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Legitimate and healthy” “

Establishing relations of mutual trust between Church and State cannot but have “positive effects” for the life of a country. The task is therefore that of putting in place a “legitimate and healthy form of secularism”. “Instead of adopting an antagonistic role, the social forces should always be at the service of the population living […]

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"Pediatric" euthanasia?” “

Reports coming out of Holland on the euthanasia practised on newborn infants with grave pathologies are giving rise to debate. On this question, the Italian National Council for Bioethics signed a motion, in its plenary session on 28 January, to “re-affirm some fundamental bioethical principles”. HOLLAND: HOPE AND SUFFERING. 22 cases of active euthanasia practised […]

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From masks to faces ” “

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, during which all the churches are engaged in various activities, a large part of which are aimed at helping modern man to rediscover the value of prayer, renunciation and sharing (see our previous feature in SirEurope 10/2005 on old.agensir.it). We continue our review of the various proposals. SpaIN: […]

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Hungary: Homeyer interviewed on new Catholic portal” “

The difficulty of relations between State and Church is one of the issues tackled by Bishop Josef Homeyer, president of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (COMECE), in an interview granted to the new Hungarian Catholic portal “Magyar Kurir” (“Hungarian Courier” ), on the website www.kereszteny.hu/kurir. The portal provides news and analyses […]

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Austria: Caritas for the poor of Eastern Europe” “

“Aid for Eastern Europe” is the name of a fund-raising campaign being run by Caritas Austria to alleviate the dramatic situation of poverty in some former Communist countries of Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria and Moldavia. The campaign, which will continue through February, was presented in Vienna on 9 February with a press conference with the […]

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Spain: bishops and referendum on Europe” “

In view of the forthcoming referendum on the European Constitution due to be held in Spain on 20 February, the Spanish bishops have expressed their position in a statement, issued on the conclusion of the meeting of the permanent Council held in Madrid in recent days. The bishops believe that is “morally necessary to work […]

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The indispensable balance” “

When the present European Union took its first steps, it was the first President of the Commission, the Christian Democrat Hallstein, who said that the construction of Europe could be compared to a three-stage space missile. The first stage was the customs union and the realization of the single market, which were then launched but […]

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SUOR LUCIA: IN PORTOGALLO UNA VERA E PROPRIA “CANONIZZAZIONE POPOLARE”. MA IL VESCOVO DI COIMBRA INVITA ALLA PAZIENZA

” “Intanto in Portogallo – mentre il cardinale José Saraiva Martins, prefetto della Congregazione per le Cause dei santi, precisa che la beatificazione di suor Lucia non potrà avvenire prima di cinque anni – in Portogallo si sta verificando una vera e propria “canonizzazione popolare”, con migliaia e migliaia di cattolici portoghesi e di altri […]

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FUNERALI SUOR LUCIA: IL PATRIARCA DI LISBONA, “UN SIMBOLO NAZIONALE”

” “Suor Lucia è “un simbolo nazionale”, un esempio di “semplicità e fedeltà”: così il cardinale Josè Policarpo, Patriarca di Lisbona, ha definito la veggente di Fatima nella sua omelia durante i funerali solenni che si sono svolti oggi pomeriggio a Coimbra, con la cattedrale Sé Nova gremita di migliaia e migliaia di fedeli, molti […]

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CONGO: UNICEF, "SI AGGRAVA LA CRISI UMANITARIA". APPELLO PER AIUTARE I BAMBINI CONGOLESI

E’ aumentato drammaticamente nella scorsa settimana il numero dei civili in fuga dai combattimenti nel distretto dell’Ituri, Congo orientale.  Il conflitto si è inasprito di recente, provocando la fuga di 50.000 persone dai villaggi nei primi dieci giorni di febbraio; negli ultimi tre giorni i rapporti dalla regione segnalano altri 30-35.000 sfollati. Lo riferisce oggi […]

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