The confine of liberty” “” “

The debate and controversies that have been raging in recent days about the role and presence of Catholics in Europe have brought back to centre-stage the question of the “marginalization” of religious faith within the Twenty-Five. As the day draws near for the signing of the European Constitutional Treaty (Rome, 29 October), have Christians the […]

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Paris, Vienna, Brussels, Lisbon " "

So that the city be not a desert” “

With a solemn ceremony, the International Congress for the New Evangelization opened in Paris on Saturday 23 October. The congress will continue till 1st November, All Saints, and include a series of some 450 events: liturgies, lectures, round tables and special initiatives aimed at the young, students and children. The idea of promoting a congress […]

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ecumenism and dialogue " "

French Protestant Churches: "peace among us"” “

Violence does not take place “outside” our daily life, our schools, communities and families. “We have to live with this violence every day, we suffer it, we are eye-witnesses of it”. So Christians must commit themselves to becoming promoters of “social links” wherever they live their daily life. The point was made by Jean-Arnold de […]

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Taizé: towards the European meeting in Lisbon” “

The Taizé Community’s 27th Youth Meeting will be held in Lisbon. Helping to prepare the welcome of the tens of thousands of youngsters from all over Europe expected to attend it are a group of Taizé Brothers and an international team of young volunteers; they have been busily at work since mid-September. The 27th European […]

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Brussels: meeting of European religious leaders” “

The third meeting of the European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for peace (ECRL) is due to be held in Brussels from 7 to 10 November. During the meeting the ECRL document with the title “The European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for peace (ECRL) – An appeal for partnership for peace and stability in Europe” will […]

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communication and culture" "

The forms of the sacred” “

The conference on “Architecture and liturgy in the 20th century – comparison between European experiences” was held in Venice from 7-8 October. Organized by the national Office of Ecclesiastical Cultural Properties of the Italian Episcopal Conference in collaboration with the Patriarchate of Venice, the conference was a continuation of the two study days dedicated to […]

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review of ideas " "

Intellectual bread ” “

“The intellectual bread of the Church was baked in the ovens of France”, remarked Pope Paul VI, at the end of Vatican Council II. His words were intended to be a recognition “of the golden age of French theology represented in the 1950s by the work of the Dominicans, Jesuits and the diocesan clergy who […]

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Accidents at work: black record for building” “

During the “European Week for Safety in Building” (Brussels, 18-22 October), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work – EASH (eash.org) presented a report on accidents on the workplace in Europe for the year 2003. The record is black: over 822,000 accidents (one every five seconds), 1200 deaths (over three per day) for […]

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Communicating with European citizens” “

The Swedish Margot Wallstroem, current European Commissioner for the environment and designated Vice-President of the future Executive with special responsibilities for institutional relations and communication, described the main guidelines of the “project for communication” with which the Commission aims to tackle the challenge of improving dialogue between the EU institutions and citizens. There are five […]

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EU Court rules against ‘violent games'” “

The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg has handed down an historic sentence on the question of “violent games”. According to the European judges, called to rule on a case in which the German government was opposed to a private company in Bonn that owns videogame outlets equipped with “laser-sport” in which the objective is […]

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