LIGURIA

In attesa di verifica

Incentivare la figura del mediatore culturale nelle scuole e negli ospedali; favorire l’integrazione e la reciproca comprensione; prevedere corsi di italiano per adulti immigrati; attuare percorsi di formazione e di inserimento nel mondo del lavoro; promuovere la partecipazione alla vita pubblica, anche favorendo l’estensione del diritto di voto agli immigrati regolari e residenti; prevedere un […]

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Con ottimismo cristiano

Fra una decina di giorni si apriranno i lavori del IV Convegno ecclesiale decennale (16-20 ottobre). Qui di seguito i contributi preparatori del Masci (Movimento adulti scout cattolici italiani), della Legio Mariae e dell’Unione di Laici Predicatori.Spendersi per il Vangelo. “Ricercare una risposta che sia profondamente radicata nelle attese e nei bisogni di questo tempo […]

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Sulle strade della speranza (13)

Continua, nelle 226 diocesi italiane, il cammino di preparazione al IV Convegno ecclesiale nazionale in programma a Verona, dal 16 al 20 ottobre, sul tema: “Testimoni di Gesù Risorto, speranza del mondo”.Una traccia per i giovani. “Un itinerario di riflessione sulle problematiche dei giovani di oggi, che tiene conto degli ambiti di riflessione della Traccia […]

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FRONT PAGE

Despite the differences

On 27 October 1986, twenty years after Nostra Aetate , Vatican II’s Declaration on the Non-Christian Religions, promulgated on 28 October 1965, Pope John Paul II dared to make a prophetic gesture: he reunited the representatives of the various religions at Assisi to pray for peace. Ever since then the meeting has been repeated every […]

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CCEE PLENARY

For the first time in Russia

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RUSSIA. For the first time in history the Presidents of the European Bishops’ Conferences that form part of the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences) are meeting for their plenary assembly in St. Petersburg, in Russia (until 8 October), at the invitation of Mons. Joseph Werth, President of the […]

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Turkey: the Pope ever more eagerly awaited

Expectations raised by the Pope’s visit to Turkey (28 November-1 December) are growing. “The hijacking of the [Turkish Airlines] plane on 3 October does not place in doubt Benedict XVI’s visit. The programme of the apostolic journey is now being finalized. The visit will especially prove fruitful for dialogue with our Muslim brothers”, commented Mons. […]

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Scotland: the parish as refuge

A Pakistani Catholic couple that risks being repatriated and a parish that has offered them refuge: that’s what has happened in Glasgow, Scotland, where the parish priest of St. Patrick’s, Anderston (Glasgow), Father Gerry Nugent, has opened the doors of the parish house to give “protection and safe haven” to the couple. “I took them […]

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Italy: seven Byzantine-Catholic seminarians

A seminary for future priests of the eparchy – equivalent, in the Oriental Churches, to a “diocese” in the West – of Lungro (Cosenza) will be opened shortly, reports the bishop Ercole Lupinacci, in a letter to priests and faithful of the Byzantine-Catholic rite. The seven seminarians that have hitherto studied in other institutes will […]

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Ukraine: 65th anniversary of Babyn Yar massacre

The 65th anniversary of the tragedy of Babyn Yar, where thousands of Ukrainian Jews were massacred during the World War II, was celebrated in Kiev in recent days. “It’s a tragedy that ought to be a warning, especially for the younger generations, to renounce any form of violence and respect human dignity”, declares Benedict XVI […]

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RUSSIA

Reviving spirituality

“The future of Russia and its spiritual regeneration depends on the conditions of the Church: we must draw advantage from the present historical phase” in which, after the collapse of the “old Marxist-Leninist system”, “no new system has yet been built”: “a vacuum” that, according to Archbishop TADEUSZ KONDRUSIEWICZ of Moscow, “the Church is obliged […]

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