YOUTH

Happy to be there

Happy for the hospitality they received in the dioceses, grateful for the sharing of spiritual experiences with their Italian and non-Italian companions and especially struck by the words of Benedict XVI whom the great majority of them had never seen before in close up. That’s how the youth of the European delegations have described to […]

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GERMANY

Common concerns

To mark Harvest Festival on 30 September, the archdiocese of Paderborn, the dioceses of Essen and Münster, the farmers’ association of Westphalia-Lippe, and the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and Lippe issued a joint statement, in which burning issues of global dimension are tackled: the consequences of global warming, biotechnologies, and the future of farming as […]

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France: parents of religious on pilgrimage

“A theme that reminds us of the past, the present role and the future of the Church in Europe that is being constructed with great exertion”. That’s how the APPRR (Association of parents of French priests, men and women religious, 1,300 families in 40 dioceses) explains the choice of the slogan of the biennial pilgrimage […]

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Portugal: ecology, peace and lifestyles

The Portuguese section of Pax Christi has dedicated Peace Week 2007 to the theme “Taking care of the earth and of each other: ecology, peace and lifestyles”. Summing up the conclusions of the various events during the week, Manuel Quintãos said that “the contemporary ecological perspective is inseparably linked with peace, solidarity and development”. According […]

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Holland: Cardinal Simonis steps down

The ceremonies accompanying the resignation of Cardinal Adrianus Simonis as Archbishop of Utrecht and President of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference are planned for 8 December. The main event – a pontifical eucharistic celebration concelebrated with members of the Bishops’ Conference and the Apostolic Nuncio in the Cathedral of St. Catherine – will be broadcast live […]

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Germany: plenary of the bishops

An appeal to discuss ecumenical models and objectives was made by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, in inaugurating the autumn plenary of the bishops, held in Fulda from 24 to 27 September. “We need to revive this discussion, quick to be initiated but then interrupted”, he urged. The cardinal also referred […]

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The time for frankness

A month has gone by since the European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu which brought together some 2,500 delegates of all the Churches of Europe in the Romanian city from 4 to 9 September. We asked Pastor Luca Negro, secretary for communications of the CEC/KEK (Conference of European Churches), to review the meeting and reflect on […]

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AFTER SIBIU

The living message

The definitive version of the final message of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly has appeared on its official website www.eea3.org. The drafting of the document had, ever since its reading to the Assembly at Sibiu (4-9 September), encountered some problems raised by the various Churches regarding the passage on respect for life. Various versions and […]

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MIGRAZIONI: AL MEETING DI LORETO SE NE PARLA RIDENDO CON I COMICI DI ZELIG. UN PREMIO A "PIANETA DIMENTICATO"

La comicità come mezzo per parlare di immigrazione: si intitola "Strangers in the night" ed è lo spettacolo di cabaret con stranieri che vivono in Italia. Andrà in scena la sera di venerdì 28 settembre, durante il X Meeting internazionale sulle migrazioni in corso a Loreto. Nato come laboratorio Zelig di "contaminazioni multietniche", lo spettacolo […]

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SOLIDARIETÀ: CARITAS DI ROMA, TRA LE NOVITÀ ANCHE UN CENTRO MEDICO MOBILE PER I ROM” “” ” ” “

Un Centro medico mobile per la promozione della salute nei campi Rom e negli insediamenti abusivi; progetti di formazione per i giovani, volontariato, esperienze di solidarietà internazionale e servizio civile; programmi di animazione nelle scuole e nelle parrocchie in occasione dell’Anno europeo del dialogo interculturale (2008). Sono alcune delle novità del nuovo programma pastorale della […]

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