Malta: ecumenical meeting between Anglicans and Catholics” “

The meeting of the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM), jointly set up by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and by the Office of the Anglican Communion, is now being held in Malta (19 to 23 November). The Commission aims to complete the activity of ARCIC (Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission). Analysis […]

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England and Wales: no to war” “

“War is a road of no return” and “it is a moral responsibility to prevent it”; “military action must be the last option”; “sanctions have not worked and have only impoverished the country”; “the grief of the people killed will be all the greater if they are the result of an armed conflict”. These are […]

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Austria: elections, the fears of the Church” “

In view of the forthcoming elections to the national assembly (Austria’s legislative organ), scheduled for 24 November (cf. SirEurope no.41 of 14 November 2002), Bishop Klaus Küng of Feldkirch, with responsibility for the pastoral care of families, spoke in recent days about the ethical and social issues considered important by the Church. “Electors should pay […]

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EU: schools "on the web" for building Europe” “

“European Schoolnet” is a partnership funded by the European Commission. It brings together 25 European ministers of education and is aimed at promoting the exchange of information between students and professors through the use of the new technologies. Together with some members of the Convention on the future of Europe, it is organizing an event […]

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Caritas Europe urges new regulations for political asylum” “

Caritas Europe has intervened on the question of the 80 political asylum-seekers from Kurdistan and Afghanistan who sought refuge for several days in the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Calais, in France: the European Church-run aid organization expresses solidarity with the “refugees in the churches” and asks for changes to the Dublin Convention […]

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Living with violence?” “

Now in its 77th year, the French Social Week drew some 1,800 people to Paris from 15 to 17 November. The theme they explored together was: “Violence, how to live with it?”. Youth. “We must explore the roots of violence, seek their causes, whether they are in ourselves or are of an economic, social or […]

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An immigration that revitalizes” “

“Immigration is a resource that revives Catholic communities”. that’s the view of Cardinal Ricardo Maria Carles Gordó , archbishop of Barcelona, ten years since the pastoral plan that identified immigration as a priority for the local Church. The Catalan archdiocese has reacquired new vitality with the arrival of immigrants, especially from Ecuador and from the […]

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Spain: the bishops against terrorism” “

The examination of a document “on terrorism and on the contribution of the Church to its eradication”, with a view to the “achievement of peace, unity and solidarity” among all Spaniards and throughout Spain, is one of the top priorities at the 79th plenary assembly of the Spanish episcopate, now underway in Madrid (until 22 […]

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Christian radio stations: their new president is Italian” “

Luigi Bardelli has been chosen as the new president of CERC, the European Consortium of Christian radio stations. He was elected on 15 November at the 9th colloquium of CERC, held in Malta this year. Bardelli currently heads “Corallo”, the Italian radio and television association to which 264 broadcasting stations belong. CERC’s members include broadcasters […]

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TERRA SANTA: P.G.BATTISTELLI (CUSTODIA FRANCESCANA), “BASTA CON LA VIOLENZA. NON SIA UN NATALE DI SANGUE”

” “”Un atto di terrorismo che va condannato senza mezzi termini. Non vogliamo un Natale di sangue”. Dopo l’ennesimo attentato di oggi a Gerusalemme, dove 12 civili israeliani sono rimasti uccisi da un attacco suicida palestinese, arrivano la condanna e l’appello di padre Giovanni Battistelli, custode di Terra Santa. “Questo è lo stato d’animo che […]

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