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Closer to the centre” “

Economic and social cohesion, education and culture, health services, the development of trans-European networks, employment policy, vocational training, the safeguard of the environment… There is no field of action of the European Union that does not involve the Committee of the Regions, an advisory body established ten years ago following a recommendation made by the […]

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Waiting for 6 October” “

A giant of 780,000 square kilometres, comprised between the Aegean and Iran, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, with 67 million inhabitants, the vast majority of them Muslims, Turkey is a geographically Asian country knocking at the doors of the European Union. The enclave comprising the city of Istanbul and its hinterland, on the […]

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Twenty-five years later” “

“As the great Jumbo jet passed over the vast concourse of people gathered in Phoenix Park twenty-five years ago, little did I realise what an expression of faith and of love was awaiting the vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II, as he set foot on Irish soil. History was being made that day and […]

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Vatican: exhibition on Stephen, Romanian prince” “

“Stephen the Great – bridge between East and West”, is the title of an exhibition being held in the Vatican Museums from 30 September to 31 October, to promote deeper knowledge of Romanian culture. The President of Romania, Ion Iliescu, participated in its inauguration, before being received in audience by the Pope. The exhibition has […]

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Romania: restrictions on religious freedom” “

The Report for 2004 on international religious freedom, compiled by the Office for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the USA, shows that some restrictions on religious liberty still exist in Romania, despite the fact that the government in general respects the right to such liberty upheld by the Constitution. News of the report is […]

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Belarus: the joy of Cardinal Swiatek” “

“I wish to express my infinite thanks to God for granting me the grace to survive the long years of persecution and be a witness of and participant in the liberation, rebirth and development of the Church in Belarus. This is an immense joy: that of seeing churches packed with faithful, seeing the Church grow, […]

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: appeal to Europe” “

A more visible commitment of Europe to Bosnia-Herzegovina, which, nine years after the end of the war, has still not completely recovered from its psychological and social injuries, is urged by the European Commissions of Justice and Peace, that met for their annual assembly at Sarajevo from 25 to 28 September. These commissions form an […]

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University: laboratory of faith and culture” “

“Pass from dialogue to mission and evangelization”: that’s the invitation with which Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna, greeted the national delegates of university apostolate of the European Episcopal Conferences who met in the Austrian capital in recent days in a meeting promoted by the CCEE (cf. Sir 64/2004). The cardinal described two events that […]

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Turkey: four questions” “

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan has good reasons for being pleased. At the end of his visit to Brussels, on 23 September, he put an end to the crisis that threatened to dash Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union (EU). The report of the Turkish Parliament’s adoption of the reform of the penal […]

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CONVEGNO MISSIONARIO: DOCUMENTO FINALE, NO A “CONTRAPPOSIZIONI” E “COMPETIVITÀ”, SÌ A “FASE NUOVA” DI COMUNIONE

” “”Il cammino missionario fatto dalla Chiesa italiana in questi decenni è stato ricco di frutti, ma è tempo di dare inizio ad una fase nuova”. E’ quanto si legge nel documento finale del Convegno missionario nazionale, conclusosi oggi a Montesilvano (Pescara) per iniziativa della Cei. In un “momento storico” come questo, “attraversato da trasformazioni […]

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