Switzerland: a testimonial to be combined with a CV

A guide for the recognition of volunteer services performed in Switzerland, to be combined with one’s curriculum vitae when one is job hunting, has been published jointly by the Federation of the Protestant Churches in Switzerland and by the Conference of Swiss Bishops. The guide is aimed at those in charge of the volunteer services […]

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CEC: in Northern Ireland in the name of peace

The Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) will meet at Londonderry in Northern Ireland for its autumn session from 25 to 31 May. The Committee is composed of 40 members and is chaired by CEC President Jean-Arnold de Clermont. “It’s not without significance – explains the general secretary of the ecumenical organization, […]

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ECUMENISM

Rome-Moscow: Metropolitan Kirill visits the Pope

Visiting Rome for the consecration of the first Russian Orthodox church in the capital dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the head of the department of the Patriarchate of Moscow for external ecclesiastical relations, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, met Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday 18 May. At a press conference held at the […]

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RUSSIA

A unique chance

Presidency of Russia in the Council of Europe is the chance for Russian Catholics finally to be heard and to be well understood in Europe. When the last Friday Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov held a post of the chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Russia became a […]

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CCEE

Thoughts, experiences, projects

The most significant events of recent months in the activity of the CCEE were the meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South-East Europe at Corfu (3-5 March 2006); the meeting of the Executive Committee of the CEEM (European Episcopal Commission for the Media) in Rome (10-12 March 2006); the meeting of the […]

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BENEDICT XVI IN POLAND

A journey of faith

Yesterday morning, at 8.40, the Pope left Rome’s Fiumicino Airport bound for Warsaw, capital of Poland, for his second apostolic visit outside Italy (after his journey to Cologne for World Youth Day last August). Benedict XVI’s first day in Poland on Thursday had a packed programme of events: after the welcoming ceremony at Okecie international […]

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FRONT PAGE

Extraordinary meeting

“Dear brothers and sisters – said the Pope on 24 May, on the eve of his departure for Poland -, I invite you to accompany me with your prayers in this apostolic journey which I am about to make with great hope and which I entrust to the Blessed Virgin, so deeply venerated in Poland. […]

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BENEDICT XVI IN POLAND: CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, FOR A "FULL AND VISIBLE UNITY" (2)

” “Then, the Pope went over some "passages" that the Churches have covered over the last few years "towards mutual understanding and reconciliation” as well as the "factual ecumenical successes" that have been recorded in Poland. "We see that a lot of progress has been made in the area of ecumenism – he stated – […]

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BENEDICT XVI IN POLAND: CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, FOR A "FULL AND VISIBLE UNITY"

"In the spirit of the evangelical commandment" of mutual love, the Christian Churches can undertake two factual commitments together: one concerns charitable service towards the "brothers who are in need, whoever they are". The other is to promote a "shared plan of pastoral care" for inter-confessional marriages. Some proposals for shared actions ended the speech […]

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BENEDETTO XVI IN POLONIA: CHIESE CRISTIANE, PER UNA "PIENA E VISIBILE UNITÀ" (2)

” “Il Papa ha poi ripercorso alcuni “passi” che le Chiese hanno compiuto negli ultimi anni “verso la reciproca comprensione e l’avvicinamento” e anche i “concreti successi” ecumenici che si sono registrati in Polonia. “Notiamo molti progressi nel campo dell’ecumenismo – ha quindi affermato – e tuttavia attendiamo sempre ancora qualcosa di più”. E’ proprio […]

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