Portugal: the path of dialogue with the Government

Analyzing current tensions between Church and Portuguese government, in a recent meeting with journalists at the monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Cardinal José Policarpo maintained that “readiness for dialogue and the objective analysis of the situations are the best way for the Church to show her willingness to perform an important service in society”. […]

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Ireland: day for life

“Blessed is the fruit of your womb”: that’s the slogan of the day for life held in Ireland on 7 October. In their message the Irish bishops declared that the material enrichment of Irish society has been accompanied by a moral decline. “We fear in our culture a crisis of the system of values that […]

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England: in support of the environment

The English bishops recently had a meeting with Christopher Toohey, the Australian bishop and founder of “Catholic Earth Care Australia”, the Catholic environmental agency that over the last five years has specialized in actions to protect the environment. The aim of the meeting was to enable English bishops to understand how to promote ecological initiatives. […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Lights and shadows none

It was a session with an agenda packed with important issues and with some distinguished guests, including the Patriarch of Moscow Alexei II and the newly elected Turkish President Abdullah Gul. But it was also a chequered time in the history of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), held in Strasbourg from […]

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Ambiguities and fears

The Resolution approved by the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 4 October urges the governments of the 47 member states to “firmly” oppose the teaching of creationism in European schools. The vote on the Resolution divided the assembly: 48 votes in favour, 25 against. The Resolution cited “cases” of support for […]

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FRONT PAGE

The right to serve

“In this age of ours, in some respects distinguished by great progress but also dominated by a culture that tries to neutralise the Christian presence in society by relegating faith to the private sphere, the ‘common European home’ must be supported on principles able to strengthen it, illuminate it and give it a soul”. It […]

di Paolo Bustaffa Director of SIR

CCEE

The other name of the future

Growth of divorces and abortions, decline of marriages, rising numbers of cohabiting couples, single-parent families, children born out of wedlock, and couples living together without civil recognition, while the age at which young couples decide to get married is rising: these are the elements that distinguish the European scenario today. And this was the situation […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Il diritto di servire

“In questa nostra epoca per alcuni aspetti contrassegnata da grande progresso ma dominata anche da una cultura che cerca di neutralizzare la presenza cristiana nella società confinando la fede nella sfera del privato, la ‘casa comune europea’ deve reggersi su principi capaci di sostenerla, di illuminarla e di darle un’anima”.Una constatazione e, soprattutto, un invito […]

di Paolo Bustaffa direttore SIR

CCEE

L’altro nome del futuro

Aumento dei divorzi e degli aborti, diminuzione delle coppie che contraggono il matrimonio, aumento delle unioni di fatto, delle famiglie monoparentali e dei bambini nati fuori dal matrimonio, crescita delle forme di convivenze con o senza riconoscimento civile, allungamento dell’età in cui i giovani contraggono il matrimonio. Sono questi gli elementi che delineano l’attuale scenario […]

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Dialogo e responsabilità

Bilancio e prospettive del dialogo ecumenico alla luce di quanto è emerso alla Terza assemblea ecumenica europea di Sibiu. Si è parlato anche di questo all’Assemblea plenaria dei presidenti del Consiglio delle 36 Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee) che si è svolta in Portogallo dal 3 al 7 ottobre su invito di mons. Jorge Ferreira da […]

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