Northern Ireland: Primate Eames retires

Archbishop Robin Eames, Primate of the Anglican Church of Church of Ireland”, has completed his term as Archbishop of Armagh and tendered his resignation. During a sermon marking his retirement in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Northern Ireland, he made an end-of-the-year appeal to unionists and nationalists to “capture the future” and find a peaceful way of […]

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ECUMENISM

England: Anglicans and Catholics oppose nuclear weapons

The decision of the British government on the renewal of the national nuclear arsenal is expected in March 2007. In view of this deadline, the English churches are exerting growing pressure against this renewal, which, according to the intention of Tony Blair, would involve a cost of some twenty billion euros, 28.5 billion euros. These […]

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HOLLAND

For the family and life

The letter signed by Cardinal Simonis and sent by the Dutch bishops to the parties charged with forming the new government in Holland contains an appeal to these parties to have at heart the defence of the family and of the environment. The Christian Democrats (CDA), Social Democrats (PVDA) and the religious party “Christen Unie” […]

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Spain: a prayer chain

Chefs, cloistered nuns, artists, families and children: just some of the participants in the “prayer chain” of Ávila, in the land of Saint Teresa of Jesus, promoted by the diocesan Secretariat of Vocational Ministry. “The aim of the initiative is to promote prayers for vocations in a novel way – explains Conce Martín Pérez, Dominican […]

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Portugal: Catholic organizations and immigration

At the end their recent Forum in Lisbon (FORCIM), the Catholic organizations that deal with immigration issued a document in which they make some recommendations to improve the draft National Plan for Immigration (PNAI), which was officially presented by the Portuguese government on 18 December. The organizations make some observations of a general character, noting […]

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England: new laws for gay unions

The Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, Peter Smith, has written to the British Minister for Communities and Local Government, Ruth Kelly, asking for a meeting to discuss the new legislation on homosexual unions. Archbishop Smith, who heads the Department for Christian Responsibility and Citizenship of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, intends, in this way, […]

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POLAND

Destroying the Church

In Poland, and not only there, the case of Monsignor Stanislaw Wielgus continues to dominate the media. On 9 January, the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Jozef Glemp, in an interview with public TV, defended the archbishop, while new names or pseudonyms of people involved in alleged collaboration with the secret services of the former regime […]

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FRONT PAGE

Currency and man

Of the ten countries that became members of the European Union on 1st May 2004, Slovenia is the first to introduce the single currency. It did so on 1st January 2007. The adoption of the Euro is a recognition of the progress that Slovenia has made in the economic field in the first 16 months […]

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STRAGE ERBA: MONS. MOLINARI (VICARIO EPISCOPALE LECCO), "PREGARE PER CAPIRE"

"Nei rapporti sociali assistiamo a una crescente e montante intolleranza, che ha azzerato la soglia minima della pazienza". Così il vicario episcopale della zona di Lecco, mons. Bruno Molinari, commenta l’epilogo della strage di Erba. Sabato, mons. Molinari parteciperà ai funerali di Paola Galli, una delle quattro vittime, fissati nella prepositurale di Erba alle 10.30, […]

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ACQUA: I PICCOLI COMUNI ITALIANI PROMUOVONO RACCOLTA FIRME A SOSTEGNO DELLA LEGGE DI INIZIATIVA POPOLARE

I piccoli Comuni italiani promuovono in tutte le piazze una raccolta di firme a sostegno della legge di iniziativa popolare sull’acqua, promossa dal Comitato promotore nazionale "Acqua bene comune", depositata e pubblicata sulla Gazzetta ufficiale n.249 del 25 ottobre 2006. La proposta di legge prevede principi e indicazioni concrete per la tutela e la gestione […]

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