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From photocopies to website” “

The Slovak Bishops’ Conference was born together with the Republic of Slovakia ten years ago, on the partition of Czechoslovakia. This meant that the country has to begin from scratch in all fields, not least in that of social communications. The Press Office (KBS), that now forms an integral part of the general Secretariat of […]

di Marián Gavenda" "spokesman of the Slovak Bishops" "" "

Fact File” “

Katolícke noviny – Catholic weekly: founded 155 years ago, print run: 90,000 Èajka e Svetlo – Monthly for youth – 16,000 copies; Hlasy z missií (On the Missions) Radio Lumen – 24 hours – Catholic radio station Slovak Radio (public radio) has a special department for religious programmes: each Sunday it broadcasts Mass: audience 600,000; each […]

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germanY " "

Moved by the cross” “

“Kreuzbewegt” (“moved by the Cross”). The WYD Cross through Germany, on the road of reconciliation from 4 April 2004 to 21 August 2005″: that’s the title of the handbook on the World Youth Day Cross published by the German Bishops’ Conference in collaboration with the WYD office in Cologne. The handbook is the result of […]

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ecumenism" "

Anglicans and Catholics: a document on Mary ” “

“Mary: grace and hope in Christ”: that’s the title of a document drawn by ARCIC (International Commission for dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church) and presented at the end of a meeting held at Seattle (USA) from 28 January to 3 February under the co-chairmanship of Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett of Seattle […]

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Patriarchate of Constantinople: Bartholomew I’s letter to the Pope” “

“All the ecumenical effort and dialogue of these last years will be destroyed, and the mistrust of the East in you will grow. We beg you therefore to assure the Ukrainian people and all the Orthodox Churches with all the strength of your persuasion that you have no intention of proceeding to the establishment of […]

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Moscow: appeal to Orthodox unity ” “

The national universal Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow ended with an appeal to the unity of the Orthodox world on 4 February. The Council was attended by 600 delegates, including personalities of the Russian Church and “brother observers” from other Orthodox Churches. At the end of the two-day meeting, the Council adopted […]

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Holland: Reformed and Lutheran Churches unite” “

The Reformed and Lutheran Churches of Holland have reached a point of “fusion” at the end of a process begun in 1990. They now form the “Protestant Church of the Netherlands”. The act of union was signed by the presidents of the two Churches in the course of a ceremony in which Queen Beatrice and […]

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european union" "

Three good reasons” “

To bring Europe closer to citizens; to overcome the “democratic deficit”, perennial weak point of the Community experience; and to prevent the abstention of electors called to vote in June to renew the European Parliament: three good reasons that have urged the EU to multiply its efforts and services to keep Europeans informed and raise […]

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Studying Europe” “

The Europe of peoples and cultures and not just that of the Euro and the economies. The Europe that is born from the study and understanding of the identities that compose it. That’s the project that the “Centros de estudios europeos” (Centre of European Studies) of the Spanish University of Navarre, but with its seat […]

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Foundations of the European project” “

“The fundamental dignity of the human person, the quest for peace, the respect for diversity, the need for reconciliation, solidarity between nations and the common good” are “values rooted in the culture and history of the various European peoples” which ought to constitute the very foundation “of the Union enlarged to twenty-five members”. When it […]

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