Germany" "

Card. Lehmann "greater ” “seriousness about pensions and healthcare"” “” “

Writing in the diocesan weekly of Mainz, Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Mainz, has attacked the reactions aroused in Germany by the so-called Rürup Report, drawn up by the Commission set up by the Schröder government to formulate a reform of the sector of pensions, healthcare, and assistance […]

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"Day of open monuments"” “

The “Day of open monuments” will be held in Germany on Sunday 14 September. The Catholic Church is participating in the event with an information campaign on ecclesiastical monuments, with the aim of sensitising public opinion on the thorny question of the maintenance of the many Catholic monuments in Germany. “God’s houses in the hands […]

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Addes: 75th anniversary” “” “

The 75th anniversary of Addes, the community of work that coordinates the diocesan secretariats for spiritual exercises in Germany, is being celebrated in Bingen on 18 September. The anniversary will be celebrated in the course of the annual conference of the diocesan representatives of Addes at the castle of Rochus at Bingen, in the presence […]

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European churches" "

Spain, "God is neither male nor female"” “

“God is not male. Nor female. It is we humans who attribute connotations to God, who is an ineffable mystery par excellence“. That’s the conclusion of the 16th international Conference “Gender and religion: male-female and religious phenomenon”, organized by Aiempr (International Association of Medical-Psychological and Religious Studies). The Conference, meeting in Granada from 3 to […]

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Portugal, a document of the bishops on social ethics” “

A pastoral Charter of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference on social ethics, with the title “Joint responsibility for the common good” will be published on 15 September. The document is the outcome of the last general assembly held at Fatima in May, and subsequent permanent councils. The document will tackle various issues of social ethics of […]

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ethnic diversity" "

Immigrants: the "way" of the Swiss bishops” “

Social integration, professional training, crackdown on clandestine work and a new law on foreigners that places the person, and not the labour force, at the centre: these are some of the recommendations on immigration policy made by the Swiss bishops in a new document issued by the “Migratio” Commission. The document, entitled “Theses for immigration […]

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Gipsies: still "vulnerable" throughout Europe” “

“Discrimination against gipsies (the Rom and Sinti groups) has serious consequences for their life expectancy”, writes Jan van der Zandt, delegate for the pastoral care of migrants and gipsies of the Dutch Episcopal Conference, in the last number of rkkkerk.nl, newsletter of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. According to van der Zandt, the figures […]

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media" "

How to make ourselves heard?” “

“The television initiatives of Catholics in the European countries: situations and prospects” is the theme of the seminar organized by the Commission of the European Episcopates for the media (CEEM) of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), due to be held in Rome on 18 September. Promoted in collaboration with the Communication and […]

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European universities" "

The invisible space” “

The University, an institution devised by the Catholic Church in the high Middle Ages, is one of the essential elements of European civilization, and a decisive factor in its development. The European identity was largely formed through the intellectual irrigation produced by the universities, from Uppsala to Bologna and Catania, from Oxford to Krakow, from […]

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people and religions" "

Roots and values” “” “

“A Europe capable of being more open to the spirit, capable of living with the southern hemisphere, of being the expression of a democracy attentive to human rights, and able to contribute in a decisive manner to the third millennium”: that’s the “dream” of the Sant’Egidio Community for our continent. It is expressed in the […]

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