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Katolícke noviny – Settimanale cattolico: nato 155 anni fa, 90.000 copie di tiratura Mensili per i giovani – Èajka e Svetlo, 16.000 copie; Hlasy z missií (Sulle missioni), Radio Lumen – 24 ore – radio cattolica Radio Slovacca (radio pubblica) ha una speciale redazione per i programmi religiosi: ogni domenica trasmette la messa, 600.000 utenti; ogni mattina 5 […]

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A sing of hope” “

The state of ecumenism in Europe, the contribution of the Christian Churches to the European Convention and the preparation of the third European Ecumenical Assembly: these are some of the issues that the joint committee of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) tackled during a […]

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Slovenia: accord with the Holy See ratified” “

The Accord between the Republic of Slovenia and the Holy See, a significant step towards regularizing relations between Church and State, was ratified by Parliament on 28 January. The Accord, now awaiting ratification by the Holy See, had been signed on 14 December 2001 by Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and by the then Vatican […]

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Portugal: Day of the Invalid approaching” “

A more attentive religious assistance to the sick and ever better training for hospital chaplains: that is the hope expressed by Father Vitor Feytor Pinto, national coordinator of the ministry of healthcare for the Portughese Episcopal Conference (CEP), in a communiqué issued on 3 February on the CEP website (www.ecclesia.pt), on the eve of the […]

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Germany: solidarity with persecuted Christians” “

Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, intervened at a press conference held in Cologne in late January to present the project “Solidarity with persecuted and oppressed Christians”. He spoke in particular of the situation of Christians in Nigeria, to which the project (now in its second year) is dedicated this year. “The […]

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Slovakia: plenary assembly of the bishops” “

The 47th plenary assembly of the Slovak Episcopal Conference (KBS) was held at Spišská Kapitula in Slovakis on 27/28 January. All 17 members of the episcopate were present. The Nuncio apostolic in Slovakia, Msgr, Henryk Jozef Nowacki, also participated in the assembly. In his opening speech he thanked all those who had contributed to the […]

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Austria: symposium on economy and society” “

As part of the programme of the Katholikentag of the Catholics of Central Europe (MEKT), a symposium on “Society and economy in the process of change” was held at Wels, in Austria, between 28 and 30 January. Various bishops representing the eight countries participating in the Katholikentag took part in the meeting. The Catholics of […]

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Spain: releasing prisoners” “

The “Year of Mercè” has ended in Barcelona. This diocesan project dedicated to the city’s patron has achieved its objective of sensitising the faithful to “slavery today”. The Year was celebrated in tandem with the 8th centenary of the Order of Mercenaries, founded in the Catalan capital, and was a pretext to enable many faithful […]

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Catholic revival?” “

In 2002, 6 Dutch out of 10 over the age of 18 considered themselves members of a religious “family” and 2 out of 10 had been at least once per month to a church or mosque. These findings emerge from the data published by CBS, the country’s statistical bureau, in December 2003. According to the […]

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One percent of GDP is not enough” “

EU budget and financial prospects are once again at the centre of debate in European institutional headquarters, especially in view of the EU’s imminent enlargement to ten new member states. The Commission has prepared a document which will be discussed next week during the session of Parliament in Strasbourg, in which an exponent of the […]

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