Islam-Christianity" "

Dialogue isn’t improvised” “

Helping the Churches to tackle the challenges of the meeting with Muslims: with this objective, the Council of the European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and the Conference of the Churches in Europe (CEC-KEK) have published a joint document drawn up by the “Islam in Europe” committee, composed of members of the two church organizations. The text […]

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Turkey" "

Conquering without arms ” “

“We strongly deplore the terrible terrorist attack of 15 November, on the Jewish holy day of the Sabbath. May God be full of mercy for the dead and grant a speedy recovery to the injured. We present our condolences to you personally and to the Jewish community”. That’s the text of the letter sent by […]

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Germany " "

Difficult, not impossible” “” “

The plenary assembly of the ZdK (Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken), the central committee of German Catholics, opens on 21 November. The Catholic lay organization is meeting for two days at Bonn-Bad Godesberg to reflect on the involvement of Catholic laity in the political life of the country, with particular reference to some issues of particular […]

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Czech Republic" "

A creative collaboration” “

The “Alois-Mock-Europaring” prize was awarded on 14 November. Established by the Reichsbund, the movement for Christian social policy and sport, the prize is awarded to European personalities or institutions that have distinguished themselves in fostering Europe’s spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social growth. The prize-giving ceremony was accompanied by a study day with the title […]

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European Churches" "

France, a law on religious signs?” “

“There’s a risk that a law be perceived by one side or another as a form of discrimination. We should educate, on the contrary, in respect for persons and religious signs, on condition that they be not ostentatious, discriminatory or against the brotherhood of man we are trying to construct”. That’s the view of Pierre […]

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Spain: humanising death and mourning ” “

“Death and mourning are not neutral processes: either they humanise us and we experience them in a salutary way, or they make us ill”. That’s one of the conclusions that came out of the 8th national days of health held in recent days at Tres Cantos, Madrid. “Humanising death means giving dignity to so important […]

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Croatia: the Church of compassion” “

“Today the Church and society are affected by a crisis of faith” and the Church risks becoming “ordinary administration”, a “frame for life rather than the expression of its plenitude”. The warning was made by one of Germany’s greatest theologians, Johan Baptist Metz. In an interview published in the last number of the Croatian Catholic […]

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Church and money" "

An ambiguous relation” “

Rediscovering the sense of giving and sharing and making personal choices in the responsible use of money every day: that is the basic message that emerged from the three days of debate that brought together over 2,500 French Catholics in Paris (from 14 to 16 November) for the 78th Social Week of the Catholics of […]

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immigration" "

Not just manpower” “

Controls at the external frontiers, formulation of a plan of action for cracking down on clandestine immigration by sea, security controls at points of entry into the European Union, cooperation with countries of origin and transit of migratory flows: these are some of the measures decided by the EU to curb clandestine immigration, an issue […]

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La sfida del vivere insieme” “

In Francia, in seguito alla questione del velo islamico in questi giorni, si sta dibattendo di un possibile progetto di legge che vieti i segni e simboli religiosi nelle scuole. Come Chiesa francese siamo contro una legge di questo tipo per diverse ragioni: prima di tutto perché rischia di sviluppare dei comunitarismi e delle reazioni […]

di Stanislas Lalanne" "Segretario generale della " "Conferenza Episcopale Francese" "