Belgium: “Read, seen and listened to for you”

“Read, seen and listened to for you” is the title of a new page on the internet site of the Belgian Catholic Church (www.catho.be). It’s a section that contains reviews of books, films and works of art, complemented with a list of religious bookshops in the country. Each film or book is presented with an […]

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Georgia: a Christian reality show

A reality show aimed at adolescents was transmitted by the television channel run by the Patriarchate of Georgia on 11 June. The title of the programme is “48 Hours” and was produced to give a Christian response to “those immoral youth programmes that propagate aggression and violence”. “48 Hours” is a show in which the […]

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Italy: 11,480 Catholic sites on line

Over the last ten years, over 13,000 Italian Catholic movements, associations and groups have opened websites on the Internet and, of these, 11,480 are still available on line. The point is made by Francesco Diani, coordinator of www.siticattolici.it, the web address that has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. It was on 12 June 1997 – […]

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Hungary: the 12th meeting of ECIC

The 12th meeting of ECIC (www.ecic.org), the Conference of webmasters belonging to the various European Christian Churches, ended at Revfülöp (Hungary), a little lakeside resort on the shores of Lake Balaton, on 20 June. The theme of the meeting, “Church 2.0, an environment for interaction and integration”, stimulated reflection and discussion on the relation between […]

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Poland: not repudiating Christian values

“It’s very dangerous to repudiate the values of Christianity, or deny the Pope’s right to teaching on such questions as abortion, euthanasia or the recognition of homosexual couples”, said the Right Rev. Bronislaw Dembowski, delegate of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for the pastoral care of religious associations and movements. The bishop was speaking during the […]

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Russia: priests, holiness as challenge

“There are no practical reasons to become a priest. The guiding motive can only be love and the flame of this love is holiness”, writes Bishop Clemens Pikel of the diocese of St. Clement-Saratov in his recent pastoral letter, issued to mark the Day for the Sanctification of the Clergy (15 June). “The sanctification of […]

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England: thoughts turned to Gaza

Solidarity and prayer were expressed to the Christian community of Gaza by the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev. Patrick Kelly, Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. In a letter sent to the parish priest of Gaza, Msgr. Manuel Musallam, on 21 June, Archbishop Kelly, who led a group of European and […]

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Spain: condolences for the soldiers killed in Lebanon

With a telegram sent to the Spanish Minister of Defence, José Antonio Alonso Suárez, and the military Ordinary, Archbishop Francisco Pérez González, on 25 June, the Spanish Bishops’ Conference has expressed its condolence for the death of six Spanish soldiers and the injury of a further two in a terrorist bomb blast in Lebanon on […]

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At reduced speed

Now that the spotlight has been turned off the summit of 21-22 June, what conclusions can we draw? Is the glass half full or half empty? These are not empty questions, given that the leaders of the 27 who were the protagonists of the summit tried to answer them, each according to his/her own point […]

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CEI: AGORÀ DEI GIOVANI, DA LORETO UNA CHIESA E UN CENTRO PASTORALE PER LA DIOCESI ETIOPE DI EMDEBER

Una Chiesa e di un centro giovanile nella diocesi Emdeber, in Etiopia è la proposta di solidarietà lanciata da Agorà dei giovani italiani che oggi ha presentato le nuove procedure di iscrizione a “Loreto 2007”, che avrà luogo nella città del Santuario mariano l’1 e il 2 settembre 2007, alla presenza di benedetto XVI. "Si […]

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