ITALIA

Con gli occhi dei giovani

“Quell’«Io mi vergogno» con il quale s’è caricato dell’umiliazione e del dolore della Chiesa tutta per lo scandalo causato dai sacerdoti accusati di pedofilia, è stato come l’inizio della rinascita”. Con queste parole, riferite al recente viaggio di Benedetto XVI negli Stati Uniti e alle scuse da lui formulate per i casi di abusi sessuali, […]

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REGNO UNITO

Il loro volto

Una lettera pastorale coraggiosa e controcorrente che ricorda ai cattolici, mentre il governo di Gordon Brown sta rendendo più difficile agli stranieri entrare nel Regno Unito, che l’immigrato ci porta il volto di Dio e va aiutato in ogni modo possibile. “Mission of the Church to migrants in England and Wales” è stata preparata dall’Ufficio […]

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Liguria e Umbria

Liguria: in duecento pronti al decollo“Per i giovani genovesi, recarsi a Sydney per la Giornata mondiale della gioventù (15-20 luglio) sarà un modo per ricambiare il grande regalo che il Santo Padre ha fatto loro con la sua venuta a Genova”. Parola di don Guido Gallese, responsabile della pastorale giovanile della diocesi genovese e della […]

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TOURISM AND SPIRITUALITY

Holidays in cloisters

In the past years, “alternative” holidays are increasingly being chosen. One of these, are holidays in spiritual sites. Thus, monasteries and convents have become the favorite destinations of organized trips or the sites of open-door events. A further step was taken in Austria: to bring together Austrian, Hungarian and Czech convents in “Klösterreich”, an association […]

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BIOETHICS

Lives to be thrown?

With the manufacture of hybrid embryos, half-man half-animal, approved by the British government in recent days, the door to the “trans-human” has been opened. “From a biblical point of view it is interesting to recall that in the Old Testament books of Exodus and Deuteronomy it is written that seeds of widely different species shall […]

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EUROPARLIAMENT

From the Romanies to China

A large number of debates on the international arena (China, Burma and Lebanon) and a focus over “domestic” issues: some of which are institutional (Turkey’s adhesion negotiations), social (stop to discrimination, the Romanies’ situation), others still economic (the health status of the Common Agricultural Policy, small and large commercial distribution, maritime transportation, aid to the […]

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AUSTRIA

Evening dialogue

Friday may 30, 6 p.m. : the 4th edition of the “Long nights of the Churches in Austria” is about to begin. Some 600 Churches representing all Christian confessions open their doors to 2,700 different events. Ecumenical project. In Vienna, where the “long night” is being celebrated for the fourth time, the event starts at […]

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RELIGIONS

Italy, England, Turkey

Italy: a meeting at the “peace bell” Some 250 representatives of 11 religions and 35 Countries gathered in Rovereto (Italy) on the invitation of the “Peace Bell Foundation” and “Religions for Peace/Europe” to address the topic of “Shared values in transforming Europe. The contributions of cultures and religions”. The meeting was held under the auspices […]

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FRONT PAGE

Communicating Europe

In October 2005, the European Commission published its “Plan D on Democracy, Dialogue and Debate”, with the aim of “encouraging national debates on the future of Europe” and “reinforcing dialogue, public debate and the participation of citizens”. In October 2007, the Commission recommended a “partnership approach in the field of communication”, this time specifying a […]

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United Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium

United Kingdom: funds for research on adult stem cells The Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Patrick O’Brien and Sean Brady announced the donation of twenty-five thousand pounds, approximately three-thousand euro, collected through the offerings received on a Day for Life, dedicated to the promotion of research on […]

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