France: national pilgrimage to Lourdes

The 133rd national pilgrimage of France to the Marian sanctuary of Lourdes will take place from 12 to 17 August. It will be led by Archbishop André Vingt-Trois of Paris, who will propose each day a catechesis for all the pilgrims, couples, families, single persons, disabled, young and old. Over 2000 youth are expected to […]

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Turkey: an ecumenical celebration

Christians and Muslims joined together for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, celebrated on 29 June in a special way by the Christian community of Antioch in southern Turkey, which is the “Antioch of Syria” mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. The parish priest of the local Catholic community, Father Domenico Bertogli, has […]

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Belgium: hunger strike of the sans-papiers

The bishops of Belgium have asked the sans-papiers to interrupt the hunger strike called by approximately 150 illegal immigrants in the churches they are occupying (some 40). The hunger strikers are pressing for regularization in the country. Msgr. Jozef De Kesel, auxiliary bishop of Brussels, has stressed that “the Church supports a dignified and humane […]

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Holy See: Father Federico Lombardi appointed Director of the Press Room

The new Director of the Holy See’s Press Room is Father Federico Lombardi. Benedict XVI has, in fact, accepted the resignation presented by Joaquín Navarro-Valls as Director of the Vatican’s Press Room and “thanked him for his long and generous service”, says a statement put out by the Press Room on 11 July. Father Lombardi […]

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An “ecumenical good”

In a thousand ways and with many expressions in words, in faces and in gestures, the family was celebrated and praised as an “ecumenical” good at Valencia: ecumenical in the twofold sense of universal, i.e. of common interest to all peoples, races and cultures, and in the more specific sense of a value shared by […]

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FAMILY: 5TH WORLD MEETING

Reconstructing man

“May this Meeting continue to echo like a joyful song of love, life and faith shared in families, and help the world to understand that the matrimonial union, by which a man and a woman establish a permanent bond, is a great good for humanity as a whole”: that was the appeal made by Benedict […]

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Cultures and religions in dialogue

The European Union intends to declare 2008 “Year of Intercultural Dialogue”. The institutions of the Eu are laying the foundations for the initiative: the proposal of the European Commission has been debated and voted by the European Parliament. The final decision on the launch of the project and the allocation of funds to it will […]

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Drugs: dialogue with civil society

The European Commission adopted a Green Paper on 26 June in which it proposes to institutionalise and structure in a permanent manner the dialogue between the Union and “the whole huge range of organizations that operate in the field of drugs”. According to European Commissioner for Justice Franco Frattini, the document – part of the […]

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ONU: TAVOLA DELLA PACE, "L’ITALIA STIA DALLA PARTE DELLE NAZIONI UNITE"

Domani, 12 luglio, sarà in visita in Italia il Segretario generale dell’Onu, Kofi Annan. Per l’occasione la Tavola della pace lancia l’appello "L’Italia sia dalla parte delle Nazioni Unite". "Le autorità italiane che lo incontreranno – affermano Flavio Lotti e Grazia Bellini, coordinatori nazionali della Tavola della pace – avranno un’ottima occasione per annunciare la […]

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GIOVANI E SCUOLA: LEGALITÀ E ANZIANI AL CENTRO DI DUE INIZIATIVE IN CAMPANIA

Due iniziativa per gli studenti delle scuole campane. La prima riguarda la realizzazione di un cartone animato sulla legalità, promosso dalla Commissione regionale speciale "Osservatorio contro la camorra e la criminalità organizzata", in collaborazione con l’assessorato regionale all’Istruzione. Il cartone animato sarà realizzato in collaborazione con le scuole della Campania che operano in aree a […]

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