MARCHE

Purché si faccia

Mettere il cittadino e non le strutture al centro del sistema della salute delle Marche: è questa la filosofia del nuovo Piano sanitario regionale 2007-2009 approvato dalla V Commissione consiliare e che sarà discusso e votato dal Consiglio il 30 e 31 luglio e il 1° agosto. Secondo il documento i livelli di attività saranno […]

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La grande attesa

Noora, Doha e Senan vengono dall’Iraq ma da dieci anni circa vivono in Libia a causa della guerra e della persecuzione cui sono oggetto i cristiani. Il loro parroco, padre Magdy Helmy, si è prodigato molto per portarli a Loreto all’incontro di Agorà dei giovani italiani con Benedetto XVI il 1° e il 2 settembre. […]

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Trust in the process

In view of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly due to be held in Sibiu from 3 to 9 September, we offer a reflection by SIR in the light of the Motu Proprio “Summorum Pontificum” and of the document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of […]

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TOWARDS SIBIU

In just over a month

The Third European Ecumenical Assembly will be held in Sibiu (Romania) from 3 to 9 September. It will be attended by 2,100 official delegates, Catholics, Evangelicals and Orthodox: the delegates were rigorously distributed between Churches and nations by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe and the Conference of European Churches. To the official […]

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France: condolence for the victims of Grenoble

“Condolence and prayer” for the victims of the motor-coach accident near Grenoble, in which a group of Polish Catholics lost their lives after visiting the Marian sanctuary at La Salette, were expressed by the President of the French Bishops, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, in a message to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Jòzef Michalik of Przemysl. The […]

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Ireland: St. Columbanus Patron of Europe?

With a letter addressed to Vatican Secretary of State Casrdinal Tarcisio Bertone and a message to Benedict XVI, the communities throughout Europe dedicated to St. Colombanus (born in Ireland, c. 525-530 – died at Bobbio, Piacenza, in 615) ask that the monk, preacher and founder of monasteries, a native of Ireland, be included among the […]

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Czech Republic: the way of St. James

From Bohemia to Bavaria and then into the Austrian Tyrol for a total of 458 km: that’s the new stretch of the trans-European pilgrimage route of St James inaugurated on 25 July at Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. The opening of the new pilgrims’ way occurred fittingly on the apostle’s feast day in the […]

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Austria: congress on Bible literature

The Bible in art, poverty and social justice, as well as Christian-Jewish dialogue, are the main themes on the agenda of the 25th congress of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) held in Vienna from 23 to 26 July. Over 1,000 scholars from all over the world took part in the congress; the universities of […]

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Turkey: Erdogan, “the trust of the people”

“The current government has managed to assure a minimum harmony between the pro-Islamic tendencies of the majority party and the laity of the State”, and “in spite of all its defects and incongruity, it kept the economic growth of the country. For this reason, it obtained the trust of the people”. Thus, Father Ruben Tierrablanca, […]

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Portugal: World Assembly of Christian Family

The 10th World Assembly/14th General Assembly of the International Confederation of Christian Family Movements (ICCFM) opened in Fatima on July 25th, and will go on until July 29th, at the Paul VI Pastoral Centre. The Assembly was established in Venezuela, in 1966, with the aim of helping the family to live its human and Christian […]

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