TOWARDS SIBIU

The “dual” capital

Preparations are in full swing in Romania for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3). Sibiu, one of the seven towns founded by German colonists in Romania, was chosen as the dual capital of Europe this year: both cultural and ecumenical. After Basel (a largely Protestant city) in 1989 and Graz (city with a Catholic majority) […]

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Spain: summer courses in social communications

The Faculty of Communications of the Pontifical University of Salamanca, together with the Spanish Bishops’ Commission of the media, are organizing two summer courses in communication. The first will be held from 2 to 6 July, for the pastoral animation of culture, and the second from 9 to 13 July on communication, education and the […]

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Bulgaria: youth and solidarity

Various events for the youth of the diocese of Nicopoli are being held this summer. A summer school for the disabled will be held in the parish of St. Anne of Malcika from 17 to 27 July. It will be animated by youth of the parish and volunteers from Caritas Ambrosiana in Milan, who will […]

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Belarus: 3rd Catholic film festival

A film festival comprising 43 films and numerous television transmissions from 14 countries, all presented from a Christian perspective, was held in recent days at Glubocom, in the province of Minsk. This was in fact the third year of the international Catholic film festival with the title “Magnificat”. It also included Orthodox productions. “We must […]

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Portugal: festival of music of Christian inspiration

The Department of Youth Pastoral Care of the diocese of Guarda and the Catholic musical group Jota have organized a Festival of music of Christian inspiration, to be held at Paul (Serra de Estrela) from 20 to 22 July: the venue is an ideal scenario for prayer in perfect harmony with nature. At first conceived […]

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Austria: prayers on line for the Pope’s visit

The official confirmation came on 2 July – the Pope will make an apostolic journey to Austria, and in particular to the Marian sanctuary of Mariazell, from 7 to 9 September – and already prayer initiatives for the event are proliferating. Those who wish to offer their prayers can register on the website www.b16.at. The […]

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Holland: a Catholic for the Council of Churches

The Catholic theologian Henk van Hout has been designated the new chairman of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands, as reported by the Council itself after the vote, which took place in the first half of June. Van Hout, 56 years old, is Catholic and studied theology at Amsterdam and Utrecht. He will take […]

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Slovenia: the death of Archbishop Sustar

The funeral of the Archbishop Metropolitan emeritus of Ljubljana Alojzij Šuštar (born on 14/11/1920) took place in the square in front of Ljubljana Cathedral on 2 July. The archbishop had died in the Slovene capital on 29 June 2007. The rite was officiated by Cardinal Franc Rodé, Archbishop Metropolitan emeritus of Ljubljana. At its end […]

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An Olympic leap

“The horizon of my contacts with the People’s Republic of China, and with Christians in China, is necessarily limited and is reduced to four journeys (in 1980, in 1996, in 2000 and in 2003), even if the number and especially the quality of these visits are something of an exploit for a cardinal under a […]

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Three priorities

“The reform of the treaties; an agenda aimed at modernising the European economies and societies; and the reinforcement of the EU in the world”: these, according to JOSÉ SÒCRATES , Portuguese Prime Minister, are the three priorities of the six months’ Presidency of the EU which began on 1st July. So the government of Lisbon […]

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