Ukraine: school for wise use of the media” “

The first school for “a wise use of the media” has recently opened in Ukraine. Among the main questions to be tackled: the risks posed by Internet, how to differentiate rock music and satanic music, and the culture of pornography. The school was inaugurated in Kiev on 10 February by the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, […]

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Slovenia: a missionary injured in Turkey ” “

A gang of youths attacked and beat up the Slovene Minorite Father Martin Kmetec Ofmconv at Izmir in Turkey on 9 February. The episode took place just a few days after the tragic death of the Italian priest Father Andrea Santoro, assassinated in the parish church of Trabzon (Trebizond). The attack on the religious was […]

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Italy: an aid for the rite of matrimony” “

“The relation between religious experience and human love is very close and intimate. Understanding this properly is the first condition for a journey towards the sacramental celebration of marriage” which “sets the seal on and culminates the affective journey of a man and a woman who through the mutual gift of each other wish to […]

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How living togeheter?” “

The ever-stronger presence of non-Catholic pupils, Hindus, Muslims or of other faiths, in the schools run by the Catholic Church is now a well-established trend in the United Kingdom. In the 156 private schools, i.e. independent of the State, and in the 2196 public schools run by the Church, one pupil out of three does […]

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against all offences” “

From Holland to Portugal: the bishops of Europe have made a unanimous appeal to work for dialogue, commenting on the violent protests of Muslim communities against the Danish cartoons on Mahomet and Islam. HOLLAND. “I am following with great concern the international events that have taken place and are still continuing following the publication of […]

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That 9% of the poor” “

Switzerland is considered one of the richest countries of the world. Yet a recent survey conducted by Caritas-Switzerland shows that the Alpine nation now comprises almost a million poor people. Families are considered poor when their income is lower than half the national average income. That corresponds roughly to a seventh of the population. Switzerland, […]

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer " "

Seeking and hoping” “

“Hope and witness”: these are, in the view of Archbishop ENRICO MASSERONI o f Vercelli (Italy), the two crucial aspects of the legacy left by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor and theologian killed by the Nazis in the concentration camp of Flossenbürg on 9 April 1945. “The Church today – said Archbishop Masseroni – also […]

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Keeping in touch” “

Taking an interest in those who no longer go to church, trying to understand why they no longer participate in Mass, to see if something has changed in their life or if they don’t share some decisions of the parish: in the past, this role was played by priests in the UK. When someone was […]

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Croatia: victory in the soccer championship for priests” “

The European championship of football for priests “Champions clerum” held in Zagreb, in Croatia, ended on 8 February with the victory of the host nation, followed by Poland and Bosnia. The championship saw the participation of teams representing twelve countries (including also Romania, Austria, Italy and Slovenia). Spain took sixth place in the classification, Hungary […]

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The three pillars of dialogue” “

The caricatures that have offended a part of the Moslem world, the liberalization of the services sector, and the new ratifications of the Constitution are among the issues that are arousing attention in the old continent. They are signs, albeit amid a thousand difficulties, that dialogue has resumed on the European identity and on the […]

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