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Family, six objectives” “

The family is the “cradle” of ties of affection and bonds between the generations, but it is also the essential sphere for personal realization and for reinforcing economic and social development: this is the message of the document entitled “A family strategy for the European Union”, presented in the Brussels headquarters of Comece , Commission […]

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European spirit to be revived” “

“Community method” and “institutional triangle” (Commission-Council-Parliament) are the real driving force of the European Union, insists JACQUES DELORS, former President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1994. He made the point again on intervening in recent days in a meeting in Rome promoted by the Italian Chamber of Deputies, during which Delors’ recently published […]

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UK: ‘courses in faith awareness'” “

From now on religion will be an integral part of the policies of the Labour government, which will hold “faith awareness” courses for the Civil Service. The idea was inserted by Tony Blair in the last Labour electoral manifesto and has become a reality in recent days. All religious groups, from the main ones such […]

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Austria: Cardinal Schönborn on enlargement” “

Speaking at the Centre of Central European Formation for Evangelization (MEBE) in Vienna on 30 March, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna and president of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, commented on the imminent enlargement of the EU as an occasion for a “great project of reconciliation between the European peoples”. To this end, according to […]

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Germany: the WYD Cross arrives in Berlin” “

Over 1,500 youth from all the dioceses of Germany welcomed the WYD Cross on its arrival in Berlin on Palm Sunday. During the eucharistic celebration, held in St. John’s basilica and transmitted live by Germany’s second public TV channel (ZDF), a group of Bosnian youth handed over the Cross they had brought with them from […]

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Faithful in flight?” “

“The Christian churches in the UK could disappear in the space of one or two generations if the faithful continue to abandon them at the speed at which they are doing so today”, concludes “Christian Research” , a Protestant organization that publishes statistics on the Churches in Great Britain every three months. According to the […]

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A difficult freedom ” “

Europe? It’s especially an opportunity to solve youth unemployment that has reached record levels. Faith? Believing in God is not a problem, but it doesn’t much change the realities of life. The young? It’s difficult to involve them in the activities of the Church, they are rather apathetic but they have a real hunger for […]

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PARLAMENTO EUROPEO: UN CONVEGNO SULLA ‘RICERCA’. AUMENTARE GLI INVESTIMENTI SINO AL 3 PER CENTO

“Investire nella ricerca, investire nell’avvenire”: su questo tema l’Europarlamento chiama a raccolta i “cervelli” del continente per il primo Congresso europeo delle scienze. Per due giorni, oggi e domani, l’emiciclo di Bruxelles ospiterà centinaia di ricercatori, docenti universitari, ministri e figure politiche di spicco con lo scopo principale di “sostenere l’obiettivo di Barcellona che prevede […]

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VOCAZIONI: SANTA SEDE, PARTIRE DA FAMIGLIE E "CHIERICHETTI", CELIBATO "FORZA" DELLA CHIESA CATTOLICA

Il Papa "crede che la forza e la santità della Chiesa viene assicurata anche dal celibato sacerdotale, che è la nostra forza, anche se tutti sappiamo di essere immersi nel ‘mysterium iniquitatis’". Così il card. Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefetto della Congregazione per il Clero, ha risposto ad una domanda di un giornalista sull’eventuale apertura ai […]

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IRAQ: MONS. WARDUNI (VESCOVO BAGHDAD), "ACCELERARE IL PASSAGGIO DEI POTERI AGLI IRACHENI"

"Non possiamo uscire da casa liberamente, le notizie che filtrano sono quelle che abbiamo dai media. Sembra comunque che la situazione stia migliorando anche se non del tutto tranquilla. Si potrebbero, infatti, verificare nuovi scontri". È quanto ha dichiarato al Sir mons. Shlemon Warduni, vescovo caldeo ausiliare di Baghdad, commentando gli scontri tra uomini della […]

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