Lithuania: the WYD cross” “

“We must thank Providence: this Cross, presented by the Pope, has united young Catholics throughout the world and today has reinforced the links between the youth of our diocese”. With these words the bishop of Siauliai (in northern Lithuania), Msgr. Eugenijus Bartulis, addressed the youth who had brought the Cross of World Youth Day and […]

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Switzerland: letter of the bishops” “

“Speak, Lord: I am listening to you”: that is the title of the pastoral letter of the Swiss Episcopal Conference, issued on the occasion of the federal Festival of prayer (or Federal Fast), an ecumenical rite introduced in Switzerland in 1832; it’s celebrated on the third Sunday of September each year (21/9). “This year – […]

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Ireland, "a listening Church"

“The Church of the future must be less authoritarian and have both a male and female face; it must be”, above all, “a listening Church”. That’s the hope of the future archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, appointed coadjutor of the archdiocese in May and destined to take over from the present archbishop, the 77-year-old Cardinal […]

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Spain, conference on the Rosary

The Dominicans of Spain and Portugal recently organised an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the Rosary in León (11-13 September). Held in the sanctuary of the “Virgen del Camino”, patron of the city, the meeting tried to consider the prayer of the Rosary from various points of view: that of other religions, of art and even […]

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” “People have a need…” “” “

John Paul II alone has beatified 46 and canonized 22 of them (68 in total), without counting the causes of beatification and canonization still in progress. Bishops and “sainthood” was one of the themes of the “Pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter”, a meeting of reflection for new bishops, held in Rome (until 19 […]

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Never again!” “

Victims of the heat or of loneliness? The death toll of the elderly caused throughout Europe by the long torrid summer that is now drawing to a close is a tragedy. No country has been spared – in Italy, for example, 4,175 more deaths were registered than in the previous year, an increase of 14%. […]

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In full dignity” “

The Catholic Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated the “Katholikentag” at Kupres on 19 July. The central event of the meeting was the eucharistic celebration presided over by Cardinal VinkoPuljic, with the participation of 8 bishops, 166 priests and 20,000 faithful. The apostolic nuncio of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Msgr. Santos Abril y Castelló, brought the greetings of […]

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A water that unites” “

A European and Mediterranean “Agorà”: a space in which to satisfy the needs of the young to meet each other. It’s the “Agorà of Mediterranean youth”, a project promoted by the national Service of youth apostolate of the Italian Episcopal Conference in collaboration with the John Paul II Centre in Loreto, where the meeting has […]

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The cross isn’t the lotus” “” “

“The choice between the Lotus and the Cross is not the simple choice between two spiritual journeys that help man to free himself of his own egocentrism. It’s a choice between the coherence of the Buddhist way and the mystery of the Cross and the resurrection of Christ, essential and inseparable elements of the Christian […]

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Images, faith, culture” “

“TV not as a tool but as a living environment in which to perform the Church’s mission of evangelization”: the point was made by Msgr. Giuseppe Betori, general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference, in his welcoming address to the participants in the seminar “Catholic television initiatives in the European countries: realities and prospects” Held […]

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