FRONT PAGE

Always to be begun anew

We publish the second part of the homily given by Cardinal ATTILIO NICORA , President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, during the Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s on 25 March on the conclusion of the European Congress of COMECE marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of […]

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European dailies and periodicals

The German press is closely following the case of the British sailors detained by Iran, allegedly for straying into Iranian territorial waters: “The latest conflict between Great Britain and Iran is potentially explosive”, comments the FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (29/03). “Today London, just like the whole Western world and the rest of the world, is having […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

“After” Berlin

The recent celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Union and the Berlin Declaration; common external policy on the world scene and the situation in Kosovo; the reform of the EU budget; biological products; the future of football; and the security of the seas: the agenda of the parliamentary session held in Brussels on 28 […]

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CYPRUS

From divided island to bridge

“Cyprus is an island, too small to be divided into two, in an ever greater Europe”, said the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Cyprus GEORGE LILLIKAS , a guest in Rome of the Dragàn Foundation, at the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. “In spite of the unilateral demolition […]

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Scotland: children and the “world of the Bible”

“Moses and the Jews wandered for forty years in the wilderness; Jesus was tempted for forty days; the primary school of St. Gregory in Wyndford has been making the light of knowledge shine out anew for forty years”, declare the promoters of “Bibleworld” in explaining the reasons why the school celebrated in recent weeks its […]

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Russia: commemoration of Monsignor Antonini

Celebrations to mark the 5th anniversary of the death of the Apostolic Protonotary Monsignor Bernardo Antonini were held in Russia and in Italy in recent days. “Pastor, spiritual father and indefatigable organizer”, Msgr. Antonini laid the “foundations for the future of the Catholic Church in Russia”, says the Archbishop of Moscow Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz in a […]

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Poland: the new archbishop enters Warsaw

On 1st April, Palm Sunday, the new Archbishop of Warsaw, the Right Rev. Kazimierz Nycz, will take possession of his diocese. Since 1999 he has chaired the Education Committee of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (Konferencja Episkopatu Polski – KEP) and since 2004 has been a member of the permanent Council of the KEP. Archbishop Nycz, […]

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GERMANY

With children towards the future

During the presentation of Pro-Life Week 2007 in Berlin in recent days, Cardinal KARL LEHMANN, President of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), and Evangelical Bishop WOLFGANG HUBER , chairman of the Council of the German Evangelical Church (EKD), described the various activities linked to the annual event promoted by the two Churches. Pro-Life Week will […]

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Austria: recognising the work performed in the family

“Mothers must be able to choose between professional activity outside the family or at home. Fathers too must be involved in bringing up their children”, declared the Austrian bishops in a statement issued at the end of their spring plenary held at Mönchhof, under the presidency of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. The need for mothers to […]

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Portugal: a centre of support for the family

A centre of support for life and the family (CafVida) was inaugurated in recent days in the House of St. Zita at Braga. The centre is the result of joint collaboration between the archdiocese of Braga, the office for the pastoral care of the family and the secular institute of female family carers, already expressed […]

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