Holland: the martyrs of the 20th century” “

On 7 May the diocese of Groningen is holding an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs of the 20th century who lost their life on account of their faith. Many of them were victims either of the Nazi or of the Communist regime. The day of commemoration will begin with an ecumenical prayer service with the […]

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England-Wales: supporting the Catholic media” “

In the run up to the World Day of Social Communications (8 May) an appeal to “generously support” the Catholic media, in particular the new project of the “Catholic Communication Network” (CCN), the office that coordinates the social communications of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has been made by Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, […]

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France: an economy at the service of the common good” “

A document of the Social Committee of the French episcopate with the title “How to orient oneself in a globalized economy” has been presented in Paris. The document – 64 pages long – is the result of a project begun in January 2003 and appears 17 years after the publication of the document “Creating and […]

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Italy: document on Church and rural world” “

In a farming world that has “profoundly changed”, we need to “restore incentive to the people who have remained faithful to the land, without ignoring the factors of uncertainty and crisis that appeal to the enterprise and freedom of individuals and institutions”. This is the premise of the document “Fruit of the land and labour […]

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Greece: Easter and the yearning for unity” “

The Orthodox Churches celebrated Easter on 1st May. In Greece the local Catholic Church also celebrated the solemnity on the same day. It has always been the desire of the Greek bishops, in fact, to be able to celebrate Easter together with all the Christian Churches in Greece, as explained to SIR by the president […]

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Orthodox Church: Easter on 1st May” “

The Orthodox Churches celebrated Easter on Sunday 1st May this year. On Good Friday a Russian delegation, composed of personalities of the religious and political world, went to Jerusalem with the task of taking back to Moscow in an Olympic lantern the “sacred fire” that is lit each year in the basilica of the Holy […]

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Catholic-Anglican dialogue: document on Mary in May ” “

A joint statement on the “understanding of the place of Mary in the doctrine and life of the Church” will be released by an international delegation of Anglicans and Roman Catholics at a meeting in Seattle in the USA on 16 May. The Anglican Communion News Service announced the forthcoming statement, adding that the document […]

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Athens: World Ecumenical Conference about to open” “

The world ecumenical conference on mission, promoted by the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), the missionary arm of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, is due to be held in Athens from 9 to 16 May 2005. The Athens world missionary conference will be more ‘inclusive’ than previous events of this […]

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Germany: the Churches and the end of World War II” “

To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Catholic Church and the Evangelic Church in Germany will celebrate 8 May with an ecumenical service in Berlin officiated by the president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, the president of the Council of the Evangelic Church, Bishop Wolfgang […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “” “

“ The star of the show was Pope Benedict”: that was the headline chosen by The Catholic Herald (29/04) over a comment by Father Sean Finnegan on the first liturgies, beginning with that of enthronement, that have marked the start of Benedict XVI’s pontificate. “ Many of those who were worried by the somewhat uncharitable […]

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