BENEDETTO XVI IN GERMANIA

Novità inattesa

Mentre prosegue il viaggio apostolico di Benedetto XVI a München, Altötting e Regensburg (9-14 settembre), tracciamo un primo bilancio con LUDWIG RING-EIFEL , direttore della Kna (Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur), l’agenzia di stampa cattolica tedesca. In che modo la Baviera ha accolto Benedetto XVI? La stessa accoglienza c’è stata anche negli ambienti ecclesiali e culturali spesso critici […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Attorno a due date

A vent’anni dall’incontro interreligioso di “preghiera per la pace” (Assisi, 27 ottobre 1986) Benedetto XVI ha voluto sottolineare l’importanza storica e il carattere profetico del magistero che Giovanni Paolo II offrì allora sul rapporto tra religioni e pace. Nelle parole indirizzate al vescovo di Assisi, in occasione del 20° anniversario del memorabile incontro, il papa […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand Università di Lione - Francia

ENGLAND

No to the sacking of Catholic hospital chaplains

A public opinion campaign was launched by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales against the decision of the health authorities of Worcestershire to sack six chaplains, of whom three Catholics, from three hospitals in the county. For economic reasons the three hospitals of Worcestershire will remain without Catholic priests, leaving Catholic patients faithful to […]

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ALBANIA

Rights, but also duties

“All Albanians aspire to enter Europe. So the accord of association with the Eu – to which the European Parliament gave its go ahead last Wednesday – is very important for Albania”, declares LUAN OMARI , member of the Academy of Sciences in Tirana, commenting on the accord of stabilization and association which will soon […]

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Hungary: 150 anniversary of the basilica of Esztergom

“Not man, but God is the real protagonist of history”: this principle was recalled during the liturgy held on 2 September to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the basilica of Esztergom. The mass was officiated by Cardinal Péter Erdo, in the presence of numerous authorities. “The cathedral is a symbol of divine […]

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Spain: two bishops and immigrants

“We mustn’t delude ourselves: immigration is increasing; not only do immigrants need and are seeking a better life, but we too need them to be able to maintain our way of life”. That’s how the Most Rev. Bernardo Álvarez Alfonso, bishop of Tenerife, in the Canary Isles, comments on the recent wave of disembarkations of […]

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Switzerland: new president of the Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel is to be the new President of the Swiss episcopate, says a statement put out by the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (SBC). Koch thus succeeds Amédée Grab, whose term of office ends on 31 December. Elected during the 273rd ordinary assembly of the SBC which ended at Ascona (diocese of Lugano) […]

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BENEDICT XVI IN GERMANY

Something new and unexpected

While the apostolic journey of Benedict XVI to Munich, Altötting and Regensburg continues (9-14 September), we present a preliminary assessment of the visit in an interview with LUDWIG RING-EIFEL , director of the KNA (Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur), the German Catholic press agency. How has Bavaria received Benedict XVI? Was he welcomed with the same warmth also […]

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FRONT PAGE

On two dates

Twenty years after the interfaith meeting of “prayer for peace” (Assisi, 27 October 1986) Benedict XVI has underlined the historical importance and the prophetic character of the teachings of John Paul II on the relation between religions and peace. In his message to the bishop of Assisi to mark the 20th anniversary of that memorable […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand University of Lyon - France

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

Reform is needed

The debate on the institutional reforms of the Eu seems to have languished for many, perhaps too many months. What’s become of the Constitutional Treaty for the European Union after the negative vote of the referenda in France and Holland? And what are the immediate challenges that the institutions are called to tackle in the […]

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