France: Ecclesia 2007, the dioceses in Lourdes

“Together, serving the Word of God” is the subject of “Ecclesia 2007”, which will gather in Lourdes, from 26th to 28th October, about 7 thousand participants from all of the dioceses of France. “We have been given the Word, we are responsible for making it echo throughout society”, explains mgr. Cristopher Dufour, bishop of Limoges […]

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Germany: Sibiu “we keep walking together”

The Aee3 “has been an important forum to bring together Christians of different Churches and traditions of the East and West. We have all partaken of a walk of learning and experience which must go on”. It was said at Fulda yesterday, during the plenary meeting of the German Bishops, by mgr. Gerhard Feige (Magdeburg), […]

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FRONT PAGE

Those “yes” for the cathedral

A written Declaration, number 54, began to pass through the European Parliament in Strasbourg in late May. Aimed at protecting the Catholic cathedral of St. Joseph in Bucharest, Romania, it was the first initiative of its kind, sponsored by five MEPs (4 Socialists and 1 Liberal) of the country that had entered the EU on […]

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Saving “Galileo”

Following the failure of the negotiations relating to the contract regulating the concession for the realization and running of Galileo – the main European programme of radio-navigation via satellite -, the European Commission has, as a matter of urgency, adopted a Communication that, on the one hand, guarantees the continuation of the programme and, on […]

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Cohesion: first programmes for 2007-2013

The cohesion policy for the period 2007-2013 has officially been launched with the adoption of the first four programmes of cross-border cooperation co-financed by the European Fund of Regional Development: Italy-Austria (80 million €uro); Bavaria-Austria (72.1 million €uro); EuroRegion Moselle-Rhine (Germany, Holland, Belgium – 144.8 million €uro); and Ireland-Wales (70 million €uro). There are some […]

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More coherent development

“Our objective is to raise the awareness of all the players interested in the enormous potential of measures able to accelerate the reduction of poverty in the world, because it’s not a question of doing more, but doing better and doing it more rapidly”, commented Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, on […]

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Sustainable nuclear energy

The first European Technological Platform for sustainable nuclear energy was officially established in Brussels last week. It is intended by the European Commission to “bring together researchers and businesses with a view to defining and implementing a strategic agenda of research and related strategy of development and application”. The mission of the Platform – conceived […]

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EU

The two lines

Culture as shared heritage, as the means to bring peoples and states closer together and to open up new horizons to knowledge; and also as an “occasion to promote economic and social growth”: the EU is moving along these two lines. In May it launched, through the Commission, a possible EU strategy in this sector. […]

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Prague: ecumenical meeting of bishops

The annual ecumenical meeting of Bishops/Friends of the Focolare Movement has ended in Prague. At the invitation of the Archbishop of the city, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the meeting had brought together 43 bishops of 18 Churches, from 17 nations in four continents from 20 to 27 September. The climax of the week was the “Ecumenical […]

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Anglicans: halt to gay ordinations

“We affirm our passionate desire to remain in communion”. This is the motive that has led the bishops of the Episcopalian Church of the USA – American arm of the Anglican Communion – to halt the further consecration of gay candidates to the episcopate and to the priesthood, and also to interrupt the practice of […]

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