ecumenism" "

Italy: Pope Leo XIII, a pioneer of ecumenism” “

He took to heart the cause of Christian unity and his pontificate represented “the dawn of ecumenism” in the early years of the 20th century”: that’s how Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, presented Pope Leo XIII on inaugurating the celebrations promoted by the diocese of Perugia (Italy) to mark […]

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Europe and Latin America: accelerating rapprochement” “

An appeal “not to lose sight of the great difficulties that are today afflicting many regions in the world, in particular Africa and South America” was recently made by the presidents of the Council of the Episcopates of Latin America (CELAM), Archbishop Jorge Jiménez Carvajal, and of the Commission of the episcopates of the European […]

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The danger of a catastrophe” “

“I fully endorse the views expressed by French president Chirac, who declared that it’s up to the UN Security Council to decide on a possible conflict, and that war always represents the worst solution”: so said Bishop Josef Homeyer of Hildesheim (Germany), president of COMECE, the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community and […]

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globalization" "

From ideas to proposals” “

The two world forums of Davos and Porto Alegre have just ended. At the one politicians and economists, at the other organizations of civil society, discussed the fate of the world from different viewpoints. The third Social Forum at Porto Alegre, attended by hundreds of thousands of people who took part in over 1500 meetings, […]

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In any case "unacceptable"” “

A possible US attack on Iraq continues to arouse the concern of the bishops of various episcopal conferences and ecclesial movements Netherlands. A “preventive and unilateral military intervention” in Iraq is incompatible with the “just use of force”, say the bishops of the Netherlands in an official communiqué released in recent days, in response to […]

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Unexpected firmness” “

A possible war against Iraq seems to draw a fairly clear line of demarcation between the American interventionist position and the European Union which – with the exception of the UK and to a lesser degree Spain – continues to believe in a diplomatic solution. It is clear that Europe, even if it does not […]

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The commitment of governments” “

United Kingdom. “Developing, boosting, directing and evaluating a strategy for the successful outcome of the activities being planned”: that’s the goal set by the British government, on the occasion of the European Year of People with Disabilities. To this end it has created a special Disability Unit and a steering group formed by the Department […]

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Eliminating the barriers” “

While various European countries are still finalizing their projects and programmes for the European Year of People with Disabilities, in many others the first events have already taken place. We present a brief review below. In Italy, the inauguration of the European Year will coincide with the 2nd Conference on policies for disability, scheduled to […]

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the disabled" "

Nothing about us without us…” “

In Europe there are 37 million disabled persons; one disabled out of 10 encounters situations of difficulty in architectural barriers or in social discrimination: 2003 has been dedicated to them. The European Union has declared it the European Year of People with Disabilities. To mark the occasion many associations of the disabled have adopted the […]

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Seek, and you shall find” “

The churches of the German-speaking area – Austria, Switzerland, Germany – are celebrating the Year of the Bible in 2003. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna and president of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, has rightly emphasized that even in today’s secularized culture the Bible is omnipresent – in culture, art, literature, in the means of […]

di Erich Leitenberger" "director of Kathpress, " "Austrian Catholic press agency" "" "" "