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Polonia: si riunisce il Comitato congiunto Ccee/Kek” “

Si terrà giorni a Opole, in Polonia, dal 29 gennaio al 1 febbraio l’incontro annuale del Comitato congiunto della Conferenza delle Chiese europee (Kek) e del Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee). Il Comitato, che si incontra ogni anno a partire dal 1972, è responsabile per le relazioni tra Kek e Ccee. Il presidente del […]

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Da Bruxelles al mondo” “

Una sessione ricca di argomenti quella del 28 e 29 gennaio a Bruxelles. La seduta dell’Europarlamento si è aperta con un dibattito sulla ripresa delle trattative per giungere al Trattato costituzionale Ue. Fra i temi affrontati: una normativa comune per la sicurezza del traffico aereo (“cielo unico europeo”), il futuro della politica spaziale comune, il […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The fear of the new strain of poultry fever is increasingly occupying space in the main European dailies. The fear of an epidemic, which has already caused victims in Asia, is spreading. In an editorial with the title “Men and chickens” published in the French Catholic daily La Croix on 28 January, Bruno Frappat writes: […]

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Macedonia: a metropolitan arrested” “

The head of the Serb Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, has sent a letter to Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski asking for the release of a recently arrested metropolitan, charged with “incitement to national and religious hatred”. The arrest of Metropolitan Jovan should be seen in the context of a long-running conflict that arose following the independence […]

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Patriarch of Constantinople visits Cuba ” “

As did John Paul II six years ago in the course of his historic pilgrimage to Cuba, the ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I has appealed for the end of the American embargo on the island of Castro, which has been in force for over 40 years. During his five-day visit, Patriarch Bartholomew met President […]

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France: the Churches and globalization” “

Some thirty Christian movements participated in the “Christian Assizes on Globalization” (ACM) in Lyon last week. The ACM was founded a year ago with the aim of proposing to Western society means and methods to “humanise” the world’s trend towards globalization. Eight Christian associations and movements form part of the ASM. They include the Social […]

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Ecumenical studies centre inaugurated” “

The “Pax et Unitas” Centre of ecumenical studies and inter-religious dialogue was inaugurated at Roman on 22 January, as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The new ecumenical studies centre is housed in the Franciscan Theological Institute in Roman. In a communiqué, the director of the press office of the Franciscans conventual, […]

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The website of the Catholic Church speaks Italian” “

The religious information site www.catholica.ro launched an Italian-language version on 24 January: www.it.catholica.ro. The site Catholica.ro is a project approved and supported by the Romanian Episcopal Conference which has, over the last two years, provided information on the life of the local and universal Church, documents of the Catholic magisterium, photos, etc. After two years […]

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Concerns raised by the "law on secularism" in France” “

During his meeting with the French Ambassador in Bucharest, Patriarch Teoctist of the Romanian Orthodox Church expressed his concerns about the danger that might be posed to religious freedom in France by the most recent legislative proposals. The Head of the Romanian Orthodox Church received the ambassador Philippe Étienne in his patriarchal residence on 20 […]

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Germany: "no savings at the family’s expense"” “

Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop of the archdiocese of Munich and Friesing, has expressed his support for a policy of containing public expenditure. On the occasion of the traditional new year’s meeting of the archdiocese, Wetter declared on 23 January that “for a long time many have lived above their own means. It’s not possible to […]

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