Caritas Europe: urgent appeal for Liberia” “

Europe must face up to its responsibilities and at the same time urge firm and determined political and military action by the international community to put an end to the violence and restore peace in Liberia”. The appeal is made by Caritas Europe in a letter signed by its president, Denis Viénot, and addressed at […]

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France: arson an "offence to God"” “

“Criminal acts are destroying Corsica by setting fire to it, and destabilising those working for its development. The perpetrators of such acts are heavily penalising the island and holding its inhabitants to ransom”. Corsica is burning, therefore, not by the “fire of love”, but by acts of arson: so said Bishop André Lacrampe of Ajaccio, […]

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Poland: ecumenical scout camp” “

The 6th jamboree of the International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe (IUGSE), better known as “Eurojam”, is to be held in Zelazko, Poland, from 1 to 10 August. The jamboree will be attended by some 8,000 youngsters aged from 11 to 16 from Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Albania, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Czech Republic, […]

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Russia: Catholic media” “

In spite of the harsh legacy of the decades of mass atheism during the Soviet regime (still today over 70% of the 147 million inhabitants declare themselves atheist or non-religious), Russia now seems to be enjoying a religious, as well as a political and economic, revival. The official data speak of an Orthodox presence of […]

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The necessary pedal” “

An interpretation of the signs of the time in the life of the European Churches was offered by two churchmen, one Orthodox, the other Catholic, at a recent meeting on ecumenism (Italy, 26-31 July). The two speakers in question were Bishop Athanase Hatzopoulos of Achaea, representative of the Greek Orthodox Church at the European Union, […]

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The precious legacy” “

“The heritage of European universities” is the title of one of the five projects of the campaign conceived by the then 41 heads of state and of government of the countries of the Council of Europe during their second summit in Strasbourg, in 1997, on “Europe, common legacy and heritage”. The project, conducted from September […]

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The utopia of the perfect man ” “

“Sharing life and faith without impediments”: that’s the title of the document of the German Episcopal Conference on the disabled and their families, published in the European Year of the Disabled. While even jurisprudence, in spite of important progress, seems at times inclined to call the birth of a disabled person injurious, “the bishops feel […]

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The courage of the future” “

The post-synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Europa, published almost four years after the Synod of 1999, forcefully reaffirms that the presence of Jesus Christ in his Church is the source of hope for our continent. The Pope speaks realistically of the dimming of hope that is circulating in our time. He grasps worrying signs in our […]

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FIRENZE: ALLARME DELLA CURIA, TRASFORMATE IN BIVACCHI ANCHE LE PIAZZE ACCANTO A CHIESE STORICHE

” “”Basiliche sotto assedio”: si sintetizzano così la denuncia e l’allarme lanciati oggi da mons. Timothy Verdon, canonico della cattedrale di Firenze, esperto di storia dell’arte in una nota diffusa alla stampa dal titolo “Chi tace consente”.” “Il riferimento è al mondo politico e amministrativo che sembra “non voler prendere atto del crescente degrado in […]

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ECUMENISMO (SAE): GIORDANO (CCEE), “ASCOLTARE I TIMORI DELL’EUROPA DELL’EST” (2)

” “”Dopo l’11 settembre e la guerra in Iraq – ha rilevato mons. Giordano – la religione è di moda, ma la novità è che le Chiese hanno paura del dialogo interculturale e interreligioso, mentre se ne sta appropriando la politica, con il rischio che essa imponga le sue regole ed i suoi criteri”. In […]

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