di età compresa tra gli 11 e i 16 anni, provenienti da Spagna, Francia, Germania, Austria, Albania, Belgio, Portogallo, Svizzera, Repubblica Ceca, Romania, Ungheria, Slovacchia, Italia, […]