Thinking about the faith "in feminist terms"” “

“Feminist theologies interrogate theology”: that’s the theme of the lecture given in Strasbourg last week by the Protestant theologian Elisabeth Parmentier as part of the cycle of meetings promoted by the research unit “Women and men – Gender in Christianity”, a group animated by the Dominican Hervé Legrand. Mainly aimed at a Catholic public, the […]

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The southern hemisphere also at the 12th KEK assembly ” “

The 12th assembly of the KEK (Conference of the European Churches) will be held at Trondheim, in Norway, from 25 June to 2 July. “Jesus Christ heals and reconciles. Our witness in Europe”: that’s the theme of the meeting that will be attended by some 800 participants, half of them delegates of KEK’s 126 Orthodox, […]

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"Nothing does not exist": a reflection by Olivier Clément” “

“Everything starts out from Christ, everything flows from him. Jesus who denounces the temptation to have enemies to project onto them one’s own anxiety (…) and who throws into history, like a wound and like a ferment, the revelation of the full humanity of each person, sits down at the table of sinners, goes to […]

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Albania: a new church at Gurez” “

Twelve years after the first Dehonian missionaries arrived in Albania, a new church, the church of the “Madonna of Good Counsel”, was consecrated in the presence of Archbishop Rrrok Mirdita of Durazzo-Tirana at Gurez in the province of Laç, in central Albania, on 5 April. This is the third time that a church has been […]

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Switzerland: "The media for peace"” “

“The media for peace”: that’s the theme of the ‘Sunday of the media’, which will be celebrated in Switzerland on 1st June. The event coincides with the World Day of Social Communications, which has as its theme this year: “The means of social communication at the service of a genuine peace in the light of […]

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Czech Republic: preparing the Synod” “

A plenary meeting or Synod of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is to be held at Velehrad in early July to promote the implementation of the documents of Vatican Council II and the recent joint document of the Czech and Austrian Episcopal Conferences on reconciliation after World War II. Preparation of what is […]

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The disabled join the marathon to fund a school in Thailand” “

The thousands of participants in the classic London Marathon (Flora London Marathon) on Sunday 13 April included Amnouy Wetwithan and Ekkachai Janthon, both aged 23. Both disabled, and both from the orphanage of Pattaya in Thailand, they completed the traditional 42.195 km course of the marathon in wheelchairs to collect funds and help finance a […]

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Caritas: "disappointed" by the social welfare budget” “

Father John Dale, 52 years old, of which six spent among the Masai, in Kenya, is the new director of the Pontifical Mission-Aid Societies in England and Wales. Currently dean of St. John’s Cathedral, in Salford, he will begin his new post next week. “I face this new task with the consciousness that wherever we […]

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Caritas: "disappointed" by the social welfare budget” “

There are some “glimmers of light for pensioners and those actively seeking work”, but “there’s still not enough social justice”. That’s the comment of English Caritas, “disappointed” by the government’s latest social welfare budget. “Last year – declares the director of the Caritas ‘social action’ department, Sarah Lindsell – the Chancellor allocated extra funds to […]

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Christian communities more "expert" in combating poverty” “

“The communities of the faithful may make a significant contribution to social regeneration and rehabilitation programmes and, contrary to what is generally thought, their involvement may create links between the various groups in the disadvantaged areas”: the point is made in a new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, one of the main charitable […]

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