Anglican Communion: unity in danger” “

The Anglican Community risks schism on the question of homosexuality, declared Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and theological leader of the Church of England, during an interview he gave in Khartoum, in Sudan, where he is currently visiting some aid programmes. According to the archbishop, an internal division of the Communion could require decades to […]

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Holy Land: Week for Peace opens ” “

From 12 to 19 March, groups of Christians of various confessions and from over 12 nations, members of Pax Christi International and the Christian Youth Union (UCDG-YMCA), will participate in a Week of common action for peace in Palestine and Israel, promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC). From Oslo to Cape Town, from […]

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Orthodox: the Pope and the title of Patriarch of the West” “

It was the Pope in person who notified the offices concerned of his own decision to remove the title of “patriarch of the West” from the list of papal titles in the Pontifical Yearbook (the Annuario Pontificio) for 2006. Though Benedict has not explained the reasons for this decision, staff at the statistics office that […]

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Europe and Africa closer” “

10,000 at Owerri, 7,000 at Nairobi, 5,000 at Abidjan: these are the “numbers” of African university students who recited the Rosary with the Pope, thanks to satellite link-ups with African university campuses. Last Saturday, 11 March, African students were thus able to join with their European brethren in “celebrating” BENEDICT XVI , in his first […]

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Hungary: history of the Church and year of prayer” “

A Foundation to study the history of the Hungarian Church during the post-war Communist regime has been established by the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference. In their spring assembly (7-9 March) the bishops approved the statutes of the public Foundation “Ödön Lénárd” (named after the religious Ödön Lénárd, who died in 2003, the priest long held in […]

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Austria: the family at the centre” “

“Support for marriage and the family is a fundamental aspiration of the Church”, said Bishop Küng, who heads the episcopal office for the pastoral care of families, during the study day of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, held at Sonntagberg in Austria on 13 March, and dedicated to just this question. The main topics discussed during […]

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Ireland: clarity on cases of paedophilia” “

The Primate of the Irish Church, Archbishop Sean Brady, announced on 13 March that the Catholic bishops of Northern Ireland – meeting for their general assembly at Maynooth – have declared their total willingness to investigate suspected cases of paedophilia involving priests and religious. Since 2005, with the publication of the document “Our Children: Our […]

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Great Britain: the appeal of the convent” “

The strongly felt need for spirituality in our time, which “only a return to the purest Christian roots can satisfy”, was already demonstrated by the success of the TV programme “The Monastery”, transmitted by the BBC in May last year. It will now be confirmed by a new series along similar lines called “The Convent”. […]

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Italy: webmasters for "communicating hope"” “

A free online training course to learn to create a Catholic website has been promoted by the Italian Catholic Webmasters Association (WeCa) and presented to the national meeting of directors and staff of diocesan offices for social communication, under the title “Communicating hope”, held in Ancona in recent days. The online course has been designed […]

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Spain: evangelising cyberspace” “

From Spain has come the proposal that every parish should be equipped with a room dedicated to “creative communication”, a room where the faithful could use the new technologies (computers, Internet, videos, mp3) and “evangelise in cyberspace”: the idea is the brainchild of the young auxiliary bishop of a diocese in northern Spain, Oviedo, Monsignor […]

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