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Not only percentages” “” “

According to data collected by Eurostat, Eurobarometer and the World Health Organization, 79% of the inhabitants of the Fifteen say they are satisfied with their own life, while only 61% of the ten new member states of the EU say the same. 54% of the inhabitants of the Fifteen affirm, moreover, that they are satisfied […]

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Lithuania: sex education for children rejected” “

Following a meeting held in Vilnius between Cardinal Audrys J. Backis and Arturas Zuokas, respectively archbishop and mayor of the Lithuanian capital, in recent days, a UN-backed programme of sex education for adolescents was cancelled. The meeting was the result of a petition addressed by over a hundred parents and by the archbishop himself to […]

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Holland: bishops support palliative treatment” “

“Authorizing by law that it is permissible to put an end to life on demand is not the best way to increase transparency about the procedures and attention of physicians to the terminal phase of life”. This declaration of principle is contained in a statement put out by the Dutch Bishops’ Conference in recent days. […]

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Spain: plenary assembly of bishops” “

Firm condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Madrid on 11 March and solidarity with the victims, satisfaction for the entry of ten new countries into the European Union, and the sharing of the concerns expressed in the keynote address by the president of the Spanish episcopate and archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, on […]

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Looking to the future” “” “

Understanding its own history and present-day reality, changing mentality, and redrawing the map: this was the course followed by the diocese of Clermont-Ferrand, at the heart of France, in the effort to adapt its own parish communities and make then more responsive to the evangelising mission of our time. The transformation is far-reaching. It is […]

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Bulgaria: serving the young and families” “

Bulgarian parishes have been undergoing a process of change ever since the fall of the Communist regime 14 years ago. Before that it was difficult to prepare the faithful for the sacraments, which were often administered without preparation. As the first step, efforts were made to propose a permanent sacramental ministry from childhood and adolescence […]

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Hungary: "cultural bulwarks"” “

Hungary’s recent history has hardly favoured community life; the problem was compounded by that of vocations and the lack of material resources. The Hungarian Church is having to come to terms with the reality of parish life and looks to the future with a mixture of fear and hope. “Today – says Father Mihály Kránitz, […]

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Switzerland: Arbon, an ecumenical parish” “

“Ecumenical parishes”, according to canon law, do not exist, but the number of parishes that experience a rich and regular ecumenical life, in the most different forms and ways, is growing in Europe. For many Swiss parishes – especially in the German-speaking area – ecumenical life shared between the communities of different denominations is however […]

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The eye and the ear” “

The parish, which is experiencing many difficulties in some European countries, is always at the centre of the attention of the various local Churches in the continent. The 53rd general assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference that ended in the Vatican on 21 May was dedicated to the question. To coincide with the assembly SIR […]

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MEDIA E FAMIGLIA: CONVEGNO CEI, “UN IMPEGNO COORDINATO DEGLI UTENTI PUÒ ESSERE DAVVERO EFFICACE”

” ” L’urgenza che “le questioni legate al rapporto tra media e famiglia siano affrontate con lucidità e determinazione da tutti i soggetti coinvolti” e che siano individuate “risposte concrete a tutela della famiglia e per una corretta e piena valorizzazione dei mezzi di comunicazione sociale”. Questi, secondo mons. Claudio Giuliodori, direttore dell’Ufficio Cei per le […]

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