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The newly appointed second auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Vienna is a Salesian, Father Ludwig Schwarz, hitherto director of the Pontifical Mission-Aid Society in Austria. His appointment was made public by the Holy See in recent days. He will flank Msgr. Helmut Kratzl, the present auxiliary bishop of the diocese headed by Cardinal Christoph […]

The 7th Christian Film Week opened in France on Wednesday 17 October; it will run till 23 October. This year it is proposing some twenty films produced and realized on the theme of fear. The films were chosen by a committee chaired by Msgr. Jean-Michel di Falco, auxiliary bishop of Paris, and composed of theologians, […]

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Religious leaders united in the struggle against terrorism. In a meeting held in recent days, and attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, 20 religious leaders, including the archbishop of Liverpool, Msgr. Patrick Kelly, vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, representing Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, expressed the conviction that “the great evil of […]

An appeal to work together against social exclusion: it was launched by the European Diaconal Forum, following the European Commission’s adoption of a draft joint report on “social inclusion” which reveals that 9% of the population of Europe is permanently living below the minimum poverty threshold and a further 9% in danger of poverty. The […]

A demonstration called “Solidarity on Earth” was held in the Place de la Bastille in Paris on Saturday, 13 October, as part of World Food Day. Its aim was to press the candidates for the legislative and presidential elections in France for a greater commitment in the daily struggle against poverty. The demonstration – which […]

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On the occasion of the “World Day for the elimination of poverty” on 17 October 2001, the Belgian Presidency of the European Union organized an extraordinary session of the Employment and Social Affairs Commission of the European Parliament. It provided an opportunity to explain and discuss the draft joint report on poverty and social inclusion […]

“We who know what war is…”: the words are those of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah , who is in Italy to participate in the general Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican. In recent days Sabbah took part in the Peace March from Perugia to Assisi. We asked him to give […]

Episcopal collegiality, female diaconate, abortion and Catholic counselling services, involvement of Christians in politics: these were some of the themes tackled by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz and president of the German Episcopal Conference, in replying to the questions put to him by the delegates of MEIC (ecclesial movement of cultural commitment), gathered for […]

The metropolitan archbishop of Scutari, Msgr. Angelo Massafra , is a Franciscan and of mixed Italo-Albanian origin; he comes from San Marzano (Taranto). In recent days he has been participating in the general Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, being held in the Vatican until 27 October, in his role as president of the Albanian […]

The concern about the lack of vocations to the priesthood, the theme of collegiality, and the need to bear witness to hope: these were the three questions that most drew the attention of European bishops present at the Synod. We present below the interventions given on the margins of the Synod by Msgr. Jesùs E.Catalá […]