Nella terra di Toniolo

È iniziata nei giorni scorsi a Treviso la XXI Settimana Sociale dei cattolici trevigiani, sul tema: “Bene comune, ultima chiamata. Il contributo dei cattolici in una società pluralista”. Promosso dall’Azione Cattolica di Treviso e dal settimanale diocesano “La Vita del Popolo”, l’incontro si svolge in quattro serate (24-25 settembre e 1-2 ottobre; info: www.lavitadelpopolo.it o […]

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Le parole e gli eventi (5)

Sinodo diocesano e convegno di Verona. È il dittico prospettato da monsignor Giuseppe Versaldi alla Chiesa di Alessandria , nella due giorni del clero con cui si è aperto l’anno pastorale. Scopo dichiarato del vescovo, da pochi mesi alla guida della diocesi piemontese, è l’integrazione tra le indicazioni emerse dalla città scaligera “con la verifica […]

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AFTER SIBIU

The living message

The definitive version of the final message of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly has appeared on its official website www.eea3.org. The drafting of the document had, ever since its reading to the Assembly at Sibiu (4-9 September), encountered some problems raised by the various Churches regarding the passage on respect for life. Various versions and […]

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The time for frankness

A month has gone by since the European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu which brought together some 2,500 delegates of all the Churches of Europe in the Romanian city from 4 to 9 September. We asked Pastor Luca Negro, secretary for communications of the CEC/KEK (Conference of European Churches), to review the meeting and reflect on […]

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Germany: plenary of the bishops

An appeal to discuss ecumenical models and objectives was made by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, in inaugurating the autumn plenary of the bishops, held in Fulda from 24 to 27 September. “We need to revive this discussion, quick to be initiated but then interrupted”, he urged. The cardinal also referred […]

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Holland: Cardinal Simonis steps down

The ceremonies accompanying the resignation of Cardinal Adrianus Simonis as Archbishop of Utrecht and President of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference are planned for 8 December. The main event – a pontifical eucharistic celebration concelebrated with members of the Bishops’ Conference and the Apostolic Nuncio in the Cathedral of St. Catherine – will be broadcast live […]

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Portugal: ecology, peace and lifestyles

The Portuguese section of Pax Christi has dedicated Peace Week 2007 to the theme “Taking care of the earth and of each other: ecology, peace and lifestyles”. Summing up the conclusions of the various events during the week, Manuel Quintãos said that “the contemporary ecological perspective is inseparably linked with peace, solidarity and development”. According […]

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France: parents of religious on pilgrimage

“A theme that reminds us of the past, the present role and the future of the Church in Europe that is being constructed with great exertion”. That’s how the APPRR (Association of parents of French priests, men and women religious, 1,300 families in 40 dioceses) explains the choice of the slogan of the biennial pilgrimage […]

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GERMANY

Common concerns

To mark Harvest Festival on 30 September, the archdiocese of Paderborn, the dioceses of Essen and Münster, the farmers’ association of Westphalia-Lippe, and the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and Lippe issued a joint statement, in which burning issues of global dimension are tackled: the consequences of global warming, biotechnologies, and the future of farming as […]

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YOUTH

Happy to be there

Happy for the hospitality they received in the dioceses, grateful for the sharing of spiritual experiences with their Italian and non-Italian companions and especially struck by the words of Benedict XVI whom the great majority of them had never seen before in close up. That’s how the youth of the European delegations have described to […]

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