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" "Norway" "

At Tautra, a tiny island in the fjord of Trondheim in Norway, there’s a Cistercian monastery: five sisters came here from the USA and from Belgium in response to the invitation of the bishop of the diocese. They live here devoting themselves to a life of prayer. They give a warm welcome to everyone who […]

“Operation Transit” is a missionary initiative that each year presents a Gospel in Arabic to the thousand of Maghrebis who cross through Spain on their way to Morocco every summer. The Gospel, in a bilingual Arabic-French or Spanish-French version, is usually handed out gratis in the main ports. Apart from the Gospel, videocassettes of the […]

An eloquent appeal to the British government, more concerned by the debate on fox-hunting than by the “future of our species”, has recently been made by the primate of England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor. In response to the disturbing news of the removal of ovaries from an aborted foetus by Israeli and Dutch […]

" "European churches" "

An appeal to the Swiss Federal Council urging it to intervene materially and politically for the restoration of peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo – where the situation is becoming increasingly dramatic and assuming the contours of genocide – has recently been made by the Swiss Episcopal Conference (SEC), in the form of a […]

European parishes" "

What parish model for the future? Some new experiences in various European countries were showcased during the European parish colloquium (EPC) held in Fribourg (Switzerland) from 6 to 10 July, with the participation of 250 delegates from all over Europe (cf. SirEurope 51/2003). We present some of these experiences below. “Faire église autrement”, or “running […]

university, church, Europe " "

Until we meet again…in Cologne: on that note ended the Symposium on “University and Church in Europe”, held in Rome from 17 to 20 July, under the auspices of the CCEE (Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe). The conference was attended (according to the latest figures) by over 2000 delegates (including rectors, professors, students, […]

" "editorial" "

At a time of crisis for European democracies, both a moral and spiritual crisis, while many politicians are absorbed by their own business, it may seem out of place to ask whether there is any compatability between holiness and political commitment. Perhaps the question is paradoxical, or provocative, also because it is posed in the […]

“Un tempo per cooperare e un tempo per resistere” è il titolo del commento che Fiorella Sultana de Maria, dalle pagine del settimanale cattolico inglese “The Catholic Herald” ( 18/7), dedica alla “sistematica destrutturazione del patrimonio cristiano britannico” “Un processo iniziato alcuni decenni fa – precisa – e condotto gradualmente e con apparenti buone intenzioni”. […]

Il mediatore europeo, Nikiforos Diamandouros, ha richiesto al presidente della Convenzione europea, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, di consentire l’accesso del pubblico ai documenti del Presidium della Convenzione al termine dei lavori che, com’è noto, si sono conclusi lo scorso 10 luglio con il completamento della bozza di Costituzione europea presentata a Roma il 18 luglio. La […]

La Commissione europea ha inviato il 18 luglio scorso una richiesta formale ai Paesi Bassi, all’Irlanda e all’Italia, sollecitando i tre Paesi a recepire nell’ordinamento nazionale la normativa comunitaria sul controllo dei pericoli di incidenti connessi con determinate sostanze pericolose. La normativa in questione è rappresentata dalla direttiva “Seveso II”, che mira a prevenire o […]