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Albania" "

“For many years, Albania has followed its path of integration into Europe. This was also recognised by the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, on his visit to our country. Nonetheless, grave socio-economic problems persist and poverty, lack of structures and emigration are undermining the progress of development”. These are the thoughts of Msgr. […]

A national session on pastoral care in rural areas, in which diocesan delegates and vicars-general and -episcopal participated, was held in Paris over the last few weeks. The theme of the meeting was: “The poles of ecclesial life that inspire the life of the Church in the rural world”. Some members of CMR (Christians of […]

From 2 to 4 June the 260a Ordinary Assembly of Swiss bishops (CES) took place at the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln. Many subjects were covered during the course of the encounter with particular importance being given to the national meeting of young Swiss Catholics, to be held in Bern on 5 and 6 June 2004 […]

“Satisfaction” for the reference to Europe’s religious heritage in the Preamble to the constitutional Treaty, but also “amazement” at the absence of a specific reference to Christianity in the list of significant elements in the evolution of European civilisation. These were the sentiments expressed by the president of the Commission of Episcopates of the European […]

For the occasion of the Pope’s forthcoming visit to Croatia (5-9 June) and Bosnia (22 June), Croatian Caritas and Croatian Catholic radio, in collaboration with the Radio Maria Association, have planned a prayer chain and fund collecting. The initiative, known as PET (“Pope, ecumenism and tolerance”), involves five weeks of uninterrupted prayer and the collection […]

On 2 June Msgr. Mario Conti, archbishop of Glasgow and member of the Bioethical Commission of English Bishops, and Msgr. Peter Smith, archbishop of Cardiff, expressed a resolute “no” to euthanasia in an open letter to the House of Lords, which is due to discuss the subject this week. “The first and fundamental principle of […]

European Churches" "

“New guidelines for a sustainable agricultural landscape” is the title of the text prepared by an ecumenical work group established by the German Episcopal Conference and by the Council of Evangelical Churches. The document aims to contribute to the question of agricultural policy. The communiqué reads: “The guiding ethical perspective for a forward-looking economy of […]

central Europe" "

The central European Katholikentag, which involves Churches from eight countries in central Europe: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, began on Sunday 1 June with the reading of the pastoral letter “Christ, hope of Europe” during the course of the Sunday liturgy. It will conclude with a collective pilgrimage to Mariazell […]

Faith and Culture" "

A European continental meeting took place over the last few days at Graz, Austria, for members and consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture and for bishops responsible for the relative pastoral care, from all the countries of Europe. Promoted by the Pont. Council in the Austrian city chosen as the “Cultural Capital of Europe” […]

The “first steps” towards peace in the Middle East, after the approval of the “road map”, are the main foreign policy issue tackled by the leading international dailies over the last few days. The Herald Tribune (29/5) speaks of the “important changes” that have taken place in Israel, whose government “has for the first time […]