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Various exponents of German Catholic life have made recent pronouncements on the need to protect the “culture of Sunday”, in other words the need to abstain from work on Sundays and preserve it as a day of rest. “In recognition of the culture of Sunday, indispensable both for the individual and for society at large”, […]

With the start of Advent, a new ecumenical venture has been born in Germany. Promoted by German Catholic Action (ZdK) in collaboration with the Johann-Adam-Möhler institute for ecumenism in Paderborn, the religious institute of the evangelical league in Bensheim and the ecumenical institute of the Catholic faculty of theology in Münster, the project is an […]

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“Even though many people in our country no longer live in the Christian faith, Christmas continues to retain its meaning for almost everyone”: so says Cardinal Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Mainz, in an article published in the paper of the bishopric of Mainz, Glauben und Leben. Deploring the use […]

“It was a particularly laborious assembly. Our faithful are few and far between, scattered over a huge territory. So the first aim was to bring together all their representatives. And this meeting will be remembered as the first of its kind for our Church”. Satisfaction was expressed by Msgr. Louis Pelâtre, vicar apostolic of Istanbul, […]

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The ecclesial assembly of the Turkish Church was held in Istanbul from 5 to 8 December. It brought together delegates of the various Catholic communities (Latin, Armenian, Syriac and Chaldaean) in Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir, Antioch, Adana, Mersin, Urfa, Trabzon). It was an important meeting which concluded a process lasting four years. It was in fact […]

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Not even this time did Vojislav Kostunica succeed in being elected president of Serbia. For the third time in four months, the presidential elections on Sunday 8 December failed to reach the necessary quorum, 50% plus one of the electors. Kostunica, current president of the Yugoslav Federation (comprising Serbia, Vojvodina, Kossovo and Montenegro), was confirmed […]

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Its agenda included the presentation of three final reports by specialized work groups but the attention of the twelfth plenary session of the Convention on the future of Europe (Brussels, 5-6/12/2002) especially focused on the contribution of the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, to the debate on the future European Constitution. “Penelope”. The […]

“Estonian society is waiting with some optimism for the successful conclusion of its integration into the European Union. The majority of the population is in favour of such a step, but there’s also an important minority of eurosceptics who especially fear, on the basis of past experience, a threat to the country’s real independence, a […]

“The recent concrete steps towards EU enlargement arouse feelings of hope among the faithful and their pastors, but also a consciousness of the new tasks that await us”. So says Father Marian Gavenda, spokesman of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference. To guide the faithful in the recent general and local elections the bishops replaced the traditional […]

Latvia’s entry into the European Union may help the country to break the wall of isolation and gain access to Christian values. That’s why the bishops of Latvia support EU membership, calling it a “favourable and positive” step: that’s the view of Cardinal Janis Pujats, archbishop of Riga (the country’s capital). Latvia, with some 2,400,000 […]