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Quale direzione? ” “” “

Sono giorni gravidi di tensioni a Bruxelles e Strasburgo. L’attentato terroristico a Londra si aggiunge come lacerante richiamo al terribile nemico della pace. L’Unione europea è in panne; tutti, a parole, invocano una svolta, una ripresa, ma per il momento non si vedono vie d’uscita definite e praticabili. Agli stop alla Costituzione giunti da Parigi […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

The G8 in Scotland and the problems of the poor countries dominate the agenda also in the German press. Writing in Die Welt (06/07), Matthias Kleinert writes: “ Now a common strategy needs to be developed that is not limited to pouring money or to spontaneous actions of aid. As in the rest of the […]

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July 2005″ “

The main events involving the Catholic Church, the other Christian Churches and the main institutions of Europe in July Great Britain assumes the rotating six-months’ Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. 4 Conference (4-7) on the theme “Forty years after Gaudium et Spes. Reasons for living and hoping”, at Worth Abbey, […]

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Great expectations” “

In spite of the action plans and development objectives fixed by the United Nations over the years, Africa “continues to be a disinherited continent at the political, economic and social level”, says NOËL TREANOR, general secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (Comece) in his editorial to the June number […]

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With the white flag ” “

Europe has been projected on the world scene on the occasion of the G8, hosted in the Scottish hotel of Gleneagles. The host, British premier Tony Blair , is also current President of the European Union and over the last few months has spared no effort to express at the planetary level the problem of […]

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No truth” “

On Saturday 2 July Geneviève Beney became the first Frenchwoman to be “ordained” priest, in the course of a ceremony held on board a steamer on the river Saône at Lyon and officiated by three women “bishops”. The event caused the automatic excommunication of the woman by the Catholic Church and aroused a heated debate […]

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First, listen” “

Ireland has opted for a programme of vocational discernment with afternoon and weekend sessions. Germany, by contrast, has equipped itself with an Internet site: www.Touch-me-Gott.com. France and Belgium, on their official sites, have a link dedicated to vocations. Some countries have produced a DVD with a series of questions on vocations that the young regularly […]

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Holland: ‘last minute’ bookings” “

The Dutch youth who would like in the days ahead to add their names to the some 1,700 of their compatriots who have already long booked to attend the next WYD Day will be able to benefit from a genuine ‘last minute’ offer. The offer, which remains open until the eve of the event, comprises […]

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Switzerland: bishops’ appeal to the media” “

The Swiss Bishops’ Conference has made an appeal to the country’s journalists to follow with attention the forthcoming World Youth Day in Cologne, in which over 1550 youth from the country’s three language regions (German, French and Italian) will participate. “The preparations for this world event are in progress – declares Monsignor Denis Theuerillat, bishop […]

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France: 30,000 youth with 85 bishops” “

Less than a month and a half before the opening of WYD in Cologne the French contingent can already count on 30,000 participants, accompanied by 85 bishops and 1000 volunteers. The figures are announced by a press release of the Social Communications Office of the French Bishops’ Conference. “The World Youth Days, introduced by John […]

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