Moldova: ten years of the Catholic Church” “

The Catholic Church of Moldova is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its establishment. Thanks to John Paul II, it was founded on 28 October 1993, with the initial erection of the Apostolic Administration of Moldova, the subsequent nomination of a bishop, in the person of Msgr. Anton Cosa, in 2000, and the creation of the […]

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Vienna, bishop Küng on the family in Europe ” “

Intervening at the ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Austrian Institute for Marriage and the Family, held in Vienna on 8 October, bishop Klaus Küng, head of the commission for the family of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, spoke of the importance of the family and current social trends, such as cohabitation […]

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Sofia, first Marian Congress ” “

The first Marian Congress in Bulgaria took place in Sofia on 11 October. Held under the auspices of the Focolare Movement, it had as its title: “Jesus through the eyes of the Virgin Mary”. It’s the first time that such an official event has been held and it attracted wide confessional support: Orthodox and non-believers, […]

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Bratislava, MPs and defence of life” “

An international conference on “Ethics of life with a Christian perspective” was held in Bratislava (Slovakia), in early October. Promoted by the episcopal conferences of Slovakia, Austria and Hungary as part of the Central European Katholikentag, the conference was preceded by a symposium organized for Slovak members of parliament on “The contemporary family, bioethics and […]

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Together against ” “the new forms of slavery” “

The fight against AIDS was one the main themes at the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), which has just ended in Dakar, Senegal (30 September – 13 October 2003). The some 120 participants – presidents and delegates of the national and regional Episcopal Conferences (including […]

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Middle East: scepticism about the Road Map” “

“Scepticism, pessimism, but the determination to press ahead”: that is the message on the crisis in the Middle East spelt out by the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, after his mission to Cairo, in the course of which he met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Secretary General of the Arab League […]

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Summit in Brussels: not only IGC” “

The work of the first EU summit under the Italian Presidency ends in Brussels on 17 October. Among the issues on the agenda: the discussion on the future of the European Constitution (role and status of the EU Foreign Minister, composition of the Commission after 2009, system of majority vote in Council), that on the […]

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IGC: role and status of EU Foreign Minister ” “

At the EU Summit (16-17 October) the Council discussed the role and status of the future EU Minister of Foreign Affairs and the composition of the Commission. The meeting – judged “very positive” by the Presidency – also served to prepare the plenary assembly of the IGC at the level of heads of state and […]

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Foreign Ministers: pledges in favour of Iraq” “

The Foreign Ministers of the Twenty-Five, in the course of their meeting in Luxembourg on 13-14 October, called for “a realistic calendar for the transfer of political responsibility to the Iraqi people”. They also pledged to contribute to the international fund for the reconstruction of Iraq with an initial sum of 200 million Euros (added […]

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Court of Justice: new president” “

The Court of Justice of the European Communities elected its new president on 7 October. He is the 55-year-old Vassilios Skouris, who has served as judge of the same court since 1999. He will remain in office till October 2006. A graduate of jurisprudence from the Free University of Berlin, he filled a number of […]

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