A white paper by hospital chaplains” “

The publication of a “White Paper” by hospital chaplains is an idea formulated during a meeting held in Paris in recent days. It brought together some fifty educators and theologians of the national hospital chaplaincy (Aumônerie nationale des hôpitaux). “To whom is formation addressed? What are its objectives and programmes? What place should be given […]

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Social Week on "money"” “

“The modern economy is necessarily financial. But money, as an indispensable means, is so fascinating that it can become a tyranny”: so says Michel Camdessus, former director of the International Monetary Fund and now chairman of the Social Weeks of French Catholics. His reflections on money are contained in an article written for the bi-monthly […]

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Austria, serving unity” “

Msgr. Hugo Unterberger is the parish priest of the church of Sankt Elisabeth, in Vienna’s 4th district. It’s not a very big parish, situated close to the Sudbahnhof in one of the districts, once heavily populated, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, that surround the city centre of Vienna like a ring. […]

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Turkey, visible minority” “

“The Catholic community in Turkey is a tiny minority, some 32,000 faithful out of a total population of some 70 million, but its activities are observed with great interest. It is a multicultural community, with good ecumenical relations. It also seeks dialogue with the Moslem majority, before which Christians are called to express themselves with […]

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England, the Church and animals” “

“If we are called to love the creation, why are we indifferent to animals?” asks Deborah Jones, general secretary of the Catholic Study Circle for Animal Welfare, in a reflection published by the English weekly The Catholic Herald on 3 October. According to Jones, “the Church, which tirelessly professes moral guidance on a huge range […]

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Sweden, Stockholm’s 50th anniversary” “

The Catholic Church of Stockholm celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation on 12 October, with a mass in the cathedral of St. Erik celebrated by Msgr. Anders Arborelius (the first bishop of Swedish origin since the sixteenth century) and by auxiliary bishop William Kenney. Also present were the king of Sweden Charles XVI and […]

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Austria, the "Zeropointseven" campaign” “

“Nullkommasieben” (“Zeropointseven”) is the name of the campaign inaugurated in recent days in Austria, in the course of a conference in which Monsignor Julio X. Labayen (among others) took part. The aim of the campaign is to obtain from the Austrian government compliance with the pledge it made in 1970, and has so far ignored, […]

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Spain, "God speaks in a thousand ways"” “

A thousand young religious met in Madrid in recent days to “listen to the noises of transcendence” of this world: this is the original title of the National Days of vocational apostolate for the young, an occasion to recognise that “God speaks in a thousand ways”. Leonor García, general secretary of the Spanish Conference of […]

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Switzerland, "Peoples Day"” “

“Do we really obey the commandment to love our neighbour if we grant naturalization to foreigners? If we integrate them in our society? If we teach them our language and our customs? No, that in itself is not enough. We obey Jesus if we ourselves – individually or as a community – become a genuine […]

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Ulster: Archbishop Brady on the peace process” “

“I think that present events mark an important step ahead on the road to a just and lasting peace. They are the proof that progress is made by dialogue and that confidence is built where there’s a sincere commitment to the achievement of the common good, central theme of the request made by the Pope […]

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