Irlanda: pellegrini sul monte di San Patrizio” “

“In molti settori della società irlandese manca il senso di eternità”. È il monito lanciato da mons. Michael Neary, arcivescovo di Tuam, durante la tradizionale celebrazione sul monte Croagh Patrick lo scorso 25 luglio, davanti a migliaia di pellegrini giunti su in cima dove la tradizione vuole che San Patrizio, patrono d’Irlanda, abbia passato 40 […]

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Austria: St. Pölten, riunione dei vescovi a Mariazell” “

La situazione creata dallo scandalo del seminario di St. Pölten ha spinto i dieci vescovi diocesani austriaci (compreso l’ordinario militare) ad riunirsi per un incontro informale, svoltosi il 22 luglio a Mariazell. Durante la riunione, i vescovi hanno manifestato il loro “pieno sostegno” al Visitatore apostolico, mons. Klaus Küng, incaricato dal Vaticano per accertare le […]

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Vaticano: "Lettera" su uomo e donna nella Chiesa” “

“Lettera ai vescovi della Chiesa cattolica sulla collaborazione dell’uomo e della donna nella Chiesa e nel mondo”. Questo il titolo di un documento che la Congregazione della Dottrina della Fede renderà pubblico sabato 31 luglio. Ne ha dato notizia il 29 luglio la sala stampa della Santa Sede, informando che il testo, di 37 pagine, […]

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A life for Europe” “” “

On the vigil of Pentecost 2004, Bishop Pierre Raffin of Metz (France) officially closed the diocesan phase of the process of beatification of Robert Schuman, “father of Europe”. The canonical inquiry was instigated by a group of French, German and Italian laypeople, members of the association “St Benedict, patron of Europe”. The process opened on […]

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Following EU enlargement, a million and half new European citizens are Romanies. They live in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. And with the future entry of Bulgaria and Romania into the EU their number is set to increase to some 4 million. In total there are some 9 million gipsies in Europe, present in […]

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Turkey: railway disaster, condolences of the Church” “

The vicar of Istanbul, Father Lorenzo Piretto, has expressed “condolences and solidarity with the families of the 36 victims and 79 injured” of the railway disaster of 22 July on the Istanbul-Ankara line. “I learnt of the tragedy from the news – he told SIR –; now we wait to find out its causes. From […]

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England: parachutist monks to save the abbey” “

Launching themselves by parachute from an altitude of over 4267 metres to raise funds for the recovery of an ancient abbey in England: protagonists of this improbable venture are not professional parachutists, but two Benedictine monks, Father Francis Baird and Father Martin McLaughlin, respectively abbot and treasurer of the medieval abbey of Prinknash, in Gloucestershire, […]

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Italy: MEPs in a community?” “

The recent inaugural session of the new European Parliament has led Italy’s Emmaus association to repeat a provocative proposal already made by its international president Renzo Fior and the Abbé Pierre at the international Solidarity Fair in Paris on 13 June: “Let MEPs spend at least ten days of experience and formation in one of […]

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Italy: European youth and the Eucharist” “

“The Eucharist: source and culmination of mission” is the theme of the European meeting of youth groups of eucharistic adoration due to be held in Rome from 6 to 10 October on the initiative of the Youth Pastoral Service of the vicariate of Rome. “The aim of the meeting – explains Father Mauro Parmeggiani, director […]

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Ireland: "funds for emigrants abroad increased"” “

The Irish bishops have expressed appreciation and satisfaction about the decision by the Irish government to increase funds for emigrants abroad. Father Alan Hilliard, director of the episcopal Commission for Emigrants, says he is “particularly happy” about the measure, as also about the establishment “of a unit to coordinate aid to the Irish abroad, which […]

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