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A point of strength” “” “

Welcome home – your home just as much as ours! Here we are finally together at home, in re-found unity. Truly, it’s a great opportunity to sing the European anthem: “Oh joy!”, in this month of May 2004, which marks the end of Yalta and the second fall of the iron curtain. For months now […]

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Germany: EU enlargement "a sign of hope"” “

“A sign of hope”: that’s the judgement on EU enlargement expressed by the Council of the German Evangelic Church (EKD) in Hanover on 29 April. “What unites the peoples of Europe is stronger than what it is that divides them”, continues the communiqué. The date of 1st May is hailed as a “further step towards […]

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United Kingdom: Catholic-Anglican dialogue ” “

With the publication of the document “Mary: grace and hope in Christ”, dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church has reached a “significant milestone”. So said the Rev. Gregory Cameron, director of Ecumenical Affairs of the Anglican Communion in a report presented last month (but only made known in recent days) to the […]

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Russia: in dialogue with Islam” “

The department of foreign relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow held the fourth meeting of the Russo-Iranian Commission on dialogue between Islam and Orthodoxy in Moscow from 26 to 29 April. The delegation of theologians of the Islamic Republic of Iran was led by ayatollah Mahmoud Muhammadi Iraqi. In the days before the meeting, from […]

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Greece: relations between the churches ever more difficult” “

Relations between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople have become ever more difficult. The reason for the dissension is the question of control over the metropolitan churches in the region of Thrace. According to an accord signed in 1928, from a canonical point of view the dioceses in question form part of […]

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Lithuania: pro-life day” “

Pro-Life Day was celebrated on Sunday 25 April in Lithuania. The message published by the Lithuanian bishops to mark the occasion expresses their “sorrow about the constant demographic crisis and the lack of an appropriate state policy in favour of the family”. The bishops also declare that “the deepest problem is the devaluation of the […]

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Latvia: First Conference of Catholic laity” “

“The mission of the lay members of the Church is to create a new Europe. If we enter Europe, it is to bring our faith and our values”: so said Msgr. Peter Stefan Zurbriggen, Nuncio Apostolic in the Baltic States, in addressing the 1st Conference of the Catholic laity in Latvia, which ended a few […]

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Spain, survey on youth and church” “

Of the young people interviewed by the Santa María Foundation in its Jóvenes 2000 survey on religion and youth in Spain, 60.2% declared that “the Catholic Church helps the poor and the oppressed, while 86.4% think that “the Catholic Church is living in the past”. The picture that emerges from the survey is fairly worrying […]

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PAPA: APPELLO PER UNA "RAPIDA SOLUZIONE" DEL CASO DEL PARROCO SEQUESTRATO IN COLOMBIA

Una lettera-appello per esprimere "affetto paterno" a César Darío Peña García, il sacerdote colombiano in mano dal marzo scorso "ad ignoti sequestratori", ed auspicare una "rapida soluzione del doloroso caso". Ad inviarla, a nome del Papa, è stato il card. Angelo Sodano, segretario di Stato vaticano. Lo ha reso noto oggi ai giornalisti il direttore […]

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TERRORISMO: IN UN LIBRO LA RICETTA PER COMBATTERLO ALLA RADICE, "L’UNICO MODO È TAGLIARLI I FONDI"

"Seguire la pista del denaro, andare all’origine dei finanziamenti e tagliarli". È questo l’unico modo per combattere alla radice il terrorismo. Ma finora, poco o nulla è stato fatto perché "si è voluto favorire la scelta della guerra, affrontare il nemico sui campi di battaglia". È, in sintesi, la tesi e la denuncia contenute in […]

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