Meeting of the general secretaries” “

The 21st annual meeting of the general secretaries of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe will be held in Berlin from 24 to 28 May. On the agenda: the organization of the secretariat of an Episcopal Conference and relations between it and spirituality, the mass media, culture and the institutions. Other issues in the foreground of […]

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Why is God important?” “

The priest isn’t a mere “bureaucrat”: he has the “power” of the Word… Convinced of this is Bishop Michel Dubost of Evry in France. At a meeting of bishops and national representatives of catechesis in Europe promoted by the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe on “Priests and Catechesis in Europe”, which ended in […]

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On the ways of authentic fidelity” “

“Christian faith is the richest heritage from which the European peoples can draw to achieve their spiritual, economic and social progress”. So said John Paul II , on receiving in audience the participants in the meeting on “Priests and catechesis in Europe” on 8 May. According to the Pope, “catechesis in the family, in the […]

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What search for the truth?” “

There will be over a thousand participants at the European Symposium to be held in Rome from 17 to 20 July on the theme “University and Church in Europe”. The delegates – students, professors, bishops, persons involved in various capacities in university pastoral care – will split into 19 study groups to reflect on four […]

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They shall be a blessing” “

“You shall be a blessing” is the slogan of the Oecumenische Kirchentag, the Ecumenical Church Congress jointly organized by German Catholics and Protestants, with the collaboration of other Christian confessions, and to be held in Berlin from 28 May to 1st June 2003. The Congress can be regarded as one of the major ecumenical efforts […]

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A point of departure” “

“Don’t abandon your Christian roots! Only thus will you be able to bring to the world and to Europe the cultural richness of your history”: That’s the appeal made by the Pope to the Spanish people, in the course of the mass he celebrated in the Plaza de Colòn in Madrid on 4 May. During […]

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Turkey: Caritas and earthquake” “

“This earthquake represents a major tragedy for our country. We pray for the victims of this disaster and ask God for patience. May our Saviour protect Turkey and the whole world”. With these words the Patriarchal Vicar of the Catholic Syriac community, Msgr. Yusuf Sag, commented on the earthquake that struck the town of Bingol, […]

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Holland: "historical" prayer” “

With the distribution of 500,000 flyers with appeals for prayer throughout the parishes of Holland, the Dutch Catholic Church has launched the biggest prayer campaign in its history. From Friday 30 May to Saturday 7 June the faithful will pray, individually or in groups in the parishes, to invoke the power of the Holy Spirit […]

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Croatia: ‘no’ to the shops on Sunday” “

Croatian Caritas and the Croatian Institute for Culture and Peace in Split recently inaugurated the campaign “Shops open on Sunday – Commerce in the life of man”, which includes a petition to Parliament and Government urging approval of a law that would ban commercial activities on Sundays and during religious holidays. With the support of […]

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Italy: "repudiation of war"” “

“The European Union repudiates war as an instrument offensive to the freedom of other peoples and as a means for the resolution of international disputes; and agrees, on conditions of parity with other States, to the limitations of sovereignty necessary for a order that may ensure peace and justice between the nations, and promote the […]

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