Germany: Cardinal Lehmann meets Romanies” “

The President of the German Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, met the chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Rom, Romani Rose, at Heidelberg on 9 December. The meeting, which took place at Rose’s invitation, included a shared visit to the centre for Sinti and Rom documentation and culture in the city. The […]

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Spain: "peace pole" written in 99 languages” “

Bilbao already has its “peace pole”: a steel tree as a sign of peace and token of the city’s claim to be the interfaith capital of Spain. A message in 99 different languages is inscribed on it: “May peace prevail on earth”. The “peace pole” is two and a half metres high and is the […]

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Ireland: new child protection trainers” “

“An important stage in the development of best practice in working with children and young people in our parish communities”: that’s how Dr. Seàn Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, described the presentation of certificates to the first group of child protection trainers – 19 in all, representing 9 dioceses – at […]

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England: no to "gay unions"” “

The Catholic archbishop of Cardiff, Peter Smith, head of the Department for Christian Responsibility and Citizenship within the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has commented on the decision of the British government to legalise homosexual unions. “The introduction of civil partnership as a legal institution will have a significant and lasting social and cultural […]

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Ireland: a website for fiancés” “

A website has been created in Ireland to inform, accompany and assist engaged couples in their preparation for marriage (www.gettingmarried.ie). The project was officially inaugurated in Dublin in recent days by Bishop Willie Walsh of Killaloe and president of Accord (www.accord.ie), an agency of the Catholic Church of Ireland founded in 1965 to respond to […]

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Scotland: return of the Christmas crib” “

The return of the crib: that seems to be the great novelty of Christmas 2005 in Scotland, at least according to Ronnie Convery, spokesman of the Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti. “The most important novelty of our Christmas this year is the re-appearance of Christmas cribs”, he explained in a conversation with SIR“. “The most […]

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Hungary: feast of the sanctuary of Máriapócs” “

The end of the jubilee year of the Greek-Catholic Church in Hungary was celebrated on 3 December, on the centenary of the third lachrymation of the icon of Máriapócs. The basilica was declared a national sanctuary to mark the occasion. Archbishop Juliush Janusz, apostolic nuncio, and members of the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference, among others, participated […]

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A sign also for Europe” “” “

The recent Feast of St. Andrew on 30 November, solemnly celebrated in Turkey by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in the presence – as is now the tradition – of a delegation from the Holy See, has underlined the importance of ecumenical dialogue as an indispensable means of bringing the Christian Churches closer together. This year the […]

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EUROPA: MARIA ROMANA DE GASPERI A STRASBURGO ALLA MOSTRA DEDICATA AL PADRE, "GUARDAVA AVANTI CON GRANDE SPERANZA"

” “” “"In questi anni, nei quali ho girato l’Italia e altri paesi per accompagnare la mostra sulla figura di mio padre, mi sono accorta di quanto sia stato amato Alcide De Gasperi e di quanto, ancora oggi, i giovani lo apprezzino": Maria Romana De Gasperi, figlia dello statista trentino scomparso nel 1954, è intervenuta […]

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UNIVERSITÀ: L’ATENEO SANTA CROCE DEDICA A GIOVANNI PAOLO II LA NUOVA AULA MAGNA

” “” “Ha avuto luogo questo pomeriggio nella nuova Aula Magna del palazzo dell’Apollinare, che è ora dedicata alla memoria di Giovanni Paolo II, l’inaugurazione dell’Anno accademico 2005-2006 della Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. La cerimonia è avvenuta alla presenza del Gran Cancelliere dell’Università e Prelato dell’Opus Dei, mons. Javier Echevarría.” “"Tutti i passi accademici della […]

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