Scotland: dismantling nuclear weapons

The Scottish Cardinal Keith O’ Brien and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland Bishop Alan McDonald have condemned the decision of the British Government to ignore an appeal made in recent months to dismantle the Trident nuclear deterrent and allocate the funds instead to aid and development. “The use of weapons of mass destruction […]

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CEC: greater church commitment to justice and liberty

“Too often the impact of religious extremism on human events has made news in a negative way. Greater attention ought to be paid instead to the dedication with which the Churches and religious movements work to promote justice, liberty and quality at the national and international level”, said the general secretary of the CEC (Conference […]

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ECUMENISM

Anglicans: the General Synod in York

The General Synod of the Church of England opened at the campus of the University of York on 6 July. It is due to end on Tuesday 11 July. The most important debate is due to be held on Monday 10th: the one that risks splitting the Anglican Communion, namely, the controversial question of the […]

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ROMANIA

The cathedral in danger

Hunger strikes, peaceful demonstrations, letters to the authorities, interventions of the Vatican, protests by Romanian Orthodox and Jews: the denunciations to save the Catholic cathedral of St. Joseph in Bucharest have so far (from April to the present day) proved fruitless. The cathedral is in danger of collapse due to the construction, now underway, at […]

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UGCC Forum’s first anniversary

The Forum of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (forum.ugcc.org.ua) was launched on the Internet a year ago, on 16 June 2005. During this first year 213 users wrote 788 messages on 176 different questions. According to UGCC statistics, the daily average of posting messages on the site is 2.16. Four sections are now active on the […]

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Constitution and name of God

Ukraine celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Constitution on 28 June. To mark the occasion President Viktor Yushchenko met the representatives of the authorities, diplomats and delegates of the various Churches and religions in the country. Representing the Catholic Church on behalf of the Apostolic Nuncio Ivan Jurkovic was Father Pavlo Vyshkovskyy of the Oblates. […]

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UKRAINE

Anniversary of the visit of John Paul II

Five years ago, addressing Ukrainian politicians in Kiev, John Paul II had said: “Your task consists in serving the people, and in guaranteeing peace and equality of rights to everyone. You must resist the temptation to use power for your own interests or the interests of some restricted groups”. “Especially today we note that these […]

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COMECE

In the eyes of citizens

More just institutions thanks to the Constitutional Treaty: this, according to STEFAN LUNTE , is the long-term objective of the “ambitious project” published in recent weeks by the European Commission, with the title “Project Citizen”. In the June number of “Europe infos”, monthly of the Community of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) and […]

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CHRISTIAN ROOTS

A treasure for Europe

The Dominican vocation, democracy in the Church and globalization: some of the questions touched on by Cardinal CHRISTOPH SCHONBORN , Archbishop of Vienna, in this interview granted to SirEurope. In the years in which our world was embarking on its pursuit of consumerism and the rejection of obedience, you entered the Dominican Order … “History […]

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Germany: World Cup and the role of sport

“The match was magnificent, gripping right down to last minute. Only the final result saddens us, of course”, commented the Archbishop of Paderborn Hans-Josef Becker on the semi-final of the football World Cup, played between Germany and Italy at Dortmund on 4 July: Italy won by 2 goals to nil. Becker reveals that he “spent […]

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