European dailies” “” “

The requests made to the US government by both the UNO and the EU to close down its prison camp at Guantanamo, in Cuba, where Afghan and Iraqi prisoners of the USA are being held, in conditions that violate human rights, arouse the comment of the Spanish daily El Paìs of 15/02, with an editorial […]

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art, culture, faith " "

The wonderful works” “

The famous marble group of Laocoon was accidentally found near Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on 14 January 1506. It was Pope Julius II who ordered the architect Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti to rush to the spot to ascertain for themselves the discovery of the “wonderful marble statue”: the pope, in fact, wanted […]

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eu and religions" "

Beyond all frontiers” “

“The controversy on the caricatures [of the prophet Mohamed] involves questions that are of particular interest to the European Union, since they are linked to the constructive co-existence between religions”, commented HANS WINKLER , Austrian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 15 February, he reaffirmed the […]

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review of ideas " "

Giving signs of life” “

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCODA), a EU agency that has been collaborating with the member states of the EU for ten years now, in its annual Report for 2005, has presented a wide-ranging review of the spread of drugs in Europe. The Report provides evidence of the growth in the […]

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Uk and Ireland: Rev. Fyffe heads the CTBI” “

Canon Bob Fyffe, minister of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, has been appointed as the new general secretary of “Churches Together in Britain and Ireland” (CTBI), an ecumenical organization that brings together the churches of Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant and Pentecostal tradition in the UK. Canon Bob Fyffe succeeds David Goodbourn, who had completed his […]

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France: Emmanuel on secularism” “

Metropolitan Emmanuel, president of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France (AEOF), was received by the Machelon Commission on Friday 3 February. The Commission was set up by French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy last October to “conduct a legal reflection on the relations between religions and the public authorities”. The aim is to […]

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Reformed Churches: towards a new union” “

“We believe that this new united reformed organization may be a blessing for the ecumenical movement as a whole and the reconciliation of the world”, write pastors Clifton Kirkpatrick and Douwe Wisser in a joint statement, announcing their intention to proceed to the unification of two great Reformed organizations: the World Reformed Alliance (WRA), which […]

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Wcc Assembly opens” “

An invitation to “continue the journey of ecumenical hope” and the promise to “intensify” efforts to “reach the day when Christians will be united in proclaiming the Gospel message of salvation for everyone” are contained in the message that Benedict XVI has addressed to the 9th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) […]

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University of the Holy Cross: "strategic direction"” “

A reflection among professionals of institutional communication “on some points relating to the direction of departments for communication”: that’s the objective of the 5th professional seminar on the communication offices of the Church that the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (www.asc.urbe.it) is organizing in Rome from 27 to 29 April. “Strategic direction of communication […]

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Med: the wisdom of communicating” “

“Offering the new generations not just the keys for an understanding of the media, but also arousing new ‘artisans’ for a better quality of the means of communication and for a constructive contribution of their culture to the civilization of man”: that’s the aim of MED, the Italian association for education in the media and […]

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