Spain: no the use of the condom” “

In the fight against Aids, the Church cannot recommend the use of the condom, because it is “contrary to the morality of the person. The only really advisable method is the responsible exercise of sexuality, in accordance with the moral norm”, declares a statement issued by the Spanish Episcopal Conference on the evening of 19 […]

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Italy: bishops’ support for the EU Constitution” “

Support for the European Constitution, in spite of “shortcomings of various kind”; open doors to Turkey, so long as she fully respects religious freedom; renewed attention to Ukraine, in which a strong “aspiration for Europe” is felt: these were some of the key points of the address given by Cardinal Camillo Ruini to the permanent […]

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Austria: no alternative to ecumenism” “

“There is no alternative to ecumenism. It is the deepest desire of Jesus and must therefore be an aspiration of the Christian Churches too”, declared Helmut Krätzl, auxiliary bishop of Vienna, during the 50th ecumenical Symposium of the Graz section of the ecumenical foundation “Pro-Oriente” in recent days. The meeting, whose participants included the bishop […]

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Service of the laity in the Church” “

A document to describe the importance of the service of the laity in the Church, of their contriution also at the theological level, and also to furnish directives on their employment in the fields of evangelization and the liturgy, has been published by the Swiss Church. The result of the work begun five years ago […]

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Ecumenism: the "Charta Oecumenica" signed” “

On Sunday 23 January, with a solemn ecumenical liturgy, the member Churches of the “Community of Work of the Christian Churches in Switzerland” will sign the “Charta Oecumenica”, the ecumenical charter presented by the CCEE and CEC in Strasbourg containing guidelines for the ecumenical commitment of Christians in Europe. The signing of the document by […]

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Celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Council” “

In Switzerland too, the Jubilee of the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council will be commemorated with a series of conferences promoted by the four theological Faculties of Switzerland (Chur, Fribourg, Lucerne and Lugano). Each faculty will propose the examination of a conciliar text through the reflections of historians and theologians. […]

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Belgium: Cardinal Danneels commemorates the victims” “

Even though the answers may be different, the question posed before the mystery of death is the same for believers and non-believers alike: “why?”. So said the archbishop of Malines-Bruxelles, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, in his homily during a mass celebrated in Brussels Cathedral on 15 January, in memory of the victims of the tsunami that […]

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Austria: debt moratorium not enough” “

With a communiqué issued in recent days, the office of coordination of the Austrian Episcopal Conference for international development and mission (KOO) expressed its view on the proposed moratorium of the public debts of the countries struck by the tsunami on 26 December. “This moratorium represents a positive gesture but is not the solution of […]

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France: 18 million euros for the victims” “

Church aid to the populations of South-East Asia struck by the tsunami on 26 December must continue and, more especially, must aim at reconstruction and the future. This is the “guideline” spelt out by Archbishop André Lacrampe of Besancon, chairman of the Council of solidarity to the aid associations and relief services engaged in helping […]

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Mounier’s utopia” “

“Listing on the internet” all the “personalist families” scattered all over the world, “united in the distinction based on their respective linguistic areas”: that’s the proposal made by ATTILIO Danese , editor of the review “Prospettiva Persona” in Teramo (Italy), during the first international Conference dedicated by Italy to Emmanuel Mounier on the centenary of […]

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