England, Germany, France

England: a website to encourage children to go to Mass Case, the “Catholic agency to support evangelism”, which is part of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, opened a website aimed at reaching out to children aged 10-13 who don’t go to Church. According to recent data, Sunday morning Mass for children no longer […]

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Lithuania

Restoring value to the gift of life An encouragement to restore value to the gift of life. This, in short is the content of the message which Lithuanian bishops addressed to the faithful on the occasion of the Day for Life, celebrated past April 21st. “Us adults, overburdened with our daily concerns -is written in […]

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CCEE-KEK

How can bridges be erected?

“If we manage to disintegrate ideologies and neutralize the influence of specific political powers, then people remain and with them the encounter is authentic: Christians and Muslims who love peace, who ask themselves about the meaning of life, who yearn for a life that is livable in peace are both seeking God”. Msgr. Aldo Giordano, […]

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ECUMENISM

A significant improvement

The meeting of the executive Committee of the CEEM (Commission of European Episcopates for the Media), chaired by the bishop of Gap (France), the Most Rev. Jean-Michel di Falco-Léandri, opens in Rome on 25 April (until 27 April). After the approval of the minutes of the meeting in 2007 (Gap, 23-25 March), Monsignor Aldo Giordano, […]

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SYDNEY 2008

Australia is ready

“There are many elements leading to view the forthcoming World Youth Day in Sydney as a great day: there is widespread emotion, hope and expectation”. SIR reports the words of Msgr. Anthony Fisher, auxiliary bishop of Sydney and coordinator of the WYD who at three days from the Day drew a balance on the preparations […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The values of society

It was a plenary assembly characterized by various problems on the EU’s social agenda. Meeting in Strasbourg from 21 to 24 April, the European Parliament debated such issues as the rising price of food, financial support to Galileo (the European programme of satellite navigation), and illegal immigration. MEPs then approved a report aimed at increasing […]

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Eu news in brief

Negotiations with Turkey: The Europarliament’s doubts”Transform priorities and schedules into a reform plan” to enforce as soon as possible: the latest document adopted by the European Parliament’s foreign affairs Commission has been the focus during the Strasbourg plenary session (April 21-24). The Members of Parliament assessed progress achieved by Ankara in the EU adherence negotiations […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Eppur si muove

Alla fine dello scorso anno, raggiunto l’accordo sul nuovo Trattato di Lisbona e superato così lo “stallo istituzionale”, politici e commentatori di tutti i Paesi avevano sostenuto che l’Ue avrebbe potuto finalmente dedicarsi ai problemi concreti dei cittadini, trasformandosi – quasi per incanto – nella “Europa dei risultati”.In realtà il Trattato è tuttora in corso […]

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Inghilterra, Germania, Francia

Inghilterra: un sito per invogliare i bambini alla MessaUn nuovo sito per raggiungere i bambini tra i dieci e i tredici anni che non vanno in chiesa è stato lanciato da Case, “Catholic agency to support evangelism”, l’agenzia per l’evangelizzazione della Conferenza episcopale di Inghilterra e Galles. Secondo le ultime statistiche la messa per i […]

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Lituania

Restituire valore al dono della vitaUn incoraggiamento a restituire valore al dono della vita: questo, in sintesi, il contenuto del messaggio che i vescovi lituani hanno rivolto ai fedeli in occasione della Giornata per la vita, celebrata lo scorso 21 aprile. “Noi adulti, presi dalle preoccupazioni della quotidianità – si legge nel testo -, non […]

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