Italy: the role of the priest

The role of the priest as “vocation for all vocations, to make really vocational the ordinary pastoral service of our Christian communities”, is the horizon of work for the year 2006-2007 of the National Vocations Centre (NVC), the agency of the Italian Bishops’ Conference that coordinates the vocational service of the Italian Church. A series […]

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Spain: youth meeting at Javier

“I always tend to regard the youth world with fondness and hope. I think there are innate values and an enormous potential to be developed in all the young”, said the Right Rev. Josep Àngel Saíz Meneses, Bishop of Terrassa, in a conversation with SIR . Bishop Meneses heads the Youth Department of the Spanish […]

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Germany: ministrants in pilgrimage to Rome

Some 35,000 ministrants from Germany will take part in an international pilgrimage to Rome on 1-2 August. The number of German participants has doubled over the last such meeting in Rome, held in 2001. The German group will in fact be the largest group among the participants: over 40,000 boys and girls from 17 countries […]

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STEM CELLS

Other challenges for Catholics

Another defeat for Europe? The decision taken by the EU Competitiveness Council on Monday 24 July with regard to the Seventh Framework Programme for research, in which an ambiguous position was inserted on EU funding of experiments on stem cells, could prompt accusations of the failure of the project of integration. It almost always happens […]

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Unacceptable ambiguity

While the European Union is not planning to fund research plans aimed at destructing embryos to produce stem cells, however it has given the go-ahead to the Eu funding of the phases that follow the destruction of human embryos. “The Eu Commission – reads the text of the Eu presidency – will not submit to […]

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SUMMIT ON LEBANON IN ROME: THE HOLY SEE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND

The Vatican Press Room has reported this evening that "the Holy See has been officially invited to participate in the role as Observer in the International Conference for Lebanon due to be held in Rome tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 July. The Delegation of the Holy See will be led by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, Secretary for Relations […]

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SUMMIT A ROMA PER IL LIBANO: INVITATA ANCHE LA SANTA SEDE

La Sala stampa vaticana informa questa sera che "la Santa Sede è stata ufficialmente invitata a partecipare in veste di Osservatore alla Conferenza Internazionale per il Libano convocata a Roma per domani, mercoledì 26 luglio.La Delegazione della Santa Sede sarà guidata dall’Arcivescovo Giovanni Lajolo, Segretario per i Rapporti con gli Stati. Lo accompagneranno come Membri […]

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STEM CELLS: COMECE, THE DECISION OF BRUSSELS IS “THE FIRST STAGE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF EMBRYOS”. THE APPEAL “TO EUROPEAN FELLOW-CITIZENS”

“A setback for the protection of embryos”: that’s how COMECE (Commission of the episcopates of the European Community) comments today, in a statement signed by its President and General Secretary, respectively the Most Rev. Adrian Van Luyn (Bishop of Rotterdam) and Monsignor Noel Treanor, on the decision of the EU Competitiveness Council on research on […]

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CELLULE STAMINALI: COMECE, LA DECISIONE DI BRUXELLES È "LA PRIMA TAPPA PER LA DISTRUZIONE DEGLI EMBRIONI". L’APPELLO "AI CONCITTADINI EUROPEI"

“Uno scacco per la protezione degli embrioni”: così la Comece (Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea) commenta oggi in una nota a firma del presidente e del segretario generale, rispettivamente, mons. Adrian Van Luyn (vescovo di Rotterdam) e mons. Noel Treanor, la decisione del Consiglio competitività Ue sulla ricerca sulle cellule staminali embrionali assunta ieri […]

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CELLULE STAMINALI: MONS. SGRECCIA, NELLA DECISIONE UE "NON È SALVAGUARDATO IL DIRITTO ALLA VITA"

Intervistato questa mattina da Radio Vaticana, l’arcivescovo Elio Sgreccia, presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la vita, commenta il provvedimento varato ieri dalla Ue: "La limitazione al finanziamento dei progetti di ricerca sulle cellule staminali già esistenti, purché non ottenute dalla distruzione degli embrioni umani, nasconde un compromesso inaccettabile per la Chiesa". Nella disamina della decisione […]

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