Come un diamante” “

E’ una lettura sfaccettata, quella che le Chiese d’Europa danno dell’enciclica “Ecclesia de Eucharistia”, pubblicata da Giovanni Paolo II il 17 aprile, Giovedì Santo. Abbiamo raccolto, al riguardo, alcune voci. Belgio – Un seme per l’avvenire. “Un perfezionamento e, al tempo stesso, un seme per l’avvenire”. Il Pontefice “pone i ‘tempi nuovi’, ricchi di speranza […]

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Ridestare lo stupore” “” “

“Dell’Eucarestia vive la Chiesa”. Si apre così l’ultima enciclica di Giovanni Paolo II, ‘Ecclesia de Eucharistia’, pubblicata in questo Giovedì Santo (17 aprile). Il documento è stato consegnato in luogo della lettera che ogni anno il Papa rivolge a tutti i sacerdoti del mondo. “Quest’anno, venticinquesimo per me di Pontificato – spiega il Santo Padre […]

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A permanent focus of attention” “

Felling a tree needs nothing but brute strength. Growing a tree needs a lot of care and attention, and many years of patience. It’s clear that if a relatively short space of time was needed to topple the totalitarian and brutal regime of Saddam Hussein, it won’t be so easy to build peace in Iraq. […]

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The twenty-five of Athens” “

A decade after the EU decision to open up to the countries of Eastern Europe, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary have now been confirmed as EU members, while awaiting their formal entry which will take place on 1st May next year. The ceremony of the signing of the […]

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In principle…” “

“The peculiar efficacy in promoting communion, that pertains to the Eucharist, is one of the reasons for the importance of the Sunday Mass”. So writes John Paul II in his latest encyclical, ‘Ecclesia de Eucharistia’, to be published on Maundy Thursday (17 April). The Holy Father, citing the apostolic letter on the sanctification of Sunday, […]

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Like a diamond” “

It’s many-faceted, the ‘reading’ given by the Churches of Europe to the encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia”, published by John Paul on 17 April, Maundy Thursday. We have sounded out some views. Belgium – A seed for the future. “An elucidation but, at the same time, a seed for the future”. The Pope “places the ‘new […]

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encyclical" "

Reviving the wonder” “

“The Church lives by the Eucharist”. So opens the latest encyclical of John Paul II, ‘Ecclesia de Eucharistia’, published on Maundy Thursday (17 April). The document was issued in lieu of the letter that the Pope annually addresses to all the world’s priests. “This year, the twenty-fifth of my pontificate – explains the Holy Father […]

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Switzerland: bishops ‘indignant’ about the federal campaign against Aids” “

The Swiss bishops, in a press release issued on 16 April, have expressed their indignation about “the ‘Stop Aids’ campaign” just launched by the Federal Office of Public Health. “With slogans such as ‘Protect your neighbour as yourself… use a condom’ or ‘Rome has put the condom on the index, we recommend you put it […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

Attention is devoted to the Pope in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 17/04. In his article “the future projects of the Pope“, Heinz-Joachim Fischer says that “ the strength of the Pope seems weakened, but not broken” and notes, with regard to the celebrations of Holy Week, that “it seems to some almost as if […]

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A moral obligation” “

What’s the role of the European Union for the material and democratic reconstruction of Iraq? And what’s the EU’s relations with America, on the one hand, and the nascent Iraqi authorities, on the other? Will the member countries be able to overcome the deepest divisions in their history caused by the Anglo-American war against Saddam? […]

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