constitution" "

The question passes to governments” “

Valery Giscard d’Estaing will present the EU Summit of Heads of State and of Government in Salonica with the draft European Constitution on 20 June. As regards the diverging opinions on the quality of the document and the possibilities of the Intergovernmental Conference in October to improve the draft, SirEurope met Zdenek Werner , delegate […]

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Methodists: celebrations marking the founder’s tercentenary” “

The some 70 million members of the evangelical denomination known as the Methodists, scattered all over the world, commemorated the tercentenary of their founder, the traveling preacher John Wesley, on 17 June. Celebrations took place throughout England to mark the event. In Italy, the main commemoration will take place on Sunday 22 June in the […]

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Germany: remembering the victims of oppression in Berlin ” “” “

“A symbol of civil courage and commitment to human rights, self-determination, freedom of faith and of conscience”: so says a joint declaration signed by Cardinal Karl Lehmann and Manfred Kock, respectively presidents of the German Episcopal Conference and the Council of the Evangelical Churches, and issued on 16 June to commemorate the victims of the […]

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ecumenism" "

The Pope in the words of Bartholomew I” “

“His statue as a moral and religious leaders, not only for Catholics but for all men and women of good will, is rooted in a deep personal faith and in the conviction that this faith must be lived in such a way that others may see the truth, understand justice and find peace. Being such […]

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ecumenism" "

From Graz to Trondheim” “

The 12th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK) will open in Trondheim (Norway) on Wednesday 25 June. The assembly is held every six years by the 126 member churches of the CEC to reflect on the work of the Conference, on the ecumenical process on the European context. This year’s assembly is intended […]

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disabled" "

The Olympics of life” “

“Life in all its fullness” is the title of the pastoral letter issued by the bishops in Ireland in recent day to mark the approaching 11th “Special Olympics” world summer Games reserved for disabled athletes. Taking part in the Special Olympics will be 7000 mentally handicapped athletes, 2000 coaches, 28,000 family members and 30,000 volunteers. […]

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christian roots" "

On the roads, like Francis” “

“Reviving the practice of solidarity and combating every form of violence and fundamentalism”: that’s how the Minister General of the Friars Minor, Father José Rodriguez Carballo (50 years ago, Spanish), sums up the reflection on the Order’s mission conducted by the general Chapter, which ended at Assisi in recent days. The particular role that Europe […]

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Caritas Europe on immigration and enlargement” “

Some 40 bishops with special responsibility for education and schooling from 22 European countries met at Bensberg, in Germany, on 16 June, for a seminar on Catholic schools. The meeting, which brought together for the first time bishops from Western and Eastern Europe on the question, was held on the initiative of the CEEC, centre […]

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Seminar on Catholic schools in 22 countries ” “

“The current priority for immigrants and refugees is integration”. With this awareness, Caritas Europe – a body representing the national Caritas agencies of 43 European countries – organized the Migration Forum 2003 at the Escorial (near Madrid) from 12 to 15 June. The meeting brought together coordinators for immigration of Europe’s Caritas agencies and representatives […]

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European Churches" "

European Forum on the Catholic laity” “

The meeting of the delegates of the European Forum of the national Committees of the laity opens in Ljubljana, in Slovenia, on 20 June, and will end on 22 June. The Forum is aimed at the promotion of regular contacts between the national committees and lay councils or corresponding organizations of the continent with a […]

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