Redazione

CHIESE IN BREVE

Polonia/1: settimana dell’evangelizzazione a Dziegielow“Il mio bene è stare vicino a Dio”: è il titolo della 65ma settimana della evangelizzazione che dal 5 al 13 luglio radunerà a Dziegielow i fedeli di varie confessioni cristiane. Ogni anno nella piccola cittadina situata sulla linea di frontiera tra Polonia e Repubblica Ceca arrivano alcune centinaia di fedeli. […]

SWEDEN

She was installed as Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden on Sunday, June 15th, greeted by a long applause in the cathedral of Uppsala. Antje Jackelén, born in Germany in 1955 and ordained in the Lutheran Church in 1980, is the first woman to assume this role in Sweden, 70th in […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Polonia/1: evangelization week in Dziegielow”My own good is being near God”: this is the theme of the 65th Evangelization Week that will bring together faithful of Christian denominations in Dziegielow July 5 through 13. Each year, several dozens of faithful convene in the small town located on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. […]

COUNCIL OF EUROPE" "

Spotlights on Ukrainian President Poroshenko making his debut in Europe, the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, deaths in the Mediterranean, humanitarian crisis in Iraq: these were the main themes addressed during the plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which ended on June 27 in Strasbourg. As […]

SPAIN

The standing Committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE) held its 232nd meeting on June 25-26. The bishops discussed the new pastoral Plan, the fifth centenary of Saint Theres of Jesus, the new Education bill. A final statement was released on Friday June 27. Centenary of the birth of Saint Theresa. The bishops worked on […]

EU PARLIAMENT

There’s a Spanish MEP wandering around the corridors in search of the lift that will bring him to the floor where is located the office he has been just assigned to. Near him, a Hungarian parliamentarian is asking about the interpretation service. The Scottish representative passes by wearing a kilt, the French one entertains collaborators […]

SPAGNA

La Commissione permanente della Conferenza episcopale spagnola (Cee) ha tenuto a Madrid la sua 232ª riunione il 25 e il 26 giugno. I vescovi si sono occupati del nuovo Piano pastorale, del quinto centenario di santa Teresa de Jesús, della nuova legge sull’educazione. Venerdì 27 giugno è stata diffusa una nota finale. Centenario della nascita […]

EDITORIAL

When 100 years ago European citizens of different countries marched towards war with naïf enthusiasm they didn’t imagine that it would have taken four years to stop the destruction and deaths caused by unprecedented military rage and that also civilians would have been involved. An armed conflict waged by neighbouring countries escalated into the global […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Austria: the deacons highlight a “fraternal community” An authentic joint venture among the various activities promoted by parish churches, providing care to marginalized brackets, counseling and charity is the result of a seminar held by the deaconal diocesan community of St. Pölten, held past June 24 during the Day of Deacon priests at Austria’s Seitenstetten […]

RIVOLUZIONE ANNUNCIATA

Un "dodecalogo" per riformare la giustizia italiana. È la "rivoluzione" annunciata ieri dal Presidente del Consiglio, Matteo Renzi, che ha auspicato, da ora al 31 agosto, "un confronto aperto, una pubblica consultazione per discutere di giustizia", cui farà seguito, il 1° settembre, "il ddl in materia, quando partirà l’operazione mille giorni. Al termine dei mille […]