Polonia: le Chiese contro il ‘Pacs"” “

La Chiesa polacca, insieme alle altre denominazioni cristiane, contro un progetto di legge a favore delle coppie omosessuali. A darne notizia è l’agenzia Apic che riferisce che “in una lettera, firmata congiuntamente con i rappresentanti delle altre chiese cristiane, i vescovi polacchi hanno preso posizione, lo scorso 8 marzo, contro una proposta di legge che […]

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Finland: 850 years of evangelization ” “

“Just as Bishop St. Henry arrived for the first time on Finnish territory 850 years ago and just as the diocese of Helsinki was founded 50 years ago, so we have experienced a special moment of union with the universal Church in commemorating our roots”, said Archbishop Jozef Wrobel of Helsinki in a briefing to […]

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Catholics in decline” “

There were one million Catholics in Bosnia-Herzegovina before the war that devastated the former Yugoslavia, but their number has now fallen to half a million. Warning of the decline in the number of Catholics was given by Franciscan Father Mijo Dzolan, superior of the province of Bosnia and Srebrena, and reported by the Apic press […]

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Turkey: spreading the Gospel by the example of life” “

“An anarchic way of preaching the Gospel with which we cannot agree”: that’s how Msgr. Georges Marovitch, spokesman of the Turkish Bishops’ Conference and secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Turkey, stigmatises the ‘missionary’ activities recently conducted by some Christian groups in the country. “During the last Christmas holidays – the spokesman explains to SIR […]

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Greece: world ecumenical conference” “

Over 500 delegates will attend the World Ecumenical Conference on “Mission and Evangelism” organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and due to be held in Athens in May. News of the forthcoming event is carried by the Fides international press agency, which reports some of the meeting’s objectives: “providing a forum where Christians […]

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Spain: the lesson of the Pope” “

“John Paul II is like an older brother who guides us and teaches us from the cross of his illness”, says Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, archbishop of Seville (Spain), who has expressed to SIR his good wishes for the Pope’s health. The cardinal recalls that the whole “Church of Seville is anxious about the health […]

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Children, common hope ” “

“Children – hope for life” is the theme to which the Catholic and Evangelic Churches have chosen to dedicate Pro-Life Week in 2005, 2006 and 2007. During these three years, children will thus be the protagonists of Pro-Life Week, which will be held throughout Germany from 9 to 16 April. This year’s slogan is “A […]

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Still too big a disparity” “

Action at the legal and political levels to achieve real equality of opportunities between men and women, and combating all forms of violence against women, in particular violence in the home: all this is on the EU equal opportunities agenda, without renouncing urgent campaigns, in response to events in the news, such as the liberation […]

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After 25 years service” “” “

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (Com. E.C.E.), composed of bishop delegates of the various episcopates, was created by the Holy See on 3 March 1980. Twenty-five years service to the European project merits comment, especially in the case of a pro-active Church response to a project as unique in social, […]

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What’s its role?” “

Accompanying, in a critical and constructive spirit, the process of European integration; raising the Church’s awareness about developments in EU legislation and policies; and supporting the commitment of believers, based on the teaching of the Church, to the construction of a united Europe: these are the three major objectives that COMECE has been pursuing for […]

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