Islamic-Christian meetings in Europe

“You are Christians or Muslims and have shared the experience of meeting others who are different from you in faith and in religious practices”, or “you think that many Christians and Muslims have a false image of each other and of each other’s religions” or, again, “you consider it indispensable that in our society the […]

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Constantinople: Patriarchate, fears of the government

“The Patriarch, who has been able to remain on Turkish soil, is subject to the laws of the State. Therefore there are no legal foundations to accept the claims that the patriarchate is ecumenical”. With this ruling, a Turkish court upheld on Tuesday 26 June the position long defended by the government that repudiates the […]

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ECUMENISM

Sibiu: initiatives of the Orthodox Churches

“Reinforcing the existing links of brotherhood between the Orthodox Churches and being able to act and speak in a coordinated manner, with a single voice and a single heart to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly”: that’s how Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima (Ecumenical Patriarchate) explains the aim of the meeting held in Rhodes (25-28 June) and […]

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Austria: Millennium goals, “failed objectives”

A critical assessment of the failure to achieve the so-called Millennium Goals has come from the five major Austrian humanitarian organizations, Caritas, Care, SOS-Kinderdorf, “Licht für die Welt” and Red Cross, which held a joint press conference on the matter in Vienna on 3 July. “We are still very far from the objective of halving […]

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Spain: the 60th week of missiology

The celebration of the 60th Week of Missiology in Burgos will take place from 9 to 13 July. The theme chosen for this year’s event is “Africa, a provocation for the world and for the Church” 50 years after the Encyclical “Fidei Donum”. The aim of the Week is to review the situation of the […]

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Slovenia: 500 Bible scholars at a congress

Some 500 Bible scholars from all over the world will gather at Ljubljana from 12 to 20 July for the 19th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT). The congress forms part of the programme of events accompanying Bible Year, currently underway in Slovenia. The country is the first […]

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Peoples and roads

In southern Europe the summer means the need to escape from the insufferable heat of the cities to find fresher air in the mountains or by the seaside. For Central and Eastern Europe, on the other hand, the arrival of summer weather assumes a more specific significance. For example, for many inhabitants to be able […]

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TERZO SETTORE: "L’INFRASTRUTTURAZIONE SOCIALE E CIVILE NEL MEZZOGIORNO"

Come far decollare lo sviluppo nel Sud? Se ne parlerà, domani, 6 luglio 2007, a Napoli, dove il Forum del Terzo settore della Campania ha organizzato il convegno intitolato "L’infrastrutturazione sociale e civile del Mezzogiorno: il progetto Sud". Si tratta, spiegano i promotori, "di un incontro sui temi della infrastrutturazione sociale e civile del Mezzogiorno […]

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MIGRAZIONI: A BRUXELLES UN FORUM ECUMENICO CON LE CHIESE CRISTIANE DEL MEDITERRANEO

L’impatto delle migrazioni nella Chiese cristiane dell’area del mediterraneo: sarà il tema su cui si confronteranno i delegati del Consiglio mondiale delle Chiese (Wcc) in un incontro che si svolgerà da domani (6 luglio) al 9 luglio a Bruxelles, con delegati da Africa, Europa e Medio Oriente. La Conferenza africana di tutte le Chiese (Aacc), […]

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AGORÀ DEI GIOVANI: PELLEGRINAGGIO ALL’ADAMELLO, A LORETO CON RISPETTO DELL’AMBIENTE

Si apre stasera a Carisolo con l’inaugurazione della mostra fotografica "Giovanni Paolo II – Benedetto XVI. I giovani, il Creato, la devozione mariana: un comune percorso", il "V Pellegrinaggio dei giovani alla croce dell’Adamello" promosso da Agorà dei giovani italiani in vista dell’incontro di Loreto 2007 (1 e 2 settembre) con Benedetto XVI. Quest’anno il […]

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