DOPO SINODO: CARD. SCOLA (PATRIARCA DI VENEZIA), "NEL RITO DELL’EUCARISTIA C’È TUTTO"

“Il Sinodo facendo un’affermazione importantissima di conferma della bontà della riforma liturgica inaugurata dal Concilio Vaticano II, ha parlato dell’Eucaristia in termini di azione eucaristica che si concentra nel rito. Qui c’è un elemento di novità, in cui è raccolta la migliore riflessione teologica degli ultimi 40 anni che ha insistito molto sulla completezza del […]

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DOPO SINODO: CARD.SCOLA (PATRIARCA DI VENEZIA), LA DONNA È "TRACCIA DELLA PRESENZA DI DIO NELL’UMANITÀ"

“La donna rappresenta sempre l’altro che mi sta davanti. In un certo senso la traccia della presenza di Dio nell’umanità è legata per sua natura al mondo femminile molto più di quanto non sia legata a quello maschile”. Così mons. Angelo Scola, patriarca di Venezia, sulla proposizione del Sinodo che riconosce la singolare missione della […]

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Two challenges” “

“It’s a question of knowing what type of Europe we wish for our children and how much we are willing to pay to have it”, declared José Manuel Durao Barroso , President of the European Commission. Barroso was trying to stir the waters in preparation for the informal summit at Hampton Court, in Great Britain, […]

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Investing in hope ” “

The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed 2005 “International Year of Micro-credit”. During this year the UNO has promoted a series of programmes aimed at raising the awareness of workers, governments and trades unions about the advantages of micro-credit and micro-finance. The initiative is born from the consciousness that micro-finance has already helped […]

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Centenary in France ” “

The Protestant Federation of France celebrated the centenary of its foundation (25 October 1905) on 21-23 October. The Federation’s foundation took place in the same year in which France approved the law on the separation between Church and State that would strongly characterize the system of the secularism of public life in the country. The […]

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Signs of rebirth” “

“I have been a priest for over 35 years and during my priesthood in Bulgaria the Communists destroyed four churches, whereas today we are seeing the birth of another four. That’s why I say that 2005 is a symbolic year for the rebirth of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria, because thanks to your tireless efforts […]

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Austria: guaranteeing social welfare” “

“Europe has a need for strong States that are able to guarantee social welfare”, declared Fintan Farrell, director of EAPN, the European anti-poverty organization, on addressing the 6th annual Austrian Conference on poverty, which ended at Salzburg in recent days. “We cannot dispense with the decision of the European heads of state, agreed during the […]

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Spain: reception and co-existence” “

“The phenomenon of immigration is unstoppable and cannot be put on hold”. That’s why an “involvement of the European Union, the United Nations and the international organizations for peace, justice and liberty” is needed. On the other hand, the draft organic law on education that the Spanish government presented to Parliament is “unacceptable”. These are […]

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Germany: appeal for Darfur” “

The German Catholic Church has issued an appeal calling for efforts to be multiplied with the aim of solving the crisis in the African region of Darfur (Sudan). “The millions of refugees cannot be allowed to become millions of dead”, says a press release of the German Commission of “Justitia et Pax” (an agency of […]

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Greece: cathedral in need of restoration” “

A dispute is simmering between the Catholic archdiocese and the Greek Ministry of Culture. The bone of contention is the work on the restoration of the cathedral of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, in Athens, following the earthquake of September 1999 which caused considerable damage both inside and outside the church. A statement recently published on […]

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