Austria: the archdiocese of Vienna and the homeless

The discovery of a different Vienna: that’s the objective of Jugendkirche Wien, the youth organization of the archdiocese of Vienna, which is proposing city tours to the young, accompanied by the former homeless, to visit the places where the homeless had once lived. The social project (called “jung, obdach? los!”) is aimed at secondary school […]

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Spain: assembly of the bishops

The Spanish bishops have strongly condemned “the affluent society that it no longer able to defend its own children and the unborn child in the womb”. This was the main conclusion of the 86th plenary assembly of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference held in Madrid from 27 to 31 March, during which discussion also focused on […]

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Albania: a controversial bust

Controversies have been ignited in Albania about a bust representing the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The town of Shkoder, historically considered the centre of Albanian Catholics, intends to erect the bust in commemoration of the Blessed, founder of the Missionaries of Charity. But according to reports carried by the APIC international news agency, the […]

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Romania: the churches against the trafficking of human beings

A new project for a European network of the Churches against the trafficking of human beings, which will remain in force until 2007 and enjoy close cooperation between government and non-government agencies: that’s the initiative launched during a meeting held in Bucharest (Romania) in recent days and attended by 60 representatives of the churches, governments, […]

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Bulgaria: meeting of religious leaders

Let us preserve ethnic and religious peace in Bulgaria”: that’s the hope that emerged from the first meeting of the heads of all the religious confessions in Bulgaria, promoted by the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. It ended in Sofia in recent days. Bulgarian Catholics also participated in the meeting: namely, the President […]

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France: the bishops in assembly

The plenary Assembly of French bishops ends today; it was opened on 4 April with a moment of prayer in the grotto of Lourdes. Three main questions were on the order of the day. The bishops spoke of the current social crisis and the situation in the metropolitan suburbs. To this end they invited Jean-Louis […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Invitation to Benedict XVI

An exchange “on questions relating to intercultural and inter-religious dialogue” and “relations between the Holy See and the Council of Europe”: these were the questions that dominated the private audience granted by Benedict XVI to RENÉ VAN DER LINDEN , Dutch President of the parliamentary Assembly (APCE) of the organization founded in 1949, to which […]

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Ever more European parties

The political parties play an essential role in all the States endowed with a democratic Constitution and play an irreplaceable role in the opinion-forming and decision-making process: they express the hopes, ideas and interests of a part of citizens and organize their participation in democratic life. The ways in which this is realised vary from […]

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GMG: BENEDETTO XVI RISPONDE ALLE DOMANDE DEI GIOVANI, "LA GRANDE SFIDA È IL SECOLARISMO". CON I GIOVANI IN PREGHIERA SULLA TOMBA DI GIOVANNI PAOLO II

"La grande sfida del nostro tempo è il secolarismo, il modo di vivere il presente e il mondo come se Dio non esistesse, riducendo Dio al privato": è questa la risposta alla domanda di Inelida, scout di 17 anni che ha chiesto al Papa quali sono le maggiori sfide da affrontare, per un cristiano. "Con […]

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WYD: BENEDICT XVI ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS OF THE YOUNG, "READING THE SCRIPTURES AS IF THEY WERE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD"

Benedict XVI entered Saint Peter’s Square, welcomed by African songs and dances, as he met for the very first time the young Romans, who had gathered here in the run-up to the XXI World Youth Day, that will be celebrated by the dioceses all over the world next Palm Sunday. After the personal greetings to […]

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