Anglicans: towards the female episcopate” “

Eleven years after the admission of women to the priesthood, Anglicans in England have decided to open the way to the female episcopate. With 367 votes in favour and 127 against, the General Synod of the Church of England, meeting at York, gave the go-ahead to the process of removing the legal obstacles that currently […]

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Religious leaders meet Barroso” “

On Tuesday, 12 July, twelve representatives of churches, religious institutions and communities belonging to the Christian, Jewish and Moslem traditions met with the President of the European Commission, Manuel Barroso. The aim of the meeting: to re-affirm the commitment of the participants “to building a free, united, prosperous and peaceful Europe, characterized by solidarity, in […]

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England: ‘no to assisted suicide’” “

“It is vital that all those contrary to euthanasia do all they can to prevent assisted suicide from becoming law”, said the archbishop of Cardiff (Great Britain) Peter Smith, commenting on the vote at the end of June in the British Medical Association (BMA) which removed its opposition to the amendment of the law that […]

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Luxembourg: never again Srebrenica” “

A document called “never again Srebrenica”, drawn up by the Justice and Peace Commission of Luxembourg, has been published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the massacre of Srebrenica (11 July 1995). It recommends that “a new impulse be given to the peace process”, starting out from the consciousness not only that “Bosnia and Herzegovina […]

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Netherlands: bishops urge "achievement of the Millennium Goals"” “

An increased commitment of the Netherlands for the realization of the so-called Millennium Goals: that is the hope of the Dutch bishops for the UN Millennium Top in New York planned for September this year. Cardinal Simonis, president of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference has written a letter to Jan Peter Balkenende urging the achievement of […]

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Spain: solidarity with seamen” “

“There are very few atheists among seamen”, declared the bishop of Cádiz-Ceuta, Monsignor Antonio Ceballos Atienza, on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Carmine on 16 July: a feast that preludes the day devoted to the maritime apostolate on the following day. To mark the day, the bishops of Spain have written […]

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Portugal: capital of evangelization ” “

After the cities of Vienna and Paris, the next international Congress for the New Evangelization will be held in Lisbon from 5 to 13 November and have as its theme: “I have come so that you may have life!”. The Lisbon Congress was launched by the archdiocese of Paris, which hosted the event in 2005 […]

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Germany: at the side of Zimbabwe” “

With a statement issued on 15 July, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, has expressed the solidarity of the German episcopate to the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Zimbabwe, Bishop Michael D. Bhasera, in protest against the provisions taken by the government of Zimbabwe in recent weeks, the so-called “Operation Restore […]

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On the traces of the Cross” “

The approaching World Youth Day can already be felt in the air in Germany: one of the reasons is the start of the pilgrimage “Traces of the Cross” (Kreuzspuren) from Dresden to Cologne on 8 July. This is a pilgrimage on foot that will cover a distance of 750 km, traversing Germany from East and […]

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Before London” “” “

International terrorism was a focal point of attention by the European Union already before the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. But with 11 September 2001 the “invisible enemy” became a “fixed guest”, however unwelcome, on the EU agenda. After Madrid and London, the anti-terrorism strategy formulated in Brussels in recent years has […]

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