monthly agenda" "

February 2006″ “

The European Churches and European and international institutions 2 Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord: 10th Day of Consecrated Life. Special meeting on Iran (2-3) of the Governing Council of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna. 4 Eucharistic Liturgy for the 50th anniversary of the erection of the Diocese of Rotterdam, in […]

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WCC: Coretta King, "an extraordinary woman"” “

“An extraordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life during an extraordinary time”: that’s how Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), described Coretta Scott King, wife of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who died at the age of 78 on 31 January. “Thanks to the life of Coretta […]

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Bonhoeffer: the tributes of Europe” “

Tributes will come from Germany, Poland, England, Switzerland, Italy and elsewhere: celebrations to mark the centenary of the birth on 4 February of the Lutheran theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945), condemned to death for his opposition to the Nazi regime, will have a pan-European dimension. The Evangelical press […]

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Sibiu 2007: a woman as CEC secretary ” “

The CEC secretary for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly, the great ecumenical jamboree of the Churches of Europe that will be held in Sibiu, in Romania, from 4 to 8 September 2007 (following up the previous assemblies in Basel and Graz), is a woman: Beate Fagerli, a 36-year-old Norwegian of the Lutheran Church. Her appointment […]

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Sibiu 2007: communiqué of the meeting in Rome” “

“Having committed ourselves to a common journey, we have sought to build mutual trust and understanding by working and praying together. We have also endeavoured to foster a spirituality that is rooted in God’s Word”: so says the final communiqué of the first stage of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3), the ecumenical meeting of […]

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Communicating and cooperating” “

“Multilingualism is an essential principle of the European Union: to achieve this objective, the Commission published in recent weeks its first Communication on the question, under the title “A new framework strategy for multilingualism”. The question is at the centre of a reflection by CLARE COFFEY , published in the January number of “Europe infos”, […]

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encyclical" "

A hymn to joy” “

Benedict XVI’s first encyclical “Deus caritas est”, officially presented on 25 January, has met with a warm welcome, not least in Europe. Below are some of the comments and reflections of European bishops on the document. AUSTRIA. The Pope’s encyclical “tackles the most central theme of the Christian faith: love”: according to Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, […]

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The main resource” “

The heads of state and of government of the EU member countries, who will meet in the European Council on 23-24 March, will no doubt dedicate their meetings this spring to the problems of the socio-economic development of the Union and policies suitable for overcoming them. The consultations have as their object – and have […]

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SATIRIC CARTOONS: FRATTINI (EU COMMISSION), THE TARGET "IS NOT A RELIGION" BUT ITS "DISTORTED INTERPRETATION"

Sympathy for the "offended feeling of the Muslim community" as well as the need to repeat that "freedom of expression and freedom of criticism" are among the foundations of Europe. This is the summary of the speech of Franco Frattini, the EU Commissioner for integration policies and the defence of fundamental rights, about the affair […]

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GIORNATA PER LA VITA: CAV AMBROSIANO, GRANDE MOBILITAZIONE IN TUTTE LE PARROCCHIE MILANESI

Una grande mobilitazione in tutte le parrocchie della diocesi di Milano per promuovere la vita umana in tutte le sue forme. È l’invito rivolto dal Centro aiuto alla vita ambrosiano a tutti i parroci in occasione della XXVIII Giornata per la vita, dal titolo “Rispettare la vita”, che si celebra domenica 5 febbraio. “Le parole […]

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