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Twenty years have gone by since the death of Cardinal Franjo Šeper, archbishop of Zagreb, president of the Episcopal Conference of Yugoslavia and first prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He died in Rome on 30 December 1981 and in the homily pronounced at his requiem mass, John Paul II thanked […]

“Is it possible to create a new and fruitful synthesis between faith and contemporary culture?”. That’s the question that guided the work of the international Congress “Towards a new Christian culture” held in recent days. Organized by the Catholic University of Murcia (Spain) in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Culture, the congress was attended […]

For the first time since June the girl pupils of Holy Cross primary school in Belfast arrived in class without having to suffer the shouts of protest and the verbal abuse of the Protestant inhabitants of the district, infuriated by the presence of a Catholic school in their neighbourhood. Over the last three months the […]

“Once again Switzerland has been struck by a tragic accident”. So write the Conference of Swiss Bishops, the Federation of the Protestant Churches and the Christian-Catholic Church in a joint communiqué issued in recent days to express the “consternation” of the three Swiss Churches for the air accident that caused the death of 24 people. […]

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Since 11 September the international community has been overshadowed by the terrorist threat. In France an anti-terrorist plan has swung into action throughout the country, which has only added to public fear and alarm. According to a survey published by the Catholic daily La Croix, however, two thirds of the French approve of the US […]

The apostolates of work of Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal and Swtzerland all form part of GEPO, as also do representatives of the European coordination of the International Movement of the apostolate of children (MIDADE), the international coordination of GIOC and the world Movement of Christian Workers (MMTC-MTCE). GEPO was […]

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A shared programme of “tutoring” that has lasted 7 years between the youth of the GIOC (Christian Worker Youth) in Turin and Bratislava, in Slovakia, has helped to create an attention to the world of work in the ecclesial communities. In Slovakia youth unemployment reaches very high figures (36%) and is continuously on the increase. […]

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Contract work, lack of protection, clandestine employment, precariousness and uncertainties that exacerbate frustration and difficulties in planning for the future: these are just some of the features shared by European youth, according to the findings of the meeting “Youth, work and employment: questions for a European bluecollar worker apostolate” held in Brussels from 22 to […]

The bishops participating in the meeting also included Msgr. Amédée Grab , president of the Swiss Episcopal Conference and of CCEE (Council of the European Episcopal Conferences), invited to attend as an observer to maintain the links between the two institutions, and Msgr. Adrianus van Luyn , bishop of Rotterdam and vice-president of COMECE. “The […]

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“The creation of a European space of freedom, security and justice, in which the rights and freedoms of everyone will be protected, is a very valuable development”. But “the balance between the needs for security and the protection of fundamental rights and liberties must be respected”. The declaration is made by COMECE (Commission of the […]