The meeting of European and Australian university students, promoted by the university pastoral office of the Vicariate of Rome, the Catholic chantries of the archdiocese of Sydney, and Acsa, the Australian Catholic students’ association, will take place on July 14th at Saint John’s College in Sydney. The event, one of the happenings included in the […]

” “"The Colombian bishops receive with joy the news of the release of the prisoners in the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and ask this guerrilla group to release the other hostages". This is written in a note of the Department of social communication of the Colombian Bishops Conference (www.cec.org.co), published […]

” “”What they want to do is not a census of the Romany and Sinti populations in Italy: because it only concerns three regions and only those who live in the camps”. It was said by Mario Marazziti, spokesman of Comunità di Sant’Egidio, in a press conference convened by the association to voice their "deep […]

The UN Secretary General "welcomes" the announcement of the release of the 15 Colombian hostages (including the former presidential nominee Ingrid Betancourt, 3 American nationals and 11 members of the Colombian Armed Forces), abducted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), some of whom had remained in the hands of the rebel group for […]

” “A few hours ago, until 9th July, young people from the member states of the G8 and the developing countries started the “Junior 8 Summit”, held in Chitose, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. "The agenda of the Junior 8 Summit, which takes inspiration from that of the G8 summit that will also be […]

"We are delighted and relieved by the news that Ingrid Betancourt and fourteen other hostages held by the Farc in Colombia have been freed. This is a moment of joy for them, for their families and for all the people across the world who never gave up the campaign for their freedom". This is the […]

Just 12 days to go, and the WYD of Sydney (15-20 July) adds up more events to its official schedule. These are over 30 nationwide rallies that will attract, over several days, virtually all of the young people present there. As reported today by the WYD Organising Committee, the rallies will be held in Sydney […]

Duemila candeline. Il problema non è stabilire l’esattezza della data di nascita di San Paolo, certamente simbolica. Piuttosto, si tratta di capire fino a che punto l’anno giubilare aperto sabato scorso contribuisca a ridefinire la nostra carta d’identità. Ripercorrendo le tappe della sua vita siamo aiutati a capire dov’è giunta la nostra.Il primo Paolo è […]

Gli storici collocano la nascita di Saulo, diventato poi Paolo , tra il 7 e il 10 dopo Cristo. Perciò, al compiersi di circa duemila anni, è stato indetto uno speciale giubileo. Paolo è innanzitutto un paladino della libertà, il difensore rivoluzionario dell’uomo come soggetto libero e responsabile, un avventuriero nell’impero cosmopolita e nel mondo globale. Per […]

Sono 721 i giovani delle diocesi del Triveneto in partenza per la XXIII Giornata mondiale della gioventù (Gmg), dal titolo “Avrete forza dallo Spirito Santo e mi sarete testimoni”, in programma dal 15 a 20 luglio a Sydney, in Australia. Il Nordest ha sempre risposto con grandi numeri alle Gmg e anche questa volta la […]