PRIMA PAGINA

Con gli occhi aperti

“Spe salvi”, la nuova enciclica di Benedetto XVI, che per tante persone, ha illuminato il periodo dell’Avvento, è un inno alla speranza cristiana che continua nell’anno appena iniziato. È un messaggio indirizzato anche alla cultura europea, a questa cultura che si vuole affrancata, qualcuno dirà liberata, da Dio. Per questa ragione il pontefice ricorda le […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand Università di Lione

La grande attesa

“I giorni nelle diocesi, dal 10 al 14 luglio 2008, sono un’opportunità di rinnovamento per la Chiesa locale e danno la possibilità di prepararsi per la settimana della Gmg, permettendo ai pellegrini internazionali e australiani di unirsi nel pellegrinaggio verso Sydney. La Chiesa australiana coglie quest’occasione per coinvolgere l’intera comunità in uno spirito di ospitalità […]

di Redazione

L’agenda degli impegni

È stata annunciata dal vescovo, mons. Petko Hristov, nel corso di una riunione del Consiglio pastorale diocesano a fine 2007, l’agenda degli impegni della diocesi di Nicopoli. Per la prima volta una delle tre diocesi cattoliche bulgare presenta un piano pastorale annuale. Nel 2008 si compiono 10 anni dalla prima beatificazione di un martire bulgaro, […]

di Redazione

Serbia: more respect for the Serbian minority

In the message for the Orthodox Christmas (6th January), the Serbian Orthodox bishops recalls not only the events in Kosovo, but also the fate of the refugees in Serbia and the situation of the Serbian minorities in Bosnia and Croatia. “The powerful of this world – denounce the bishops – want to take away from […]

di Redazione

England: not detention, but reeducation

“A disappointment”: this is how Bishop Terence Brain, in charge of prisons at the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, defined Justice Minister Jack Straw’s announcement to build three large prisons in 2008 to solve problems related to overcrowding. Each new building will host 2500 detainees, bringing their overall number from 81,000 to 96,000. […]

di Redazione

Austria: “at child’s reach”

With a parliamentary civic initiative, “Aktion Leben”, the Austrian organization for the protection of life intends to encourage the National Council to create the legal basis which will make “Austria at child’s and parents’ reach”. These were the requests announced in Wien on January 3: to create a State-subsidized fund to support pregnant women in […]

di Redazione

Germany: III International Congress on the universal Church

Celebrations in three different Catholic rites, Eucharistic adoration, penitential rite and the ordinary morning and Vesper functions: this is the spiritual core of the III international congress on the universal Church which will take place in Augusta, Bavaria, from 11th to 13th April 2008. The schedule was illustrated in Munich over the last few days […]

di Redazione

ECUMENISM

Russia: a study on the question of “primacy” in the Church

The Theological Commission of Moscow’s Patriarchate met at the end of December to discuss the question of primacy in the universal Church. The news was given by “Europaica”, the Orthodox news service promoted by the representative of the Russian Church at the European Institutions. The topic of primacy is crucial for ecumenical dialogue and it […]

di Redazione

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

There is great mobilization throughout Europe for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrations (January 18-25) marking its hundredth anniversary. In fact, the octave of prayer for Christian Unity was celebrated for the first time in 1908 on the initiative of Father Paul Wattson, an Episcopalian minister (an Anglican from the United States), cofounder […]

di Redazione

Kenya: mobilization of European Churches

There is great concern for the situation of Churches in Kenya. Methodist Pastor Samuel Kobia, Secretary General of the Ecumenical Council of Churches, launched an appeal for parties to establish negotiations as soon as possible “in order to a achieve a political non-violent solution on post-electoral disputes”. The Orthodox displayed their concern for the situation […]

di Redazione