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Great Britain" "

“The communities of the faithful may make a significant contribution to social regeneration and rehabilitation programmes and, contrary to what is generally thought, their involvement may create links between the various groups in the disadvantaged areas”: the point is made in a new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, one of the main charitable […]

Belgium" "

“Be not afraid…” is the title of the Easter Letter sent to the priests of the diocese of Malines-Brussels by the archbishop, Cardinal Godfried Danneels . “‘Be not afraid’, these words – writes the cardinal – are like a fire that, from the very beginning, runs through the field of God: the words already heard […]

One writes in the keywords: “Palm Sunday”, “Easter”, “Baptism”, “Marriage”. And immediately the replies flash up on the screen to the many questions posed by all those curious surfers on the web “who are standing on the threshold of the Christian community, i.e. all those non-practicing Christians who form the majority of believers”. Providing information […]

France" "

On Easter night and Easter Sunday, 2374 adults will be baptized throughout France. They have all completed a course of catechumenate over the last few years. To mark the occasion the figures referring to the year in course have been published: the national Service of catechumenate headed by the French Bishops’ Conference says that they […]

Romania" "

The Romanian Catholic Church is celebrating Holy Week with traditions that are the same for all the faithful, even if celebrated in different weeks according to the three different rites (Latin, Byzantine, Armenian) into which the Church is divided. The young, in particular, have accepted the witness given by all those Latin and Greek-Catholic bishops […]

youth" "

An international meeting on the WYD, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, was held in Rome from 10 to 13 April. It was attended by 230 leaders of youth pastoral care in 80 countries throughout the world and representatives of some 50 movements, associations and communities, to reflect on post-Toronto and prepare for […]

“From now on, every meeting of the Presidium will have a fundamental importance in defining the structure of the Constitution to be proposed to the member states”, says Nicholas Meyer-Landrut, spokesman of the Convention on the future of Europe, on presenting the report of the meeting of 10-11 April, at the end of which the […]

convention" "

ENAR (European Network against Racism) has recently warned of the risk of the European Convention making no explicit reference to the fight against xenophobia and racism, and that the social policies to combat these phenomena might thus be reduced. Founded in 1998, and based in Brussels, ENAR is one of the achievements of the European […]

Up till recent times the teaching of religion in the schools of the European countries retained a confessional character and, as such, could not be proposed other than as optional courses (as an alternative, that is, to a non-confessional analogous subject). But over the last few years the situations has been changing. In fact, the […]

Fino a tempi recenti gli insegnamenti di religione impartiti nelle scuole dei Paesi europei conservavano un carattere confessionale, e, come tali, non potevano essere proposti che come corsi opzionali (in alternativa, cioè, con una materia analoga non confessionale), o come corsi facoltativi. Da qualche anno la situazione sta cambiando. Infatti, la tendenza crescente è piuttosto […]