ECUMENISM & DIALOGUE

CCEE: Cardinal Erdö and Bartholomew I

“A genuine theological revival is taking place in the Orthodox world and the need is felt to raise the level of theological formation. I hope the Orthodox Churches may find ways of developing their intensive pastoral care in mutual cooperation with the Catholic Church, and in the exchange of experiences and know-how for the success […]

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CCEE/CEC: meeting with Muslims

The joint Committee for relations with Muslims in Europe of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) met in Leicester, in England, from 3 to 6 May. News of the meeting is given in a CCEE press release, which reports that “the committee met with two […]

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Austria: a “sensible” interfaith dialogue

The harmonious living together of Christians and Muslims needs “sensibility”, says the Ecumenical Council of Austrian Churches (Örkö) in a communiqué issued in Vienna in recent days. Underlining its own “interest in peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims in this country, the Ecumenical Council renewed, a year after the international conference of imams held in […]

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The last page

Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and Sardinia. It is situated some seventy km from the coastline of Turkey, a hundred or so from that of Syria and five hundred from Egypt; it faces Lebanon and the Holy Land. Cyprus is a crossroads of history, of culture, and also of […]

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IMMIGRATION

Returning home

Irregular immigration is a phenomenon that is constantly growing: there are some 5 million in Europe, half the number of those in the USA. This growth is in spite of restrictive policies and the beefing up of frontier controls. So why not provide incentives for voluntary and assisted repatriation – hitherto reserved only for those […]

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CYPRUS

A wall that divides

Disappointment but also some optimism in the future: that’s the gist of the remarks of FIDIA SARIKIS , MP of the Republic of Cyprus and member of the Cypriot delegation at the Council of Europe. He also drew attention to the problems of an economy that needs to adjust to the new parameters of the […]

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HOMOPHOBIA

Misunderstanding in need of clarification

With 325 votes in favour, 124 against and 150 abstentions, the European Parliament approved on 26 April the Resolution on homophobia in Europe, presented by Socialists, Liberal-Democrats, Greens and the European Left. Noting that “homophobia and racist and homophobic violence are increasing in Europe”, the Resolution appeals to the 27 member states “to recognize same-sex […]

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European dailies and periodicals

Commenting on Benedict XVI’s visit to Brazil, Daniel Deckers describes the situation of the country as follows in the FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (9/05): “The transformation of the subcontinent has barely begun. The Catholic Church is not immune from these changes. Already in the Fifties it lost the religious monopoly as a result of the spread […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Il cielo d’Irlanda

Martedì 8 maggio 2007, il popolo irlandese si è svegliato nel giorno che ha segnato l’inizio di una nuova era di pace e guarigione per l’isola. Un conflitto decennale tra due comunità dell’Irlanda del Nord, radicato in secoli di disaccordi e violenze tra Irlandesi e Britannici, stava mostrando segni certi di un’imminente conclusione.Questa nuova stagione […]

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Spagna: beatificazione di 498 martiri

Sono preti, religiosi, religiose, laici, giovani, uomini e donne i quasi 500 martiri spagnoli che saranno beatificati a ottobre a Roma. La Conferenza episcopale spagnola li presenta come “testimoni di speranza” e in un messaggio a proposito di questo evento invita le diocesi spagnole ad andare a Roma per l’occasione. Esperto di questa vicenda storica […]

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