France: Missionary week at Montmartre¤” “” “

A missionary week is being held in Paris at the basilica of the Sacred Heart In Montmartre. During the week, which will last until 28 June, dozens of young people – recruited in the parishes or movements to which they belong and recognisable by their T-shirts – welcome visitors, inviting them to rediscover prayer in […]

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Following the star” “

The logo for 20th World Youth Day was presented in Cologne on 12 June, thus marking the start of an intense phase of preparations for that event, which is to be held in the same German city from 11 to 21 August 2005. According to early estimates more than 800 thousand young people will attend. […]

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Benedictine brotherhood” “” “

“St. Benedict, with his monks, created a genuine web that safeguarded and diffused the literary heritage. He saved it from dying and disappearing, together with his sons, who patiently wove a web of parchment, of codices, of miniatures”: so wrote Cristiana Dobner in a recent number of SirEurope. The web that united Europe during the […]

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Cec meeting in Geneva on basic healthcare” “

“It is necessary to go pack to the principles of basic healthcare. Rediscovering the spirit of Alma-Ata means taking an essential step towards guaranteeing everyone’s health”. This, in brief, is what emerged from the meeting promoted in Geneva over the last few weeks by the CecC and the Movement for the Health of Peoples, an […]

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An Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, an ecumenical chapel in Friuli” “” “

The Orthodox Church of Romania is about to build a new cathedral, “a symbol of the Romanian people and of their faith” declared the spokesman of that Church, Costel Stoica. There is already an Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, but it has space for only five hundred people while the new cathedral will be able to […]

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From Salonica to Rome” “” “

The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union (Salonica, 19–21 June 2003) was able to resolve positively all items on the order of the day, even finding space to relaunch the Lisbon Strategy on economic growth and employment. European Constitution. The 25 accepted the projected Constitutional Treaty presented by the President […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The Euro-American summit held in Washington on 25 June offered the main international dailies an opportunity to consider the current state of relations between the two powers, following the war in Iraq and in the light of the continuing tensions in the Middle East. For example, “Bush pushes Europe to cut funds to Hamas”, is […]

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The Convention, a fundamental step” “

“A reference to the contribution of Christianity in the Preamble to the European Constitution remains essential, and an allusion to God would be appropriate as a guarantee of the freedom and dignity of human beings”. This is the message contained in a note from the executive committee of the Commission of Episcopates of the European […]

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No to fortress Europe” “

Among the topics discussed during the recent Salonica summit meeting of heads of State and government of the European Union (see pg.14), was that of immigration and asylum. Various decisions were made: joint control of the Union’s external frontiers; strengthening of co-operation with countries at the origin of migratory movements; repatriation of illegal immigrants; development […]

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A Bucarest una cattedrale ortodossa, in Friuli una cappella ecumenica” “

La Chiesa ortodossa di Romania sta per costruire una nuova cattedrale “simbolo del popolo rumeno e della sua fede” ha dichiarato il portavoce della suddetta Chiesa, Costel Stoica. A Bucarest esiste già una cattedrale ortodossa, ma può accogliere soltanto cinquecento persone, mentre all’interno del nuovo edificio ne potranno essere accolte tremila, e altre ventimila potranno […]

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