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Death of Petros VII: messages from all over Europe” “

The Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Petros VII, died on Saturday 11 September, in an accident involving the helicopter in which he was travelling with 16 other people, over the Aegean Sea. Second-ranking in the Orthodox hierarchy after the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Petros VII was a personality highly esteemed in […]

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Anglicans: an eagerly awaited report to be published in October” “

The report drawn up by the “Commission on Communion” – better known as the “Lambeth Commission” – that was given the task of studying for a year the most important causes of the divisions that have arisen within the Communion, is due to be published in London on 18 October. The Commission – headed by […]

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England: the churches reject racism” “

The English and Irish Christian Churches – meeting in the ecumenical organization “Churches together in Britain and Ireland” – celebrated “Racial Justice Sunday” on 12 September. This is an annual event, held on the second Sunday in September, to promote reflection in the Christian communities on the “diversity of the human family” and to pray […]

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Negotiations with the Pacific opened” “

The round of negotiations between the European Union and the area of the Pacific belonging to the ACP group (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) opened at Nadi in the Fiji Islands on 10 September. The objective – […]

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EU funds for Angolan refugees” “

The European Commission has allocated 3 million Euros from the European Fund for Development, aimed at covering the costs of transport, board and lodging for the repatriation of almost 50,000 Angolan refugees in Namibia and Zambia. The sum is added to the over 4.5 million Euros allocated by the EU humanitarian office for Angolan refugees […]

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European commitment in Darfur” “

The European Union is multiplying its political and economic efforts in the attempt to put an end to the crisis that has been devastating the Sudanese region of Darfur over the last year and half and directly affected over two million persons, a third of the total population. A further 20 million Euros have recently […]

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Funds for the victims of the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict” “

The allocation of 4 million Euros in favour of the populations victimised by the conflict still in course between Abkhazia and Georgia was approved by the European Executive at the end of August. The aid – which will benefit some 150,000 children, elderly people and unemployed – will take the form of food aid and […]

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Tempo di risvegliarsi” “” “

“Il modello di società in cui il dato religioso e quello culturale coincidevano oggi è in crisi. Molti i fattori che l’hanno determinata: lo sviluppo della democrazia, la consapevolezza delle libertà individuali. In una società così determinata l’espressione della propria fede può avvenire solo attraverso una scelta coerente. Tuttavia la diversità che mette a fianco, […]

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Ci impegniamo… ” “

Si chiama “El compromiso” ed è la carta europea preparata dai giovani cristiani d’Europa, il 7 agosto scorso, al termine del loro pellegrinaggio a Santiago de Compostela. Il 2 settembre è stata presentata a Giovanni Paolo II . “Non vi vergognate del Vangelo, – ha detto il Pontefice rivolgendosi ai giovani – e siate consapevoli […]

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Più soli dietro le sbarre” “

In Europa la situazione delle carceri, e degli altri luoghi in cui si vieni privati della libertà per ordine dell’autorità (tra cui centri per immigrati, questure, ospedali psichiatrici…), “è preoccupante e difficile” anche perché “la paura del terrorismo enfatizza tutto”. Sono 1.900.000, nei 45 Paesi del Consiglio d’Europa, le persone private della libertà, una cifra […]

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