Germany: ecumenical portal ” “

250 religious bookshops and some 3,000 publishing houses with titles of Christian content are participating in the internet project “buchreligion.de”, the first ecumenical portal for the Christian media, presented at Frankfurt on 11 July. The site is organized by the Evangelical Church and the Catholic Church and by their respective structures dedicated to the media. […]

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Bulgaria" "

2007 is still a long way off” “” “

Not everyone is anxious to enter the European Union. That’s the case of Bulgaria: “I don’t know if we’ll be ready by 2007 – declares Emanouil Patashev , director of Caritas Bulgaria, in an interview with SirEurope -; with an average minimum monthly income of 55 euros the difference is enormous”. Time is needed to […]

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Bulgaria: fact file” “

A parliamentary Republic, Bulgaria is headed by President Gheorghi Parvanov. At the end of 2002 there were 7,845,500 inhabitants (68% concentrated in the cities). Bulgarians form 84.5% of the population, Turks 9.6%, gipsies 4.2% and other minorities 1.7%. Orthodox believers form 82.6% of the population, Moslems 12.2%, Catholics 0.6% (of whom 0.4% of the Latin […]

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Slovenia" "

Will it be a wise decision?” “

“A poor show in the international field”. That’s how the spokesman of the Czech Episcopal Conference, Daniel Herman, stigmatized the decision of the Czech Parliament on 21 May not to ratify the accord between the Czech Republic and the Holy See signed in July 2002. A similar situation of stalemate also exists in Slovenia where […]

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Denmark" "

Cordial and open minority” “” “

Secularism and questions of faith – In the small but lively and highly developed country of Denmark Catholics form a very small minority: out of 5.3 million inhabitants, there are approximately 35,000 registered Catholics, to whom should be added the immigrants of various countries who declare themselves of Catholic faith. “Catholics have always been a […]

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Suggestions for European TV” “

Television programmes on public channels to foster the cultural diversities of the European peoples, especially of the minorities, and to help the social integration of immigrants from non-European countries: just some of the suggestions that the work group on the information society, communication and media policy of Comece ( Commission of the episcopates of the […]

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At the side of foreign students ” “

“European policies to help foreign students who often feel lonely and abandoned”: the request emerged during the annual Assembly of the Service of the European Churches for international students (Secis), held in Barcelona from 10 to 14 July. An umbrella organization that brings together the foundations and services for the reception of foreign students, Secis […]

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Reconciliation between Anglicans and Methodists” “

The Church of England has taken an important step towards reconciliation with the English Methodists. On 13 July, the Anglican General Synod approved, with 356 votes in favour against 32 against, a series of measures to achieve “an organic unity” with the Methodists. These measures provide for the sharing of services and resources at all […]

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Collaboration between Christians and Moslems” “

“Christians and Moslems must work together” in “an ever more pluralist Europe”: an appeal in favour of interreligious dialogue and mutual acceptance of the various cultures was launched in recent days by the chairman of the 12th Kek/Cec Assembly (Trondheim, Norway, 25 June-2 July), Jean-Arnold de Clermont in an address marking the assembly’s conclusion. A […]

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Repubblica Ceca: Assemblea della Chiesa cattolica” “

Si è conclusa nei giorni scorsi a Velehrad la prima sessione dell’Assemblea plenaria della Chiesa cattolica ceca. L’incontro, cui hanno partecipato 91 delegati, rappresenta un evento unico, in quanto ad esso hanno partecipato tutte le diocesi della Repubblica Ceca, e i laici hanno preso parte attivamente alla riunione. L’assemblea plenaria era stata convocata come momento […]

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