Germany: pro-life week

This year’s Pro-Life Week in Germany will be held from 29 April to 6 May on the theme “Entrusted to us from the beginning: human life begins before birth”. Promoted by the German Bishops’ Conference together with the Council of the Evangelical Church (EKD), the Week forms part of a wider programme, begun in 2005 […]

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THE NEW CARDINALS

Serving together

Welcoming addresses, blessings and prayers punctuated the audience granted by Benedict XVI to the newly elected cardinals, together with their friends and family members, in the Vatican on 27 March. During the audience, which concluded the three-day Consistory, the first of his pontificate, Benedict XVI welcomed the new cardinals one by one, and expressed his […]

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Romania: in the sign of suffering

A year after his death John Paul II will be remembered in the archdiocese of Bucharest on 2nd April with a solemn mass officiated by the Metropolitan Archbishop Ioan Robu. On the same day, special celebrations to commemorate his life and pontificate will be held in all the parishes. In Bucharest some parishes are organizing […]

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Turkey: “a loving grandfather”

“A loving grandfather who takes an interest in all the members of his family”: that’s the image of John Paul II that remains indelibly lodged in the memory of Msgr. Georges Marovitch, spokesman of the Turkish Bishops’ Conference. His thoughts go back to the time when John Paul II visited Istanbul (28-30 November 1979), or […]

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Serbia: celebration in Belgrade Cathedral

“A great celebration in the cathedral church of Belgrade on Sunday 2 April to pray to the Lord, a year after the death of John Paul II, that he may bless our country and help it to overcome the problems that still afflict it”: this is one of the two main events – explains Archbishop […]

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JOHN PAUL II

Poland: awaiting beatification

The diocesan phase of the process of beatification of John Paul II was concluded on Saturday 1st April. A solemn mass was concelebrated in Krakow Cathedral on Sunday 2 April, the anniversary of his death, with a Via Crucis through the streets of the city in the evening. These were the central events in the […]

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In people’s hearts

John Paul II died at 9.37 pm on Saturday 2 April 2005: a year later, and at the very same time, Benedict XVI will address the faithful in St. Peter’s Square in conclusion of the vigil of prayer and commemoration of the diocese of Rome. Similar vigils will be held in all the dioceses of […]

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FAMIGLIA STERMINATA IN CALABRIA: MONS. CANTAFORA (LAMEZIA TERME), "DESOLANTE E AMARA CONSTATZIONE"

“Qualunque sia il movente di un atto così scellerato, di una tale barbarie, rimane la desolante e amara constatazione che la vita nella nostra società va perdendo valore”: così mons. Luigi Antonio Cantafora, vescovo di Lamezia Terme commenta al Sir la strage avvenuta ieri nelle campagne di Caraffa (CZ) nella quale sono stati uccisi quattro […]

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SOLIDARIETÀ: ITALIA CARITAS, "IL 5 PER MILLE AVRÀ SUCCESSO SOLO CON UNA SERIA POLITICA PER IL WELFARE E IL TERZO SETTORE"

Quali potenzialità e quali i rischi del 5 per mille, il meccanismo che permetterà ai contribuenti, dalla prossima dichiarazione dei redditi, di destinare parte delle imposte a favore del volontariato? Se lo chiede il mensile "Italia Caritas" nel numero di aprile in uscita a giorni (viene distribuito in 350.000 copie gratuite a chi ha effettuato […]

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ECUMENISM: HUNGARY-RUSSIA, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS AND AN INVITATION TO THE CATHEDRAL BETWEEN PATRIARCH ALEXIUS II AND CARD. ERDO

” “The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Alexius II, invited cardinal Péter Erdo, primate of Hungary, to take part in a solemn Orthodox liturgy in the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition in Budapest. He did so as part of an exchange of letters on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution […]

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