Visita del Patriarca di Costantinopoli a Cuba ” “

Come già aveva fatto Giovanni Paolo II 6 anni fa nel corso del suo storico pellegrinaggio a Cuba, anche il Patriarca ecumenico di Costantinopoli, Bartolomeo I ha chiesto la fine dell’embargo americano contro l’isola di Castro in vigore da più di 40 anni. Nel corso di una sua visita di cinque giorni, il Patriarca Bartolomeo […]

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Macedonia: un metropolita arrestato” “

Il capo della Chiesa ortodossa serba, il patriarca Pavle, ha indirizzato una lettera al presidente macedone Boris Trajkovski chiedendogli di liberare un metropolita arrestato recentemente con l’accusa di “incitazione all’odio nazionale e religioso”. L’arresto del metropolita Jovan si inserisce nel quadro di un vecchio conflitto nato in seguito all’indipendenza della Chiesa macedone proclamata nel 1967. […]

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Quotidiani e periodici” “

La paura della febbre aviaria occupa sempre più spazio sulle colonne dei giornali. Il timore di un’epidemia, che già miete vittime in Asia, si diffonde. A questo tema è dedicato “Uomini e polli” l’editoriale di Bruno Frappat pubblicato sul quotidiano cattolico La Croix del 28 gennaio. “Che cosa c’è di più inquietante oggi della febbre […]

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France: Beatitudes at the centre of Lent ” “

Re-proposing and rediscovering the relevance of the Beatitudes in society and the Church today: that is the objective of this year’s Lenten cycle of homilies promoted by the French Church in the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. The idea of the Lenten homilies goes back to 1835 and now represents “a major event for reflection […]

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Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Churches” “

The increase of situations of extreme poverty, Aids and drug-addiction in the countries in which Portuguese is spoken was denounced, and an appeal made to counter them, during the 5th meeting of the Presidencies of the Episcopal Conferences of the Portuguese-speaking countries, held in Guinea Bissau from 16 to 21 January. Eight bishops from Portugal, […]

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Slovakia: reconciling political life ” “

“Seek peace!”. That’s the appeal made in recent days by Msgr. František Tondra, president of the Slovak Episcopal Conference, and by Július Filo, bishop general of the Lutheran Church in Slovakia and chairman of the Ecumenical Council of Churches. The appeal, addressed at all politicians, asks for political reconciliation to create a climate of peace […]

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February 2004″ “

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches during February. 1Episcopal ordination of the new bishop of Ghent (Belgium), Msgr. Luc Van Looy, Sdb.2Visit “ad Limina Apostolorum” (2-7), of the French bishops of the ecclesiastical provinces of Clermont and Lyon – Opening of the 17th centenary of the martyrdom […]

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The ‘visible’ roots” “

The Christian roots of Europe, much debated with regard to the European Constitution in the process of being drafted, are embodied by the artistic heritage present in all the states of the old continent: an essential, though perhaps not adequately fostered, component of the very identity of the European peoples. We asked for an opinion […]

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Failed integration?” “

Paris, Berlin, Brussels. But also Washington and Montreal. Muslims have demonstrated in recent days against the French law that bans religious signs in schools, and in particular the Islamic headscarf. Some 20,000 demonstrated in Paris, thousands in Berlin, but – explains the rector of the Paris mosque Dalil Boubakeur – the protest did not express […]

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"We won’t die for Nice"” “

In the long tradition that has led Poland from the Communist regime to entry into the European Union, the Catholic Church has played a primary role at the moral, cultural and social level. As the date approaches when the largest Eastern European country will officially become a member of the EU (1st May 2004), Msgr. […]

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