Norway: reform of Church-State relations” “

A Commission was established by the Norwegian government in 2003 with the task of examining and updating the system of relations between the Lutheran Church of Norway and the State. Its conclusions are awaited at the end of January but, although the members of the Commission have so far given no indication of their findings, […]

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France: religious leaders visit Chirac” “

The President of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac, received the country’s religious authorities in the Elysée for the usual New Year’s exchange of good wishes on 5 January. The religious leaders attending the meeting were: Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the mosque in Paris and chairman of the French Council of Moslem cult; the Archbishop of […]

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At what price?” “” “

The Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government of premier Yuri Yekhanurov on 10 January, rejecting the deal struck by the government on Russian gas, reached by President Yushenko after hard bargaining with the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. The government of Ukraine has however said that it will remain in office […]

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In the sign of dialogue” “

The release from prison of John Paul II’s would-be assassin, Alì Agca, and the spread of the deadly virus of avian flu (H5N1) are, in recent days, bringing Turkey to the centre of public attention. Turkey is a country increasingly engaged in the slow process of European integration. And the probable visit of Benedict XVI, […]

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Malta: 50th anniversary of the Cana Movement” “

The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Cana Movement (CM) is now being celebrated in Malta and Gozo. An association involved in the family apostolate, the CM was founded in January 1956 thanks to the work of the then young Maltese priest Charles Vella, who has worked in Milan for thirty years. The intuition […]

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Belarus: revival of the Greek-Catholics ” “

At the end of 2005, 15 years since it “came out of the catacombs” and since its public pastoral ministry was resumed, the Greek-Catholic Church in Belarus comprised 20 parishes, 13 of them registered by the civil authorities. Ten priests are involved in its pastoral service, and 15 seminarians are studying in the seminaries of […]

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From Moscow to Brussels” “

“You’ll have problems in Brussels” is one of the warnings we often hear. Usually they refer to environmental regulations, agricultural prescriptions, technologies. But sometimes they also concern civil liberties. Calling certain problems by their proper name causes resentment. The politically correct replaces with incredible effectiveness the former opinion-makers of the Communist Party. We are used […]

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CONSULTORI FAMILIARI: MEDICI CATTOLICI, "NON STRUTTURE MEDICALIZZATE" MA "LUOGHI DI CRESCITA" APERTI AL VOLONTARIATO

Riaffermazione del ruolo dei consultori per prevenire l’aborto e "necessità di una idonea integrazione con opportune formazioni sociali di base e particolarmente con il volontariato". Lo ha chiesto l’Associazione medici cattolici italiani intervenuta oggi in Commissione Affari Sociali della Camera dei deputati, all’audizione per l’indagine conoscitiva sullo stato di attuazione della legge 194 sulle norme […]

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AMNISTIA: DALLA TORRE (LUMSA), "UN’OCCASIONE PERSA". ANDRIA (ASSOCIAZIONE MAGISTRATI PER I MINORENNI), "UN SEGNALE NEGATIVO"

"Un’occasione persa": così definisce la mancata approvazione dell’amnistia da parte della Camera dei deputati per otto voti Giuseppe Dalla Torre, rettore della Libera Università Maria SS.Assunta (Lumsa) di Roma. "È un’occasione persa – chiarisce Dalla Torre – innanzitutto perché si trattava di un provvedimento da tempo rinviato e necessario rispetto all’emergenza carceraria esistente. Un’occasione perduta […]

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AMNISTIA: DON SPRIANO (REBIBBIA), "NESSUNA VOLONTÀ DI DARE ATTENZIONE ALLE PERSONE DETENUTE"

"Non c’è nessuna volontà di dare attenzione alle persone detenute. Si vuole porre attenzione solo ai reati, quasi che i reati fossero commessi da categorie, non da persone". Don Sandro Spriano, cappellano del carcere romano di Rebibbia, non aveva molte speranze sull’approvazione dei provvedimenti sull’amnistia e l’indulto alla Camera, è così è stato oggi pomeriggio. […]

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