Consumers’ behaviour is the theme selected this year by the community of the young (KjG) of the diocese of Fulda for its summer events. Every summer, the KjG selects a spiritual, social or political subject in order to raise the awareness of young people and give them food for thought. This year, the KjG wants […]

"Inter-religious challenges are part of any multicultural society", commented the metropolitan bishop Emmanuel of France, delegate for the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the EU. In Europe, "many are unreasonably afraid of Islam. A fear that is still spread by a stereotyped, partial representation the media give of Islam and by the lack of general knowledge". According […]

Islam and Christianity "share the same care for the wellbeing of every man, the sacredness of life and the commitment of the congregation in the public sphere"; "it is rather the loss of values and spirituality that concerns the Muslims in our secularised societies", said Sara Silvestri, a lecturer at Cambridge University, as she spoke […]

I primi giovani italiani sono già arrivati. Per gli altri, diecimila quando ci saranno tutti, c’è appena il tempo di mettere le ultime cose in valigia. Le raccomandazioni della mamma. I saluti agli amici che restano a casa. Uno sguardo al bollettino meteo su internet: a Sidney l’inverno è alle porte. Giunte a quota 23, […]

"The G8 summit is an opportunity to find a worldwide solution to the increasingly pressing challenges that by now concern all of us, everywhere in the world": José Manuel Barroso, president of the EU Commission, is taking part in the G8 for the fourth time. This year, the summit (7-9 July) is chaired by Japan […]

An appeal to "generosity" and "far-sightedness", so as to "take decisions that may boost a fair process of integral development, in defence of human dignity". It was made yesterday to the G8 leaders, gathered in Japan from today, by the Pope at the end of his first summer Angelus from Castelgandolfo. "Over these days – […]

A renewed Pentecost": this is how Benedict XVI called the forthcoming WYD, pointing out that, "for one year the Christian communities have been getting ready" for the event, which is focussed "on the promise Jesus made to His disciples after His resurrection, which is always applicable and relevant to the Church: the Holy Spirit, awaited […]

I ask all the Church to feel involved in this new stage of the great youth pilgrimage through the world, that was started in 1985 by the Servant of God John Paul II". With these words, the Pope, during yesterday’s Angelus – the first from Castelgandolfo this summer –, gave his "greeting" to Australia, where […]

"Prayer and solidarity". These two "requests" by Card. Leonardo Sandri to the "Christians of the West" to meet the needs of their brothers who "are escaping from the land where they were born". "The Christians of the West – said Card. Sandri – are asked to share real needs, remarkable needs, through prayer and solidarity […]

"The Middle East is the great hope and the great preoccupation of Benedict XVI and the Church". It was stated by Card. Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, in an interview with the weekly of the diocese of Trento ("Vita Trentina"). The Middle East, explained Cardinal Sandri, "is the great hope because […]