Anglicans: Williams against the “Gospel of Judas”

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has (as others) vehemently denounced the growing fascination exerted by the theories formulated by bestsellers like Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code and by the recently published manuscript of the “Gospel of Judas”. He did so in his Easter Day sermon in Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday 16 April. The head […]

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ECUMENISM

Wcc: letter to the European Union for Palestine

The World Council of Churches has asked the European Union to exercise “respect” for the electoral choice of the Palestinians, which decreed the victory of Hamas on 25 January, and to continue its humanitarian aid to the population. In a letter of WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia to the chairperson of the Council of the […]

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BENEDICTINES

Monasteries in time

“The Benedictine federation now comprises just over 8,000 monks and 17,000 nuns throughout the world. They are subdivided into over a thousand monasteries. It’s a movement in growth in the developing countries, but stagnant in the Western world: a standstill due more to demographic decline than to any diminution in the appeal of this form […]

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Spain, “alarming” the law of vitro fertilisation

Yesterday, the Health Commission of the Spanish Senate gave the go-ahead to the bill of law about human in vitro fertilisation. Now, the law will be submitted to the plenary meeting of the Upper House, then to Parliament again. Josep Maria Simón, ex president of “Christian Doctors of Catalonia”, explains to Sir the “alarming” consequences […]

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France, solidarity with bishops of Congo Brazzaville

The Catholic Church in France has expressed its solidarity with the bishops of Congo Brazzaville, who say they are “surprised and worried” about the arrest and imprisonment of two human rights workers, Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, the latter secretary of the Commission of Justice and Peace of the diocese of Pointe Noire. In a […]

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Switzerland, interfaith meetings in Iran

A delegation promoted by the Swiss bishops is currently in Iran for a series of meetings with representatives of other religions and with the political authorities. The workgroup (GTI) was received by former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami who emphasized – as the spokesman of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference Mario Galgano reports – “the crucial importance […]

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Portugal, human cloning should be banned

The National Council of Ethics for the Sciences of Life in Portugal has published a document in which it affirms “human cloning for reproductive purposes should be prohibited because it violates human dignity”. The Council differentiates “reproductive purpose” from “bio-medical research”, explaining that “specific ethical problems exist”. It continues: “The practice of cloning for purposes […]

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Romania, Danube in flood and aid to the homeless

Over 4000 people have been left homeless as a result of the flooding of the Danube that has burst its banks, especially in eastern Romania, where 120 towns and villages have been inundated and over 600 houses destroyed. The Romanian authorities are doing their utmost to help people and the Churches too are trying to […]

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FRONT PAGE

A new citizenship

The multicultural revolution that is increasingly involving Europe is forcing us – unless we accept hatred, violence, material and spiritual ruin, and enter a logic of conflict – to seek a new citizenship and a new humanism as the necessary conditions for a genuine living together. John Paul II often treated this theme to trace […]

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VERSO VERONA: MONS. MIGLIO (IVREA), LA CITTADINANZA È "CONDIVIDERE I VALORI FONDAMENTALI CHE SOSTENGONO LA SOCIETÀ"

"Non rinchiudersi nel privato né come singoli, né come gruppi, ma partecipare a pieno titolo alla vita della società civile, perché di questa si riconosca il ruolo da parte delle istituzioni": questo, per mons. Arrigo Miglio, presidente della Commissione episcopale per i problemi sociali e il lavoro, la giustizia e la pace, il significato del […]

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