New funds for anti-paedophilia campaign” “

The European Union has allocated 50 million euros for the funding of the Daphne programme to combat paedophilia and the sexual abuse of children, adolescents and women for the five-year period 2004-2008. Together with the “framework decision on the campaign against the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography”, adopted by the European Council in […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

“Wars are not the only cause of terrorism. But they are a pretext for it, or one of the pretexts”. Referring to the request of President Jacques Chirac, during his recent meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, to “put an end to conflicts, fertile breeding ground for terrorism”, Bruno Frappat, in his editorial in La […]

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Message of 8 peoples” “

“The Katholikentag of the Catholics of Central Europe (MEKT) is a clear sign of the fact that in the new Europe, communion is stronger than all the conflicts of the past and the present”: so declared Cardinal CHRISTOPH SCHÖNBORN , president of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, which met for its spring assembly in Seggauberg in […]

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In favour of the family” “” “

Bishop Klaus Küng of Feldkirch (Austria) has appealed for a “breakthrough in society in favour of marriage and the family” (see also the report on another page in this number). The bishop was speaking at Brno (Czech Republic) on 12 May, during the sixth symposium on the demographic trend in Europe, organized as part of […]

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Bulgaria, light after darkness” “

“Per crucem ad lucem”: with this slogan, the World Youth Day (WYD) Cross began its pilgrimage through Bulgaria on 10 March by meeting young Catholics. The starting point was in Plovdiv – centre of the diocese of Sofia-Plovdiv – with a meeting that filled the cathedral of the city. “The arrival of the WYD Cross […]

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TV: "Not just commercial considerations"” “

“The media cannot be limited to purely commercial considerations”: so say the European bishops with special responsibilities for social communications, meeting in the European Episcopal Committee for the Media (EECM), an organ of the CCEE, the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe. During their meeting in Rome on 12-13 March – but only reported […]

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Cardinal König: end of an age” “

“Our sorrow is combined with deep gratitude for the fact that God gave us this great personality for so long a time”, said Christoph Schönborn, president of the Austrian Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Vienna, commenting on the death of Cardinal Franz König, archbishop emeritus of the Austrian capital, on 12 March. Schönborn paid tribute […]

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Switzerland: shops should close on Sundays” “

The Swiss bishops oppose the opening on shops on Sundays. In an open letter, the national Commission of Justice and Peace of the Swiss Episcopal Conference intervene on the bill before Parliament that makes provision for the Sunday opening of shops in public transport centres: railway stations and airports. “It is perfectly legitimate – write […]

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A common heritage” “

“This Marian vigil has a strong symbolic value. For it is also to us, dear university students and teachers, that an important role is entrusted in the construction of the united Europe, firmly rooted in the spiritual traditions and values that have shaped it”. With this message John Paul II greeted over 7,000 university students […]

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Contare su tutti” “

“Nella nuova tappa politica che si apre dopo le elezioni del 14 marzo, le autorità legittime possono contare sulla collaborazione di tutti nel compito assolutamente prioritario della lotta contro il terrorismo. I cattolici la offriranno senza nessuna perplessità, portando il coraggio forte che si alimenta di una speranza che non si offusca”. È la dichiarazione […]

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