UMBRIA

Ad alto rischio di abuso

“Oggi la piena realizzazione di sé e dei propri desideri, la costruzione della propria identità secondo percorsi individuali non costituiscono più un problema solo privato ma investono anche la sfera pubblica”. È quanto si legge nella breve relazione introduttiva alla proposta di legge regionale su “Norme contro le discriminazioni determinate dall’orientamento sessuale o dalla identità […]

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FRONT PAGE

The Irish sky

On Tuesday 8th May 2007 the people of Ireland woke up to a day that witnessed the beginning of a new era of peace and healing on the island. A decades old conflict between two communities in Northern Ireland with roots in centuries of disagreement and violence between the Irish and the British was showing […]

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Spain: beatification of 498 martyrs

The almost 500 martyrs due to be beatified in Rome in October are priests, religious, nuns, laymen and laywomen. The Spanish Bishops’ Conference presents them as “witnesses of hope” and invites Spanish dioceses to go to Rome for the occasion. An expert on the history of Spain in the 1930s is Vicente Cárcel Ortí, former […]

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Bosnia: the new website of the POM

www.missio.ba is the new website of the Pontifical Mission-Aid Societies (POM) of Bosnia-Herzegovina which will be used as a means of missionary animation for the Croat-speaking region. News of the new website is carried by the FIDES international press agency, which reports that the site has been active since 30 April 2007. Cardinal Vinko Puljic, […]

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Bulgaria: first priest ordained after 55 years

The first Bulgarian Catholic priest was ordained on 5 May, after 55 years. He is Father Stefan Calapish of the diocese of Nicopolis (Northern Bulgaria). According to Vatican Radio, the celebration was attended by all the members of the Bulgarian Bishops’ Conference, the Apostolic Nuncio of the country, Msgr. Giuseppe Leanza, many priests, men and […]

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England: “from foreigners to citizens”

A mass in various languages in the Catholic Cathedral of Westminster, a procession of parishes and religious groups and a rally in Trafalgar Square: that’s how the Catholic Church of England and Wales recently participated in the action day organized by the association Strangers into Citizens. The association is campaigning for illegal immigrants who have […]

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LIFE

Portugal: Pro-Life Week

The Portuguese Church is preparing to celebrate Pro-Life Week (13-20 May). Its theme this year will be: “Human happiness, God’s concern”. By introducing Pro-Life Week in 1994, the Episcopal Commission for the laity and the family, following a suggestion of John Paul II in 1991, has aimed to “arouse a recognition of the meaning and […]

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Austria: dying with dignity

Dying “not by the hand” of others, but “taken in hand” by others: recalling the words of the late-lamented Cardinal Franz König, the President of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, spoke at an international conference on the end of human life held in the castle of Hartheim, in Austria, at the end of […]

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Georgia: a centre for the disabled

The disabled in Georgia, due to the utter poverty that reigns in most families, have to cope with their physical and psychological infirmities in a climate of total abandonment and are generally considered a burden for the family. To help alleviate the suffering of these people, the hospital order of St. Camillo de Lellis has […]

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OCIPE

Fifty years for Europe

“Acting on various levels, at the local level as well as that of the decision-making centres, the Church has a great role to play in the construction of Europe, by promoting and consolidating fundamental values, which revolve around the dignity of the human person”, said Bishop ADRIANUS VAN LUYN of Rotterdam, President of COMECE (Commission […]

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