Caritas contro l’eutanasia” “

“La Caritas respinge le attuali tendenze a legalizzare l’eutanasia attiva”: lo ha sottolineato il 21 ottobre a Friburgo il presidente della Caritas tedesca, Peter Neher. Neher ha invece valutato positivamente la decisione del ministro per la sanità federale Ulla Schmidt, di aumentare gli investimenti per lo sviluppo delle cure palliative. “Dichiarazioni come quelle del senatore […]

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Gmg: statua di San Bonifacio e Dvd ” “

Il 21 ottobre, il presidente della Conferenza episcopale tedesca, card. Karl Lehmann, ha consegnato in Vaticano a Benedetto XVI una statua in bronzo di San Bonifacio. Lehmann ha espresso “riconoscenza e grande gioia” per poter donare la scultura a due mesi dalla fine della Gmg di Colonia. Ed è del 20 ottobre la notizia di […]

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Spagna: i 40 anni della Nostra Aetate”” “

Un atto commemorativo per celebrare il 40° anniversario dalla promulgazione della dichiarazione conciliare “Nostra Aetate”, sul dialogo tra ebrei e cattolici, si svolgerà oggi 28 ottobre a Madrid, per iniziativa della Conferenza episcopale spagnola, in collaborazione con la Federazione delle comunità ebraiche di Spagna. Lo scopo è “ricordare che con questo documento è iniziata una […]

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To each citizen” “” “

The road taken is, in theory, the right one. In proposing the informal summit on “social Europe” at Hampton Court on 27 October, British premier Tony Blair explained that “agreement cannot be reached on the [EU] finances if there’s no agreement on what political direction to take”. The intention of the current President of the […]

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Luxembourg: "Three steps" for growing in faith” “

“DräiSchrëtt” (three steps) is the title of a new pastoral project in Luxembourg. Continuing the initiative “Church 2005”, it was introduced by Archbishop Fernand Franck of Luxembourg, immediately after the end of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne. Presented in a pastoral letter in September and published on the website (www.cathol.lu) of the Catholic […]

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England: "Parents’ Week"” “

The sixth “National Parents’ Week” ends today, 26 October. It’s an annual event promoted in Leeds by some 60 representatives of Catholic dioceses and ecclesial movements in the country, with the aim of “making the churches ever closer to families” in conformity with the three-plan of the English episcopate “Celebrating Family”. The theme chosen for […]

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Greece: cathedral in need of restoration” “

A dispute is simmering between the Catholic archdiocese and the Greek Ministry of Culture. The bone of contention is the work on the restoration of the cathedral of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, in Athens, following the earthquake of September 1999 which caused considerable damage both inside and outside the church. A statement recently published on […]

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Germany: appeal for Darfur” “

The German Catholic Church has issued an appeal calling for efforts to be multiplied with the aim of solving the crisis in the African region of Darfur (Sudan). “The millions of refugees cannot be allowed to become millions of dead”, says a press release of the German Commission of “Justitia et Pax” (an agency of […]

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Spain: reception and co-existence” “

“The phenomenon of immigration is unstoppable and cannot be put on hold”. That’s why an “involvement of the European Union, the United Nations and the international organizations for peace, justice and liberty” is needed. On the other hand, the draft organic law on education that the Spanish government presented to Parliament is “unacceptable”. These are […]

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Austria: guaranteeing social welfare” “

“Europe has a need for strong States that are able to guarantee social welfare”, declared Fintan Farrell, director of EAPN, the European anti-poverty organization, on addressing the 6th annual Austrian Conference on poverty, which ended at Salzburg in recent days. “We cannot dispense with the decision of the European heads of state, agreed during the […]

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