BENEDETTO XVI ALL’ANGELUS: "L’AMORE IL CUORE DELLA VITA CRISTIANA"

"Davanti a questo spettacolo di prati, di boschi, di vette protese verso il cielo, sale spontaneo nell’animo il desiderio di lodare Dio per le meraviglie delle sue opere, e la nostra ammirazione per queste bellezze naturali si trasforma facilmente in preghiera". Così, ieri mattina, Benedetto XVI, nell’introdurre il suo primo Angelus, dal Castello di Mirabello, […]

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PADRE GIANCARLO BOSSI: PREGHIERA DEI FILIPPINI A HONG KONG, "IL SIGNORE DIA CORAGGIO, SERENITÀ E SPERANZA"

“Coloro che tengono padre Giancarlo Bossi in cattività non sono nostri nemici e noi non siamo loro nemici. Non vogliamo nessun male a loro; vogliamo invece amicizia come tra fratelli e sorelle. Preghiamo anche perchè le Filippine e particolarmente gli abitanti in Mindanao possano essere liberi da ogni tipo di violenza.”E’stato questo un pensiero di […]

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European dailies and periodicals

“A hardening of line”: that, according to the French Catholic weekly La Croix (11/7), is how the almost simultaneous publication of the Pope’s “Motu proprio” on the Latin Mass and the “Responses” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on “certain aspects of the doctrine of the Church” will be read by the […]

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EP

In everyday life

At the present time the European Parliament is tackling various issues that impact directly on the life of citizens: the liberalization of postal services, the protection of public health, greater information to consumers about food products, more transparent air tariffs and the crackdown on counterfeit products from China. The plenary session of the EP, held […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

A new Treaty?

“I am ready to tackle the difficulties that could arise especially during the final phase of the negotiations. But one thing is clear: our task is not to change the mandate we have received” from the summit in June, “but to transform it into a new treaty”, says Portuguese Premier JOSÉ SOCRATES , who currently […]

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Catholics (Belgium): inclusive vision

“The statement (which the only Church of Christ) ‘subsists within the Catholic Church’ was interpreted in different ways during forty years. A few interpretations were relativistic: ‘The Church of Christ would subsist in all the Christian Churches indifferently’. But the current document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith points out the exact […]

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Protestants: proposing new paths of dialogue

The Protestant Federation of France (FPF) intends to pursue dialogue with Catholics “with a view to the unity without uniformity of Christians”, says a communiqué issued by the FPF on the same day that the document on the unicity of the Church was published by the Vatican. “It is legitimate – says the communiqué – […]

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ECUMENISM

Orthodox Church: more honesty less diplomacy

“If there is to be a sincere theological dialogue, we need to have clear ideas about what are the principles to which the other side subscribes. This helps to judge the degree of our differences”, said Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk, head of the Department of External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, commenting on the […]

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60 years of dialogue between Christians and Jews

The “International Emergency Conference against Anti-Semitism” is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Founded at Seelisberg in 1947, the Conference is composed of the Swiss Federation of Jewish communities, the Federation of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and the Swiss Conference of Catholic Bishops. The anniversary was commemorated in recent days by the representatives of the three […]

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“Dialogue must continue”

On the same day on which the Vatican document “Responses to Some Questions regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church” was published, the President of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Kurt Koch drew up an “Introduction” that is available on the website of the Bishops’ Conference www.sbk-ces.ch. The document – says a statement […]

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