Norway" "

Affluence and loneliness” “

A minority Church in a country where out of a population of 4,500,000 only 45,000 are Catholics. Yet it is an international and youthful Church due to the presence of faithful from some 80 countries throughout the world who have come to Norway as immigrants. A community open to constant dialogue with Christians, with the […]

di Maria Chiara Biagioni" "" "

France" "

The spring of the catechumenate” “

In France, 2,335 adults were baptized during the Easter vigil this year: 9,205 catechumens against 8,945 in 2001. The figures are slightly but constantly increasing, year after year. “Today, the catechumenate is one of the jewels of the Church of France”, declares Msgr. Michel Dubost, bishop of Corbeil-Evry and president of the episcopal Commission for […]

di Maryvonne Gasse - Paris" "

development" "

The EU’s commitments ” “

The recent UN conference on the funding of development, held in Monterrey, in Mexico, from 18 to 22 March, ended with the adoption of the so-called “Monterrey Consensus”: an action plan that envisages not only an increase of aid, but a greater liberalization of trade, a growth of investments and a gradual redemption of the […]

di G.A.G." "" "

development" "

Doubling aid” “

A greater effort by the European Union to bankroll the development of the less advanced countries: that is what emerged from the UN Conference on the funding of development, held in Monterrey (Mexico) from 18 to 22 March (cf. report on the following page). To examine EU policy for development, in the aftermath of the […]

di Gian Andrea Garancini - Brussels" "" "

Holy Land" "

The appeals of the European bishops” “

Deep concern has been aroused in the European Churches by the escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in recent days. In some French and Belgian cities the stepping up of Israeli military operations has provoked repercussions with anti-semitic attacks on synagogues and symbolic places of the Jewish communities. Germany. The archbishop of Munich, Friedrich […]

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Holy Land" "

Human rights violated” “

The work of the international observers obstructed. The Human Rights Commission of the UN, meeting in Geneva in recent days for its 58th session, has discussed, among other issues, the situation of human rights in the Middle East, in particular in the areas affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Numerous interventions on the matter were made […]

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Holy Land" "

"More must be dared" ” “for peace” “

“No one is making any move. Everyone is talking but no one does a thing”. These words of Samuel, an Arab Christian in Nazareth, sum up the state of mind and the discouragement that the Christian community in the Holy Land is experiencing at the present time. Europe is accused of excessive diplomatic inertia, far […]

di Valentina Conte – Sir correspondent in the Holy Land" "" "

youth" "

A laboratory of faith” “” “

The 10th Symposium of European Bishops will be held in Rome from 24 to 28 April. This year it will have as its theme “Youth of Europe in a period of change. Laboratories of faith” (cf. SIREurope no.11/2002). The Symposium – promoted by the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) – will be […]

di Aldo Giordano" "CCEE secretary general" "" "

TERRA SANTA: APPELLO DEL PATRIARCA GRECO MELCHITA GREGORIO III E SOS DELLA CHIESA ORTODOSSA RUSSA

Un appello al mondo intero, ai capi di governo e ai responsabili delle comunità religiose, cristiani, musulmani ed ebrei, affinché sia salvata “la pace in Terra Santa”. A lanciarlo è Gregorio III, Patriarca della Chiesa greco-melchita cattolica, proprio mentre dal Patriarcato ortodosso di Mosca fanno sapere che anche la casa del pellegrino gestita a Betlemme […]

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ROMA: IN ASSEMBLEA LE 620 SUPERIORE DI OLTRE 90.000 SUORE

“Possiede qualità, doti, conoscenze, relazioni che costituiscono un suo patrimonio personale. Eppure il suo centro d’equilibrio non cade entro lo spazio costituito da queste realtà; il discepolo è proiettato al di fuori di sé, verso Gesù e trova il suo equilibrio solo correndo” in direzione di Cristo. E’ l’identikit del discepolo tracciato questa mattina dal […]

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