Sweden, Stockholm’s 50th anniversary” “

The Catholic Church of Stockholm celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation on 12 October, with a mass in the cathedral of St. Erik celebrated by Msgr. Anders Arborelius (the first bishop of Swedish origin since the sixteenth century) and by auxiliary bishop William Kenney. Also present were the king of Sweden Charles XVI and […]

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England, the Church and animals” “

“If we are called to love the creation, why are we indifferent to animals?” asks Deborah Jones, general secretary of the Catholic Study Circle for Animal Welfare, in a reflection published by the English weekly The Catholic Herald on 3 October. According to Jones, “the Church, which tirelessly professes moral guidance on a huge range […]

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Turkey, visible minority” “

“The Catholic community in Turkey is a tiny minority, some 32,000 faithful out of a total population of some 70 million, but its activities are observed with great interest. It is a multicultural community, with good ecumenical relations. It also seeks dialogue with the Moslem majority, before which Christians are called to express themselves with […]

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Austria, serving unity” “

Msgr. Hugo Unterberger is the parish priest of the church of Sankt Elisabeth, in Vienna’s 4th district. It’s not a very big parish, situated close to the Sudbahnhof in one of the districts, once heavily populated, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, that surround the city centre of Vienna like a ring. […]

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Social Week on "money"” “

“The modern economy is necessarily financial. But money, as an indispensable means, is so fascinating that it can become a tyranny”: so says Michel Camdessus, former director of the International Monetary Fund and now chairman of the Social Weeks of French Catholics. His reflections on money are contained in an article written for the bi-monthly […]

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A white paper by hospital chaplains” “

The publication of a “White Paper” by hospital chaplains is an idea formulated during a meeting held in Paris in recent days. It brought together some fifty educators and theologians of the national hospital chaplaincy (Aumônerie nationale des hôpitaux). “To whom is formation addressed? What are its objectives and programmes? What place should be given […]

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Festival of biblical theatre” “

A Festival of Biblical Theatre with 19 plays, 35 actors, 2 exhibitions and 2 round tables on this theme: it’s the second year of this event, held in recent days (until 23 October) in France, at Clermont-Ferrand, Ambert, Issoire and Chatel-Guyon. It was begun on the initiative of the “Culture and Communication” association. The Reformed […]

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A decent job for all ” “

“Three billion human beings in our world live on less than two dollars per day, of whom one billion, i.e. 23% of the world population, survive on just one dollar”: the fact was reported by Juan Somavia, director general of the International Labour Office, to the “Second European round table on poverty and social exclusion: […]

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The injured truth” “

“Among the numerous victims of war, there is one that does not arouse sufficient concern: the truth. Its injuries do not heal rapidly, due to the deliberate disinformation, propaganda and manipulation that condition trust between public and media”. The point is made in the last number of “Signis Media”, the bi-monthly journal of Signis, the […]

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Armed childhood” “

The tragedy of child soldiers (300,000) at the ACP-EU assembly. In the 1990s, over two million children died due to armed conflicts, and over a million remained orphaned; over six million were seriously injured or permanently disabled; and over ten million suffered serious psychological traumas. Meanwhile the number of child victims of war continues to […]

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