ENGLAND

Parishes that welcome

The UK has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, with 167,000 couples that separated in 2004. The number of separations has been constantly increasing since 1996 and the average length of a marriage in the UK today is 11.5 years. The crisis of the family in England and Wales is a source […]

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Patron of MPs

Our Lady of Consolation, a famous icon preserved in the sanctuary of Piotrkow Trybunalski, a little town in central Poland, was officially pronounced patron of Polish MPs at the end of May. The icon of the Madonna, the work of an Italian sixteenth-century painter, was crowned by Benedict XVII during his apostolic visit to Poland […]

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Death of Father Drozdek

The funeral of the Rev. Miroslaw Drozdek, custodian of the well-known Marian Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima “na Krzeptowkach”, a close friend of John Paul II and chaplain of Solidarnosc in the 1980s, took place at Zakopane at the end of May. Father Drozdek was one the founders of the sanctuary at Zakopane, conceived […]

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EASTERN EUROPE

Problems to be solved

There is no peace in Eastern Europe. After the Berlin Wall collapsed in November 1989, the former states of the Soviet Union seemed rapidly set on the course for democracy, national reconciliation, economic development and social prosperity. The process of rapprochement with the EU would, it was thought, accelerate the reforms and reinsert on the […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

A prime good

The actions of the European Union in the protection of health are being stepped up. Collaboration between the Community level and national policies is being increased at the same time, especially in the field of medical research, prevention, and action to control epidemics (e.g. “mad cow” and bird flu), and the defence of consumers.THE ROLE […]

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EUROPE AND THIRD WORLD

Four engines stalled?

Cooperation in aid to the developing countries in four of the most advanced Regions in Europe and the fundamental role of the NGOs: these were among the questions discussed at the conference “Four engines for Europe and cooperation in development: a comparison of experiences”, held in Milan at the end of May. The “four engines” […]

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The media: a new challenge

“The superiors of the male religious orders increasingly feel themselves involved in the work of evangelization through the means of social communication”, said the participants in the 119th plenary session of the Conference of Superiors of Male Religious Orders in Poland in a final statement. “The need to bear witness to the Gospel through the […]

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POLAND

In pilgrimage to Piekary Slaskie

"It’s the Church’s task not to participate in political conflicts, but to defend justice and defend the poor. It is just for this reason that the Church does not identify herself with politicians or with the interests of any party", declared Metropolitan Archbishop Damian Zimon of Katowice, addressing over 100,000 pilgrims at Piekary Slaskie at […]

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FRONT PAGE

A link that needs to be strengthened

The 5th General Conference of the Latin-American Episcopate ended at Aparecida, in Brazil, on 31 May. It had begun on 13 May with the presence of and an address by Pope Benedict XVI. A final message was addressed to the peoples of the continent. For the document of the Conference, on the other hand, we […]

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CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS: IL CARD. RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA (HONDURAS) È IL NUOVO PRESIDENTE

È il card. Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga, arcivescovo di Tegucigalpa (Honduras), il nuovo presidente di Caritas internationalis. E’ stato eletto oggi nel corso dell’assemblea generale della stessa confederazione in corso a Roma sul tema "Testimoni di carità, artigiani di pace". Nato a Tegucigalpa nel 1942 – dal 1961 nella Congregazione dei salesiani – il card. […]

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