Scozia, Germania, Inghilterra

Scozia: settimana dedicata alle scuole cattolicheUna settimana dedicata all’educazione per ricordare il ruolo che genitori e scuola hanno nell’insegnare “valori che durano una vita”. La Chiesa cattolica scozzese celebra il successo delle proprie scuole dal 27 gennaio al 2 febbraio prossimo, scegliendo come tema “Insegnare valori che durano una vita”. Lo “Scottish Catholic education service”, […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Parole anche per l’Europa

È stato presentato nei giorni scorsi, nella Sala stampa della Santa Sede, l’Anno Paolino (28 giugno 2008 – 29 giugno 2009), indetto dal Papa in occasione del bimillenario della nascita di San Paolo. Per la circostanza, la Conferenza episcopale di Turchia ha diffuso oggi una Lettera pastorale intitolata “Paolo, testimone e apostolo dell’identità cristiana”. Ne […]

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PAULINE YEAR

June 22 in Tarsus

“Paul, Testimony and Apostle of Christian identity”: this is the title of the Letter of Turkey’s Bishops Conference issued on the occasion of the Pauline Year (June 28 2008 – June 29 2009) called by the Pope for the bi-millennary of the birth of Saint Paul, and made public today. The Pauline Year was presented […]

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AUSTRIA

The challenge of integration

Integration is not a one-way street, but always signifies rights and duties for everyone, whether they are immigrants or not. This principle is underlined in the document “the challenge of integration: considerations and requests on the part of the Churches and religious communities”, presented in Vienna on 18 January. The document was drawn up jointly […]

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Poland

Dialogue with the Jews is imperativeOn January 17, on the eve of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Day of Judaism was celebrated. This year’s initiatives were centered on the words from the Book of Genesis: “So God created man to his own image, in the image of God he created him; man […]

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Scotland, Germany, England

Scotland: a week devoted to Catholic schoolsA week devoted to education to reaffirm the role of parents and school in teaching “life-long values”. The Catholic Church in Scotland will celebrate the success of its schools next January 27-February 2 focusing events on “the teaching of life-long values”. The “Scottish Catholic Education Service”, the Scottish Church […]

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FRONT PAGE

An address to Europe

In the past days, at the Press Office of the Holy See took place the presentation of the Pauline Year (June 28 2008 – June 29 2009) was called by the Pope on the occasion of the bimillenary of the birth of Saint Paul. On the occasion, Turkey’s Bishops Conference today a Letter titled “Paul, […]

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EU COMMISSION

An ambitious action

Commission President, José Manuel Barroso said: “Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation.” He uses strong and sometimes far-fetched words to describe the package of proposals to fulfill the commitments taken in March 2007 by the EU to fight climate change. Environment, EU leads the way . […]

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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

A vital question

The “silence” of the lack of any reference to the “Christian roots in the Preamble to the European Treaty has been so clamorous as to arouse a huge debate and to move the consciences of numerous citizens. So the work undertaken needs to be deepened, in a constructive spirit and for the genuine good of […]

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ECUMENISM

Moscow, France, Anglicans

Moscow: gestures of brotherhoodThe gestures of brotherhood between the Catholic Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church of Moscow continue. They come in the aftermath of the commitment taken to resolve the problems that still hamper the process of rapprochement between the two Churches. One such gesture is the message that Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk […]

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