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The negotiating round between the Fifteen – with the ten candidate countries as observers – on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) was concluded on 25 June with an agreement. The task of completing the reform by the end of the year will fall to the Italian Presidency of the Union. The main […]

The European Union–Western Balkans Summit in Salonica (21/6) represented the first formal meeting – under the auspices of the EU – between the leaders of the 25, the three candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey) and the five States of the region of the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia-Montenegro. The conclusions of […]

Eu in brief" "

The six months’ Greek presidency of the European Union ended on 30 June. From 1st July it will be Italy’s turn to chair the Council. Italy’s priorities in its programme for the rotating presidency, presented by premier Berlusconi to the European Parliament on 2 July, are institutional reforms, enlargement, the peace process in the Middle […]

monthly agenda" "

The six months’ Italian presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union starts on 1st July. 2 July Vocational Congress (2-6), promoted by the European Service of Vocations/Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) on “The integration of the vocational apostolate in the various pastoral structures”, in Warsaw; Meeting on the theme […]

Sweden" "

“A jubilee with the cathedral as its focal point, with pilgrimages being organized from various parts of the country and also for national groups, in view of the fact that a large part of Catholics in Sweden are immigrants or the children of immigrants”: with these words Msgr. Anders Arborelius , bishop of Stockholm, introduces […]

“Promoting a Christian culture of the highway to prevent accidents”. That is the objective of the awareness-raising campaign “Drive!” ( Condùcete) called by the Spanish Episcopal Conference’s office for the pastoral ministry of the highways for this summer. A total of 4,026 people were killed in road accidents in Spain in 2002 alone. The bishop […]

Spain" "

The teaching of the Catholic religion in schools and the pastoral care of the people are the two main issues on which the attention of the Spanish Church is being focused at the present time. In Spain Catholic religion in schools will in future be “a subject to be evaluated like history or mathematics, and […]

Out of a population of over 10 million inhabitants, there are approximately 4,300,000 Catholics (41.93%), subdivided in 9 ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 3135 parishes and 21 other communities. Their pastoral care is entrusted to 17 bishops including 1 cardinal, 1364 diocesan priests, 595 religious priests, and 141 permanent deacons. There are 101 male religious, 2297 female religious, […]

Czech Republic" "

The first session of the ‘Synod of the Church in the Czech Republic’ will be held at the sanctuary of Velehrad, in Moravia, from 6 to 12 July 2003. Theme of the Synod: “Let’s not deprive ourselves of our future!”. The Synod will be attended by the bishops of the country, the rectors of the […]

The 8th Symposium of Antioch was held from 28 June to 1 July on the theme “Paul: apostle between Tarsus and Antioch – Archaeology, History, Religion”, on the initiative of the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality – Pontifical Antonianum University, with the contribution of the University of Antioch “Mustafa Kemal”. The participants included the Apostolic Nuncio […]