Portugal, Social Week 2006 on employment” “

“A society creative of employment”: that will be the theme of the Portuguese Social Week, due to be held in Braga from 9 to 12 March 2006. The Portuguese Church, through its Commission of the laity and the family, now intends to re-launch this annual event with new methods and objectives. In the press conference […]

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Poland: over a millennium of ecclesial "fidelity"” “

A reflection on the main aspects of religious and social life in Poland was made by Pope Benedict XVI in the audience granted to a group of Polish bishops on their “ad limina” visit on Saturday 17 December. Led by Cardinal Jozef Glemp, the group was the last of a series of three. In a […]

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Ireland: the Church’s protection of children” “

“We wish children to feel that they are always treated by the Church with the dignity, respect and attention they deserve. That’s why the well-being of the child is paramount in every decision or action taken in response to suspicions of child abuse”, declared Sean Brady, bishop of Armagh and President of the Irish Bishops’ […]

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COMECE agenda” “” “

January 16-19 Holy Land – Visit of a Delegation of European and North American bishops 16 – Executive Committee 17 – Meeting with the secretaries of the Social Committees February 10 – COMECE Migration Group 24 – COMECE Legal Committee March 22-24 – COMECE Plenary 23-24 – (European Council) Presentation of the Report on ‘Global […]

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Events in 2006" "" "

CCEE agenda” “” “

January 16-19 Holy Land – Visit of a Delegation of European and North American bishops to the Holy Land on themes of peace and the life of Christians in the region 23-29 Rome – First stage of the European ecumenical assembly (EEA3). Meeting of 150 delegates of European Churches, Bishops’ Conferences and ecumenical organizations. The […]

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The years to come” “

Promoting the communion between the European Bishops’ Conferences, ecumenical collaboration between the Christians of Europe and the peace process among peoples: these are the priorities – also underlined by John Paul II in his post-synodal document “Ecclesia in Europa” – that gave rise to the foundation of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe […]

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A major field for the future” “” “

In his pre-informal address to the European Parliament on 26 October, Tony Blair, President-in-Office of the European Council, articulated an opinion that would have been inconceivable only a few years ago, saying: “I believe it is time that we developed within Europe a common European energy policy”. Cooperation in energy policy has traditionally been inter-governmental […]

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NUOVI BEATI: IL MIRACOLO DI DON MONZA, GIOVANE ESCE DALLO STATO VEGETATIVO NEL 1959 E GUARISCE PERFETTAMENTE

” “Una guarigione immediata, totale e duratura di un giovane ridotto allo "stato vegetativo permanente" nel dicembre 1959: questo il miracolo che ha aperto la strada alla beatificazione di don Luigi Monza, fondatore dell’Istituto secolare delle Piccole Apostole della Carità e de "La Nostra Famiglia" (specializzata nella cura dei bambini disabili), oltre che parroco in […]

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INTEGRAZIONE: A FIORENZUOLA D’ARDA (PIACENZA) UN CALENDARIO MULTICULTURALE DELLA SQUADRA DI CALCIO ITALO-AFRICANA "IL MONDO DIETRO L’ANGOLO"

” “La squadra di calcio italo-africana "Il mondo dietro l’angolo", affiliata all’associazione umanitaria "Fiorenzuola oltre i confini", ha messo in vendita in questi giorni il suo calendario multietnico. Le dodici foto che lo illustrano sono state realizzate dal giovane fotografo Marco Bottelli e "sono poste – spiegano i promotori – sotto il segno della fratellanza […]

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BOLIVIA: DON COTER (CARITAS DI COCHABAMBA), “SPERIAMO SIA ARRIVATO IL TEMPO DEI GOVERNI ATTENTI AI POVERI”

“La Chiesa non si sposa con i partiti. Ma vediamo un cambiamento importante nella politica e speriamo che il nuovo presidente riesca a mantenere una qualità etica nel far politica e nella gestione del potere”. Così don Eugenio Coter, da 14 anni missionario fidei donum bergamasco in Bolivia e direttore della Caritas di Cochabamba (una […]

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