RUSSIA

The two fidelities

Between the 14th and 19th century the Russian Orthodox Church was the protagonist of a missionary action that reached, with great spirit of sacrifice and love for the Gospel, peoples that inhabited the very edges of the Empire such as Lapland and the Aleutian Isles. The history of the missions of the Russian Church, down […]

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ECUMENISM

Images for dialogue

The expression of faith through a powerful witness or an original experience, in an ecumenical context, at the “geographical” heart of Europe: that’s what happens every two years at the international Festival of films with a religious background, the “Prix Farel”, held at Neuchatel, in Switzerland, from 2 to 4 October. Thirty films were entered […]

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Soil quality

In an attempt to help curb the phenomenon of the rapid deterioration of soil quality from which the territory of the member states of the Union is increasingly suffering, the European Commission has presented for the first time a strategy for the protection of European soils , aimed at “conserving, protecting and restoring the healthy […]

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Transparency: Eu funds and lobbies

The European Ombudsman – who has powers to conduct enquiries in case of poor administration in the action of the institutions and organs of the EU – has issued a press release, emphasizing the need for transparency in the fields of EU subsidies and so-called lobbies (or interest groups). The Greek Nikiforos Diamandouros – European […]

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White Paper on intercultural dialogue

A White Paper on intercultural dialogue is one of the objectives set by the Council of Europe, the international organization of which 46 states of the continent are members. An audition on the question is planned in the Council’s headquarters in Strasbourg, to coincide both with the autumn session of its Parliamentary Assembly (2-6 October) […]

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By bus in the drive for mobility

The bus de la mobilité left Paris on 22 September. It’s the culminating event of an itinerant promotional campaign linked to the “European Circuit of professional mobility”. Before completing its journey in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels on 19 October, the 15-metre-long bus will have travelled through a further seven […]

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European dailies and periodicals

Various comments in the German press analyse the outcome of the elections in Austria. Writing in the Frankfurter Rundschau (2/10), Norbert Mappes – Niediek observes: “ Despite appearances, there was no shift to the left in Austria. If looked at more carefully, the result contains a different message. A message for the whole of Europe: […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Malgrado le differenze

27 ottobre 1986, a ventun anni dalla Nostra Aetate, la dichiarazione conciliare sulle religioni non cristiane, promulgata il 28 ottobre 1965, Giovanni Paolo II osava un gesto profetico: riuniva i rappresentanti delle varie religioni ad Assisi per pregare per la pace. Da allora questo incontro si rinnova ogni anno. È noto che Benedetto XVI, allora […]

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plenaria ccee

Per la prima volta in Russia

PER LA PRIMA VOLTA NELLA STORIA i presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali europee che fanno parte del Ccee (Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali europee) si riuniscono in questi giorni (fino all’8 ottobre) per l’Assemblea plenaria in Russia, a San Pietroburgo, su invito di mons. Joseph Werth, presidente della Conferenza episcopale della Federazione russa. In questa occasione i […]

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Turchia: il Papa sempre più atteso

Cresce l’attesa in Turchia per la visita del Papa (28 novembre-1 dicembre). “Il dirottamento aereo del 3 ottobre non mette in discussione la visita di Benedetto XVI. In questi giorni si completerà il programma del viaggio apostolico che porterà molti frutti specialmente nel dialogo con i fratelli musulmani”. A ribadirlo al Sir è mons. Georges […]

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