CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Benedict’s thread

The pledge to spare no effort in promoting ecumenism that Benedict XVI announced on the day of his election from the balcony of St. Peter’s basilica had borne substantial fruits by the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, presided over by the Pope himself in Rome on 25 January.The many ecumenical events […]

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CCEE - CEC - COMECE

CEC and CCEE: the third stage towards EEA3

“The light of Christ shines upon all. Rediscovering the gift of light that the Gospel of Christ represents for Europe today”: that’s the theme of the meeting due to be held in Wittenberg-Lutherstadt, in Germany, from 15 to 18 February. It will be attended by 150 delegates of the Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK, a […]

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CEC: consultation on mission

“Come Holy Spirit: heal and reconcile in Europe… Illuminate the whole of humankind with the light of Christ”: that’s the title of the consultation on mission throughout Europe that the Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK) is holding in Budapest (Hungary) from 24 to 28 January. Some 60 participants from over 20 European countries will take […]

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COMECE: audiovisuals and Church in Europe

“The new audiovisual environment: a challenge for the Church in Europe” is the theme of the seminar that the workgroup on the information society, communications and media policy of the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) is promoting in Brussels on 5-6 February. “Right across Europe – says a press release – […]

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COMECE -Taizé: youth in prayer for Europe

On 30 January frère Alois, prior of the ecumenical community of Taizé, will be in Brussels with a group of confreres at the invitation of COMECE for a meeting that will render “more visible – explain its organizers – the spiritual dimension of European unification”, a process in which “confidence in oneself, in others and […]

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GERMANY

An excessive spiritual laziness

“The future of Europe is a challenge for Christians”: that’s the slogan of the traditional new year’s festivity organized by the archdiocese of Bamberg and held at Fürth on 20 January. It forms part of the great celebrations to mark the millennium of the diocese. It was attended by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, President of the […]

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The State should better support life

Greater state recognition and support for the Church’s counselling centres that devote themselves to the protection of unborn life and women have been urged by the bishop of Eichstätt, Gregor Maria Hanke. In his first intervention as bishop, during the new year’s festivity held in Eichstätt on 20 January, Bishop Hanke asked Christians who fill […]

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Bioethics, research subject to economic pressure

The Bishop of Limburg, Franz Kamphaus, interviewed by the German Catholic press agency KNA, has expressed his views on the current debate on bioethics in Germany: “In recent times I have become sceptical about the possible utility of genetic research. I have the impression that research in this field has developed a dynamic of its […]

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Pluralism of information

A working document of the services of the European Commission on pluralism of the media; an independent study on the pluralism of the media in EU member states (in 2007); and a Communication of the Commission on the indices of the pluralism of the media in member states (in 2008): these are the “three stages” […]

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Communicating Europe together

The last consultative Forum on the White Paper of the European Commission on communication policy was held in Berlin on 18-19 January. The meeting – organized jointly by the Executive and the German Presidency of the EU and entitled “Communicating Europe Together” – was attended by over 300 representatives of Community Institutions, national and local […]

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