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Reawaken culture” “

The scant participation of European citizens in the June elections highlights once again the need “to reawaken our democratic culture, to promote informed debate and responsible citizenship”. However, at the same time it calls for reflection on the “duties of those who were elected” and on the system of lists, which “in many countries does […]

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England: against the abuse of child soldiers” “

An appeal against the abuses inflicted on child soldiers was launched recently by the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. During his annual lesson at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, the Anglican Primate of all England, spiritual leader of 70 million faithful, spoke of the atrocities suffered by 300,000 child soldiers in […]

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Russia: Council of Orthodox bishops in Moscow” “

The Council of bishops of the Orthodox Church opened in Moscow on Sunday 3 October with a solemn liturgy presided by Patriarch Alexis II, it is due to close on 8 October. Opening the meeting, the Patriarch mentioned among other things relations with the Catholic Church in Rome, dwelling on both lights and shadows. Among […]

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KEK: towards the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly” “

Sibiu, a city in the heart of Romania, has been chosen to welcome the third European Ecumenical Assembly in 2007, one of the most important meetings of Christian Churches in Europe. The announcement was made by the central committee of the Conference of European Churches (KEK) which, together with the Council of European Episcopal Conferences […]

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Cardinal Lehmann speaks to journalists” “

In Hamburg on 4 October – for the occasion of awarding the Catholic Media Prize to Ariel Hauptmeier for the “Print” category and to Tina Soliman and the cameraman Torsten Lapp for the “Electronic” category – Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference, referred to the duties of those who work in the […]

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Ten days for peace” “

In a joint press communiqué released on 5 October, the Catholic bishop of Fulda and president of Pax Christi Germania, Msg. Heinz Josef Algermissen, and the evangelical Lutheran bishop of Hanover, Margot Käßmann, appealed for participation in ten ecumenical days for peace. The initiative, which has reached its 25th year, will take place from 7 […]

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Ecumenical healthcare assistance” “

Greater collaboration between healthcare assistants and volunteers who work in hospices was the central theme of a meeting that took place recently in Erlangen. Organised by German Caritas and by its Protestant sister organisation, Diakonie, the meeting arranged for the creation of a diocesan workgroup with the aim of linking assistance to the terminally ill […]

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The joy and fatigue of life” “

“Life is made to be lived”. God “did not create us for our own self-destruction”, but to “discover the joy of life and to create the conditions so that all human beings can live in dignity and serenity”. These are the words of Irish bishops in a pastoral letter, “Life is for living. Reflections upon […]

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Scotland: the "Red Mass" of the archbishop of Glasgow ” “

“While on the one hand we must avoid the error of insisting that no blame can be imputed to malefactors who are socially and culturally deprived, on the other, we must recognise the ‘vulnerability’ of many people in our society. Mercy is one of God’s attributes; it must also characterise the people who administer justice”. […]

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France: "What human rights?"” “

“Human rights, more than ever!” is the title of a meeting to be held in Paris from 15 to 16 October at the initiative of Justice & Peace – France, of the Catholic Institute of Paris, of ACAT ( Action contre le torture) and of the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Paris. “The dynamics of […]

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