Redazione

PAESI NORDICI

I vescovi delle Conferenze episcopali dei Paesi nordici (Svezia, Norvegia, Finlandia, Danimarca e Islanda) hanno concluso il 20 marzo la loro assemblea plenaria di primavera. Sono stati ospitati dai monaci cistercensi nel loro convento a Heiligenkreuz, non lontano da Vienna.Il grazie dei vescovi. Si legge nel comunicato stampa diffuso al termine dei lavori (15-20 marzo), […]

REPUBBLICA CECA

Circa 70 teologi pastoralisti provenienti da 14 Paesi europei (Belgio, Croazia, Repubblica Ceca, Paesi Bassi, Italia, Ungheria, Germania, Polonia, Austria, Romania, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Svizzera e Ucraina) hanno partecipato al simposio internazionale tenutosi a Praga il 19-22 marzo con il titolo “L’identità cristiana in Europa”. L’evento – il primo nel suo genere – è stato organizzato […]

CZECH REPUBLIC

About 70 pastoral theologians from 14 European countries (Belgium, Croatia, Czech republic, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine) participated at the international symposium held in Prague on 19-22 March under the title "Christian Identity in Europe". The event – first of its kind – was organized by the Conference […]

EDITORIAL

World crosses will join the cross lit in the heart of the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross with Pope Francis on Good Friday. Also Europe’s crosses will be there. For the Church and for the Catholics of the Old Continent it’s yet another momentous occasion to reflect on a story already written and […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia: president visited cardinal KorecPresident of Slovak republic, Ivan Gasparovic, paid a visit to cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, bishop emeritus of Nitra. They spoke about cooperation between the state and Churches for the good of inhabitants of the country, as well as about changes in Vatican where president Gasparovic met with pope emeritus Benedict XVI […]

NORDIC COUNTRIES

The Bishops’ Conferences of Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland) concluded on March 20 their spring plenary meeting. The bishops were hosted by Cistercian monks in their convent in Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna.The bishops’ gratitude. In a statement to the press, released at the end of the meeting (March 15-20), the bishops made known […]

FRANCE

Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, president of the French Bishops’ Conference, took action in first person. On March 28 the debate on the bill – adopted by the Senate in December – that authorizes research on the embryo and on embryo stem cells was discussed in the National Assembly. The final vote of the […]

AUSTRIA

"I can assure you that our marriage was one of the happiest in our parish and many people envied us, but our good Lord took different decisions and broke our bond. I will rejoice in the heavens, where no wars will ever separate us". These words were written by Franziska Jägerstätter on September 5 1943 […]

EUROPE

"The social crisis in Europe keeps worsening and in a number of Member States there is no tangible improvement in sight, while the poorest people have very often been the hardest-hit". commented László Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, on the latest Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review published on March […]

IN COENA DOMINI

Ore 17.30. Inizia puntuale all’Istituto penale per minori (Ipm) di Casal del Marmo la Messa "in Coena Domini", con il rito della lavanda dei piedi a 10 ragazzi e 2 ragazze, una italiana e una serba. Per espressa volontà di Papa Francesco, che ha "trapiantato" a Roma quella che a Buenos Aires era una consuetudine, […]