WITNESSES " "

For Europe” “

Robert Schuman has disembarked in Eastern Europe; he is beginning to make proselytes in the countries of new accession and in those still waiting outside the doors of the EU. His writings are contributing to the growth of the “European sensibility” and his book “Pour l’Europe”, published in the year of his death, 1963, has […]

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Poland: an ecumenical centre at Krakow” “

An ecumenical centre dedicated to the memory of John Paul II is to be built in Krakow. The city’s new archbishop, Stanislaw Dziwisz, announced it during Sunday mass, broadcast live by Polish state television. According to the country’s media, the project envisages the creation – on a large building site covering several hectares – of […]

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France: 40th anniversary of Nostra Aetate ” “

The Consistory of Paris and the Catholic Church will celebrate together the 40th anniversary of Vatican II’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions “Nostra Aetate” on Thursday 20 October. It’s a document that marked a fundamental stage in closer relations between Jews and Christians. This is the first time that French […]

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European meeting of theological faculties” “

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Graz (Austria) have announced that the Second Consultation of the European Theological Faculties will be held in Graz from 6 to 9 July 2006 on the theme “The challenges of theology in a pluralist society”. Some seventy representatives of Catholic, […]

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Anglicans: the Archbishop of York is Ugandan ” “

He’s the first black archbishop of the Anglican Church of England. He’s called John Sentamu and has assumed the post of Archbishop of York, the most important see of the Church of England after Canterbury. Born in Uganda 56 years ago, Sentamu is the sixth of 13 children. He was for many years a militant […]

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ECUMEMISM " "

Russia: Cardinal Barbarin in Moscow” “

At the invitation of Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, is paying a visit to Russia from 15 to 19 October. The archbishop is accompanied by Régine Maire, delegate of the French Bishops’ Conference for ecumenism. As reported by the diocese of Lyon, the archbishop spent Sunday 16 October […]

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JOHN PAUL II " "

He’s always close to me ” “

On 16 October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became Pope and from that day, for 26 years, John Paul II led the Church. His closest aides included Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, whom John Paul II called from the diocese of Munich, of which he was archbishop, to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. This […]

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FRONT PAGE " "

The thoughts of Europe” “

The 11th ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on “The Eucharist: source and culmination of the life and mission of the Church” will end in the Vatican on Sunday 23 October. We cite below some passages from the interventions of the Synodal Fathers and some reflections that emerged from the discussion in the […]

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LOTTA ALLA POVERTÀ: NAZIONI UNITE, UN NUOVO SITO PER INFORMARE I GIOVANI SUGLI OBIETTIVI DEL MILLENNIO

Nel mondo ci sono 2,8 miliardi di persone con un’età non superiore ai 25 anni. La partecipazione giovanile nella ricerca di soluzioni ai problemi globali è vitale per il futuro del nostro pianeta. A partire proprio da queste considerazioni la "Outreach Division" del "Department of Public Information" delle Nazioni Unite ha lanciato ieri un nuovo […]

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COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE: ACLI, "NO AI TAGLI DECISI DALLA FINANZIARIA"

Le Associazioni cristiane lavoratori italiani condividono e rilanciano oggi l’allarme dell’Associazione Ong Italiane per i tagli alla cooperazione e allo sviluppo contenuti nella bozza di Legge finanziaria 2006. La Finanziaria di Tremonti, sottolineano le Acli, "toglie infatti alla cooperazione ben 152 milioni di euro – una forbice del 25% rispetto allo scorso anno – mettendo […]

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