Quotidiani e periodici” “

La crisi irachena, con la strage di Bassora e l’autobomba a Riyad, continua a monopolizzare l’attenzione della stampa internazionale. “La morte a Bassora include 23 bambini”, titola l’ Herald Tribune (22/4). Le tre autobombe esplose in Iraq hanno provato 68 morti e almeno 98 feriti, ricordano John Burns e Christine Hauser nell’articolo citato, in cui […]

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Pilgrimage of hope” “

300 pilgrims from 25 European countries together with their bishops left Madrid on 17 April for the pilgrimage “On the roads of hope”, bound for Santiago de Compostela: Their route took them through Burgos, Leòn, Ponferrada and other towns. The pilgrimage was organized by COMECE, the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community, to […]

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Germany: the tunic of Christ in Trier” “

Tens of thousands of visitors are expected in Trier between 23 April and 2 May; they will come to pay homage to the “holy tunic” that has been preserved in this German city for centuries. The event – on its eighth anniversary – is under the sign of the motto “Whoever finds me, finds life” […]

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Italy: delegation in the Holy Land” “

Fifteen Italian champions of the recent past, a Palestinian and an Israeli athlete will be the protagonists of the marathon-pilgrimage from Jerusalem to Bethlehem due to take place on 23 April. It’s an event that forms part of the wider programme of the pilgrimage of “Italian sportsmen in the Holy Land. Ambassadors of peace” (20-24 […]

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Portugal: the bishops on fire prevention” “

As summer approaches, the Portuguese bishops have published a message devoted to fire prevention. After the huge fires that ravaged much of the country last year, the bishops address themselves to those “responsible for prevention” and “the Christian communities”, urging them to “contribute to the task of prevention and to the support of the fire […]

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The ‘bridge’ to the East” “

The Hellenic peninsula, due to its geographical position and culture, has always been a crossroads between North and South and between West and East. Here was born, and from here spread, the philosophic speculation that supported the birth of democracy. These questions and concepts are more than ever relevant as Europe prepares for two imminent […]

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Hopes and fears” “

The enlargement, or if you prefer the “re-unification”, of Europe is imminent. And as happens on the eve of historic events, intellectuals are busily pointing out the positive, but also the negative factors that the transformations taking place bring with them. With regard to the enlargement of the frontiers of the EU to ten new […]

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The example of Casimir” “

An independent democratic Republic since 11 March 1990, and member of NATO since 2 April, Lithuania is the only Baltic State with a Catholic majority. In 1387 king Jogaila promulgated the decree for the foundation of the diocese of Vilnius and so set in motion a systematic campaign of baptism among the population. When the […]

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Constantinople: a Europe with two lungs ” “

“Western and Eastern Europe must stop considering each other as aliens”. The Union that is preparing to welcome ten new member states has a need for the “common witness of Christianity”. So said Patriarch Bartholomew I, on receiving a delegation of French bishops in Istanbul. The bishops had come to Turkey to participate in the […]

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Russia: when will there be a meeting between the Pope and Alexis II?” “

The Russian Orthodox Church does not exclude the possibility of a meeting between the Pope and Patriarch Alexis II, and has spelt out the conditions that could make it possible. Mikhail Dudkò, secretary of the Department for foreign relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, said he “hoped a great deal” in a resumption of the […]

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