Italia: la Plenaria dei vescovi

La 57ª Assemblea generale dei vescovi italiani (Cei) si è aperta il 21 maggio in Vaticano (fino al 25), con la prolusione del presidente mons. Angelo Bagnasco e i saluti del Nunzio apostolico in Italia mons. Francesco Bertello, e dei vescovi delegati delle Conferenze episcopali estere. Tema principale dell’assemblea è la missione della Chiesa. Nel […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Il 2009 è vicino

Il 25 marzo scorso, 50º anniversario della firma dei Trattati di Roma, i presidenti delle tre principali Istituzioni europee (Consiglio, Commissione ed Europarlamento) hanno firmato la Dichiarazione di Berlino, documento fortemente voluto dalla presidenza tedesca dell’Ue per “fare il punto” su mezzo secolo di integrazione, pace e sviluppo e per rimettere in moto il processo […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

Universal values

“Neither geographical proximity nor shared history are enough to cement in a lasting way a union of states and of peoples. Universal values that form part of our common heritage play decisive roles in the process of integration between the member states of the EU and between their citizens”, declared JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO , President […]

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ENVIRONMENT

The human tide

A billion refugees by 2050 due to the greenhouse effect: a seventh of the world’s population risks being forced to abandon its own homeland as a result of climate changes that will result in drought and poor harvests, and lead to the outbreak of local wars to gain access to natural resources. That is the […]

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Italy: “Together towards Sibiu”

“Together towards Sibiu”, a spontaneous group of Christian associations, has produced an ecumenical aid to provide information on and encourage participation in the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (AEE3) due to be held in Sibiu (Romania) from 4 to 9 September. The “Ecumenical Kit” can be requested on the website: cipax-romalibero.it In March 2007 the Claudiana […]

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Germany: new impulses for dialogue

“New impulses for ecumenism”: this is the hope of Cardinal Joachim Meisner for the 31st Kirchentag (Convention) of the German Evangelical Church due to be held in “Catholic” Cologne from 6 to 10 June. Interviewed by the German Catholic press agency KNA, the Archbishop of Cologne commended the idea of holding the event in the […]

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ECUMENISM

Russia: act of communion of the Orthodox Church

The act of canonical communion between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad was signed by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexei II and the Primate of the Church abroad Metropolitan Lavr at a ceremony in the historic church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on 17 May. So, after […]

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The Church in opinion polls

55% of Poles identify with the Church and define themselves as “believers who put into practice the teaching of the Church”: that’s the finding of a recent opinion poll published by the Polish polling agency CBOS. Despite that, almost 40% of Poles prefer the looser definition “believer, but in my own way”, thus underlining their […]

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The indomitable athlete of Christ

The 350th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Andrew Bobola, Jesuit and Polish missionary in the land of what is now Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, was celebrated in Warsaw recently. The solemn Mass in the sanctuary dedicated to the saint was presided over by the Primate of Poland Cardinal Jozef Glemp, while the homily was […]

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POLAND

“Three Plus” for large families

The Union of Large Families “Three Plus” was officially launched in Poland in recent days. Its main aim is to promote a policy for large families and campaign against their discrimination. The chairperson of the new association, Joanna Krupska, inaugurating the activities of “Three Plus”, said that one of the paradoxes of the situation of […]

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