Quotidiani europei” “

In Germania si discute sulle reazioni negative a catena nel mondo arabo nei confronti della Danimarca in conseguenza di alcune caricature di Maometto, apparse alcuni mesi fa su un quotidiano danese. Tra le conseguenze di questo fatto vi sono minacce di morte, boicottaggi, proteste di massa, persino il ritiro di rappresentanze diplomatiche dal Paese. Il […]

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La cultura dell’affido

Linee di indirizzo e programmazione in materia di abusi e maltrattamenti nei confronti di minori e una campagna di sensibilizzazione per promuovere l’affido familiare: sono due iniziative a favore dei più piccoli, promosse, nell’ultimo periodo, rispettivamente dalla Giunta regionale della Campania e dal Comune di Napoli.In particolare, il primo provvedimento definisce in modo preciso l’abuso […]

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Overcoming the barriers” “” “

At the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity the delegates of the European Bishops’ Conferences and the representatives of the other Christian Churches met in Rome from 24 to 27 January. It was the first stage of a spiritual journey towards the Third European Ecumenical Assembly that will culminate in Sibiu in […]

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Italy: Cardinal Ruini, "giving new impetus to Europe"” “

“The European Union is seeking ways to give new impetus to its own development and in particular to its own presence on the international scene, for which a great need is felt”, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), on opening the meeting of the permanent Council of the CEI on […]

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France: an educational pact between family and school” “

Archbishop André Vingt-Trois of Paris has called for a pact of “complicity” to be forged between family and school to accompany youth in the “journey” that will lead them to the “fullness of the human personality”. The archbishop made this proposal in the homily he gave in recent days during a celebration in the church […]

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Ireland: "the future of the Church depends on children"” “

“Fostering faith in our children” is the title of the pastoral letter of the Irish bishops, published yesterday by Martin Drennan, Bishop of Galway and chairman of the Committee for Catechesis of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. “The future of the Church depends on today’s children, and the future of today’s children depends on today’s adults”, […]

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Portugal: close political cooperation needed” “

“Close cooperation between President and Prime Minister is a requirement of political logic”, declared Francisco Sarsfield Cabral, director of the Catholic radio station Radio Renascença, in a comment on the Portuguese elections of 22 December, published in recent days by the Portuguese Church-sponsored Ecclesia press agency. The bishops did not officially pronounce on the elections. […]

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England: a non-Christian calendar” “

An excess of “political correctness” led to all the main Christian celebrations, Easter, Christmas, Holy Week and Boxing Day, being eliminated from the calendar prepared by the “UCE Birmingham” University for 2006. Their place was taken by a laconic note “National Holiday. University closed”. Yet, “by an inexplicable decision”, the most important religious festivities of […]

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Slovenia: Church acts in cold emergency relief” “

The wave of unusually cold weather from which Central Europe is suffering has seen the Church emerge as one of major institutions involved in relief to the homeless and the poor. That’s the case in Slovenia where, as the bishops’ spokesman Monsignor Andrei Saje explained, “the cold snap has already lasted for several days with […]

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Everybody’s welcome” “

“Think big. Nothing should be prohibited when we dream of how welcoming the Church can be”, declared Father Daniel O’Leary , former episcopal vicar for Christian education in the diocese of Leeds, in his opening address to a recent conference at High Leigh in Hertfordshire dedicated to “Everybody’s welcome”, the first phase of a three-year […]

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