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Assemblee diocesane e parrocchiali, incontri, convegni e varie iniziative di uffici di curia, associazioni e centri culturali. È ricco di appuntamenti il dopo-Verona per la diocesi di Bari-Bitonto con l’obiettivo di armonizzare il cammino pastorale diocesano alle riflessioni scaturite dal IV Convegno ecclesiale nazionale. Ultimo appuntamento in ordine di tempo, la scorsa settimana, un convegno […]

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MARCHE

Meno convegni, più impegni

Il problema dell’alloggio è giudicato la prima priorità tra tutti gli interventi possibili che gli enti locali possono fare a favore degli immigrati. Questo è almeno quanto sostiene il Programma triennale degli interventi a favore dei cittadini immigrati extracomunitari e le loro famiglie per gli anni 2007-2009, approvato il 22 marzo dalla V Commissione consiliare […]

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FRONT PAGE

Three victories

Neither the sunshine, nor the disenchantment of which the French are often suspected, dissuaded them. Feeling that in these French presidential elections nothing had been preordained, nothing already decided in advance, they forcibly made their own voice heard. Registered in large numbers in the electoral lists, they went to vote in equally large numbers.The lesson […]

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Czech Republic: “the learning Church”

The plenary assembly of the Czech Bishops’ Conference (CBK) was held in Prague last week. During their meeting the bishops approved a six-year programme called “The learning Church”. It is aimed at helping priests to choose suitable themes, base themselves on the liturgical readings and present the doctrine of the Church in all its fullness. […]

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Portugal: reinforcing the role of the laity

The Portuguese Bishops’ Conference (CEP) also held its plenary assembly in recent days. It expressed its “intention to establish new ministries to promote a greater participation of the laity in the running of their communities, beyond the usual activities of lector and acolyte”. Msgr. Carlos de Azevedo, secretary of the CEP, specified that “these roles […]

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Bulgaria: statues in protection of drivers

Three large statues, two of the Virgin Mary and one of Jesus Christ, have been inaugurated in the town of Rakovski, the only Bulgarian town with a Catholic majority. The statues, donated by a benefactress of the town, were placed in special chapels situated on the main roads of the three districts of the town. […]

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Spain: “a healthy laicism”

“There is close reciprocity between Eucharist and Church and between Eucharist and Christian life; the Eucharist possesses an intimate ecclesial dimension and, vice versa, the Church has a eucharistic dimension. We can equally say that the Eucharist models the life of each Christian and, consequently, that the Christian existence possesses a eucharistic form”, said the […]

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Holland: letter in support of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Cardinal Adrianus Simonis, President of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference, recently sent a letter on behalf of the Dutch episcopate to Cardinal Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to support “with force and conviction an acceleration of the process that may lead our beloved compatriot Titus Brandsma to be inscribed in […]

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Towards the Sibiu assembly

With a welcoming ceremony in the central square of the town, the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3) will be opened in Sibiu (Romania) on the evening of 4 September. Promoted by the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences) and by the CEC (Conference of European Churches), EEA3 will end on 9 September. Its theme […]

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Synergies between the European media

“An opportunity to forge contacts, listen to everyone’s concerns and share experiences two months after my election”, said Bishop Jean-Michel Di Falco Leandri of Gap (France), who since January has chaired the CEEM (European Bishops’ Committee for the Media, one of the bodies promoted by the CCEE), in summing up in a briefing to SIR […]

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