Ireland, England and Wales, Poland

Ireland: the role of catholic schools Bishop Leo O’Reilly, responsible of the education department of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, took the floor during a debate regarding denominational schools pointing out its “highly emotional language”, marked by terms which ought to be avoided such as “educational segregation, and apartheid”. As known, until recently most Irish schools […]

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EUROPEAN CHURCHES

A thought, a diary

After 13 years spent serving the Church and Europe as Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), on September 1st Msgr. Aldo Giordano was appointed permanent Observer of the Holy See at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, which represents Europe’s 47 Democratic States. In his greetings to the team of experts […]

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FILM FESTIVAL: MGR. CELLI GIVES THE "BRESSON" AWARD TO DIRECTOR DANIEL BURMAN (2)

Daniel Burman, film director, playwright and producer, was born in Buenos Aires in 1973. In 2004, he won the Jury Award at the 54th Berlin Festival with his "El abrazo partido" which, along with "Esperando al Mesías" (2000) and "Derecho de famiglia" (2006), is part of an autobiographical trilogy about the problems of a young […]

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FILM FESTIVAL: MGR. CELLI GIVES THE "BRESSON" AWARD TO ARGENTINE DIRECTOR DANIEL BURMAN

"Spiritual cinema" stole the limelight at the Venice Film Festival today. The president of the Papal Council of Social Communication, mgr. Claudio Maria Celli, gave the 2008 "Robert Bresson" Award to Argentine film director Daniel Burman. A prize that is given every year by Fondazione Ente dello spettacolo to a film director for "his significant […]

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XXX EUROPEAAN WEEK: CODIGNOLA (CNR), "AMERICAN ABORIGINALS", FROM VICTIMS TO "ACTORS"

Even if the American aboriginals have "moved from being the powerless victims of the European expansion to being often decisive actors" "in a dynamics of encounters", the "theatre of action of which was the New World", for experts of colonial expansions "the prevailing model" remains the traditional one. This was explained this morning by Luca […]

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EU PARLIAMENT: A "EUROPEAN ALERT SYSTEM" FOR MISSING CHILDREN

The European Parliament asks the members states of the EU to "introduce a common alert system for missing children". The Parliament’s position, adopted today through a "declaration" signed by the majority of MEPs, states that the abduction of children is one of the "most inhumane crimes" ever. The declaration mentions that such crimes are on […]

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CHRISTIANS IN INDIA: BABU (BISHOPS’ SPOKESMAN), "A REAL TRAGEDY"

"It is the worst attack suffered by the Christian communities in India over the last few years. The extremists tried to attack all Christian devotees, places and symbols, as if to efface any trace of Christianity from the region. It is a real tragedy": this was stated to the Agency Fides by father Babu Joseph, […]

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XXX EUROPEAN WEEK: STARTING TODAY ON "EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS EXPANSION" IN NORTH AMERICA

"Europe and its religious expansion in the North American continent" is the title of the XXX European Week, which Fondazione Ambrosiana Paolo VI and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore will be promoting from today (until September 6th) at Villa Cagnola – Gazzada (Varese) with the participation of many scholars and experts of international repute from […]

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IRAQ: MGR. SAKO (KIRKUK), A MESSAGE OF PEACE TO THE "MUSLIM BROTHERS" FOR THE RAMADAN

” “A message to wish well to the "Muslim brothers" at the beginning of the month of the Ramadan and to invoke "peace on the Iraqi nation". The archbishop of Kirkuk, mgr. Louis Sako, gave it yesterday to the Islamic leaders of his city: "On behalf of all the Christians of Kirkuk – reads the […]

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AFRICA: REV DANDALA (AACC), "THE CHURCHES ASK FOR A GOOD DEVELOPMENT, NOT BAD HELP"

” “The ambassador Jan Cedergren, president of the workgroup of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) which deals with the effectiveness of aids, met in Accra yesterday an ecumenical delegation led by rev. Mvume Dandala, secretary general of the Conference of the Churches of all Africa (Aacc), to discuss issues related to the Forum […]

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