ECUMENISM

A light from Sibiu

At Sibiu the staff have long been working flat out to receive the delegates and visitors from all over Europe who will animate the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3), due to be held in the Romanian town from 4 to 9 September. It’s an eagerly awaited event (after the great ecumenical experiences at Basel in […]

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YOUTH

From a thousand roads of Europe

The meeting of Italian youth, promoted by the Italian Bishops’ Conference, was held at Loreto, from 29 August to 2 September. It included a meeting with Benedict XVI. The some 500,000 pilgrims present also included 800 young delegates from 50 countries of Europe and of the Mediterranean. Guests, together with their Italian counterparts, of 32 […]

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POLAND

For the good of everyone

“The political crisis of recent weeks, and the disputes both within Parliament and in the media, prompt reflection on the level and the form of public debate”, say the Polish bishops in a joint statement. The Polish bishops met on 25 August for the plenary of the Episcopal Conference at the Marian sanctuary of Jasna […]

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England and Wales: to reach the dispersed ones

Where are you now?” This is the name of a national initiative launched by the English Bishops to “reach the dozens of thousands of people” who have been christened in England and Wales but “very rarely” go to Mass. Raising the “awareness of the faithful” about the “essential role that everyone plays in inviting their […]

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Hungary: Budapest finishes it mission

“I will give a future and a hope” is the subject of the fifth and last stop of the international congress for the new evangelisation of the big cities in Europe, which, after Vienna 2003, Paris Toussaint 2004, Lisbon 2005 and Brussels Toussaint 2006, will be held in Budapest from 16th to 22nd September. Every […]

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Austria: the Pope writes to the diocesan weekly papers

“My visit in Austria is getting nearer. You know that: I love this country that reminds me of my childhood, the Sunday walks I went on […] with our mother […], the wonderful landscapes of your country, the great Austrian culture and the kindness of your people”. As the visit in Mariazell gets nearer, Pope […]

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FRONT PAGE

Build hope

The first six months of 2007 have been marked by two highlights: the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, celebrated on March 25th, and the positive outcome of the Reform of the Treaty of the European Union on June 23rd, during the European Council in Brussels. Hopefully, the mandate given to the Inter-Governmental Conference, […]

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CALABRIA: EX DETENUTI, L’INTIMIDAZIONE A DON GIOVINAZZO È "CONTRO LE SPERANZE"

"Il vile attentato" nei confronti di don Giuseppe Giovinazzo rappresenta anche un attentato "contro le speranze" di reinserimento sociale e di integrazione lavorativa" degli ex detenuti del progetto "Potamos" della Cooperativa Valle del Bonamico e dell’associazione "Nuova Evangelizzazione". E’ quanto si legge in una nota degli stessi ex detenuti dopo il danneggiamento dell’autovettura del sacerdote […]

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SCUOLA: FISM SU "NUOVE INDICAZIONI" MINISTERO ISTRUZIONE, "CENTRALITÀ DELLA PERSONA" E "PLURALISMO SCOLASTICO"

"Centralità della persona" e "pluralismo del sistema scolastico": questi, secondo Luigi Morgano, segretario nazionale della Fism (Federazione italiana scuole materne), i motivi dominanti delle "Nuove indicazioni per il curricolo della scuola dell’infanzia e del primo ciclo di istruzione", presentate oggi a Roma dal ministro dell’Istruzione Giuseppe Fioroni. Le "Indicazioni", si legge in una nota Fism, […]

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TREVISO: MONS. MAZZOCATO (VESCOVO), DELINQUENTI "INDIPENDENTEMENTE DALLA CITTADINANZA"

"Le persone affette da delinquenza sono affette da delinquenza, indipendentemente dalla cittadinanza": lo ha affermato oggi mons. Andrea Bruno Mazzocato, vescovo di Treviso, commentando l’arresto di tre persone, due albanesi e un romeno, per il duplice omicidio dei coniugi Pellicciardi a Gorgo al Monticano, in provincia di Treviso, il 21 agosto scorso.Il vescovo ha invitato […]

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