ethnic diversity" "

Immigrants: the "way" of the Swiss bishops” “

Social integration, professional training, crackdown on clandestine work and a new law on foreigners that places the person, and not the labour force, at the centre: these are some of the recommendations on immigration policy made by the Swiss bishops in a new document issued by the “Migratio” Commission. The document, entitled “Theses for immigration […]

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Portugal, a document of the bishops on social ethics” “

A pastoral Charter of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference on social ethics, with the title “Joint responsibility for the common good” will be published on 15 September. The document is the outcome of the last general assembly held at Fatima in May, and subsequent permanent councils. The document will tackle various issues of social ethics of […]

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European churches" "

Spain, "God is neither male nor female"” “

“God is not male. Nor female. It is we humans who attribute connotations to God, who is an ineffable mystery par excellence“. That’s the conclusion of the 16th international Conference “Gender and religion: male-female and religious phenomenon”, organized by Aiempr (International Association of Medical-Psychological and Religious Studies). The Conference, meeting in Granada from 3 to […]

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Addes: 75th anniversary” “” “

The 75th anniversary of Addes, the community of work that coordinates the diocesan secretariats for spiritual exercises in Germany, is being celebrated in Bingen on 18 September. The anniversary will be celebrated in the course of the annual conference of the diocesan representatives of Addes at the castle of Rochus at Bingen, in the presence […]

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"Day of open monuments"” “

The “Day of open monuments” will be held in Germany on Sunday 14 September. The Catholic Church is participating in the event with an information campaign on ecclesiastical monuments, with the aim of sensitising public opinion on the thorny question of the maintenance of the many Catholic monuments in Germany. “God’s houses in the hands […]

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Germany" "

Card. Lehmann "greater ” “seriousness about pensions and healthcare"” “” “

Writing in the diocesan weekly of Mainz, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Mainz, has attacked the reactions aroused in Germany by the so-called Rürup Report, drawn up by the Commission set up by the Schröder government to formulate a reform of the sector of pensions, healthcare, and assistance […]

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Ukraine" "

Between suffering and hope” “

A land “that is the cradle of Christianity in eastern Europe” and that “bears written in its history and in the blood of so many of its sons and daughters the call to work with utter dedication at the service of the unity of all Christians”: that’s how John Paul II, in February this year, […]

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Ccee" "

Experiences, ” “commitments, projects” “

Collegiality between the Episcopal Conferences, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, joint commitment to the process of the reunification of Europe and to a greater presence of the Church in culture and society have, as in the past, continued to dominate the agenda of the episcopates of the continent in recent months. The CCEE (Council of the […]

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The two martyrs” “

Vasil’ Hopko, Greco-Catholic auxiliary bishop of Presov and titular of Midilen, was born at Hrabské, in the province of Bardejov, in 1904. He was ordained as a priest at Presov in 1929 and consecrated bishop in 1947. Following the events of the Sobor (Council) of Presov in 1950, the State banned the Greco-Catholic Church. Bishop […]

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Slovakia

” “The Pope and the martyrs” “

The third apostolic visit of John Paul II to Slavakia is now in progress (11-14 September 2003). During the visit two Slovakian martyrs will be beatified: Vasil’ Hopko (1904-1976) and Zdenka Cecilia Schelingová (1916-1955). We present below a reflection by the spokesman of the Slovak Episcopal Conference, Msgr. Marian Gavenda, accompanied by brief biographical notes […]

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