YOUTH

Scotland: art, music, cinema and theatre for

Art, music and theatre for a Lenten experience in the run-up to Easter. It is the idea of mgr. Mario Joseph Conti, archbishop of Glasgow, who promoted a veritable Lenten festival (the Lentfest) for young and adults. “We would like to boost the use of arts in the mission of the Church to rediscover and […]

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Italy: a bridge with the Balkans

“Strengthening relations with the bishops and directors of pastoral offices” and “promoting the project ‘Agora of Mediterranean youth'”: that’s the objective of the visit to the Balkan countries being made by a delegation of the Youth Pastoral Service of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), of the CEI Office for Cooperation between the Churches and of […]

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Czech Republic: a national day

With a pastoral letter published a few days ago, Bishop Jiri Padour of Ceske Budejovice, who heads the youth commission of the Czech Bishops’ Conference, invited the young to take part in National Youth Day due to be held in Tabor, a town in southern Bohemia, from 13 to 19 August. “At the start of […]

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POLAND

More on collaboration

The announced publication of Father Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski’s book “Priests before the SB [Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa: the security service] in the Archdiocese of Krakow” has re-ignited the question of the collaboration, real or presumed, of members of the Polish clergy with the security services of the former Communist regime, following the resignation of the Archbishop of Warsaw, […]

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In memory of Father Blachnicki

The 20th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987) was celebrated in Poland on 27 February. Blachnicki was the founder of the most numerous ecclesial movement in Poland, Ruch Swiatlo-Zycie (Light and Life Movement), which currently comprises over 100,000 members. Its many communities prayed for a speedy conclusion of […]

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A collection for Darfur

A collection of funds for Darfur (Sudan) and other African countries where children are suffering from famine will be held in all churches in Poland on Sunday 4 March. It is being promoted by the aid organization “Ad Gentes” run by the Polish Church. The chairman of the Commission for Missionary Works of the Polish […]

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PORTUGAL

Abortion: new law, “no” of the pro life movements

A new law on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy was proposed in recent days by the political parties that took a position in favour of ‘yes’ in the referendum of 11 February on the de-penalization of abortion in Portugal. The parties in question, PS, PCP, Left coalition (BE) and Greens (PEV), have in fact reached […]

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Lenten catechesis of Patriarch Policarpo

The course of Lenten catechesis of Cardinal José Policarpo, Patriarch of Lisbon, has begun. It takes the form of a cycle of six meetings linked to the theme: “The reasons of our believing”. The first pastoral catechesis, last Sunday, took its cue from the witness of the Evangelist John I: 23: “I am the voice […]

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REVIEW OF IDEAS

Yesterday’s lesson

The 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome will be celebrated in late March. To mark this event the Christian Churches are preparing a declaration. What does Christianity mean for united Europe in our time? The interview of Ulrich Ruh of Herder-Korrespondenz on these issues with HANS MAYER , emeritus professor of the Guardini Chair […]

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European dailies and periodicals

Uproar was caused by the sentence of the German Constitutional Court rejecting the suit of an unmarried couple that had requested a refund from the State for fertility treatment; married couples are given state aid for such treatment. The motivation of the Court is as follows: The legislator is permitted to consider marriage as the […]

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