Romania" "

"Adevarat c-a inviat!"” “

The Romanian Catholic Church is celebrating Holy Week with traditions that are the same for all the faithful, even if celebrated in different weeks according to the three different rites (Latin, Byzantine, Armenian) into which the Church is divided. The young, in particular, have accepted the witness given by all those Latin and Greek-Catholic bishops […]

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France" "

Easter Night: 2374 adults to be baptized ” “

On Easter night and Easter Sunday, 2374 adults will be baptized throughout France. They have all completed a course of catechumenate over the last few years. To mark the occasion the figures referring to the year in course have been published: the national Service of catechumenate headed by the French Bishops’ Conference says that they […]

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"Cybercuré": 126,000 visitors in six months” “

One writes in the keywords: “Palm Sunday”, “Easter”, “Baptism”, “Marriage”. And immediately the replies flash up on the screen to the many questions posed by all those curious surfers on the web “who are standing on the threshold of the Christian community, i.e. all those non-practicing Christians who form the majority of believers”. Providing information […]

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Belgium" "

Is there room for both?” “

“Be not afraid…” is the title of the Easter Letter sent to the priests of the diocese of Malines-Brussels by the archbishop, Cardinal Godfried Danneels . “‘Be not afraid’, these words – writes the cardinal – are like a fire that, from the very beginning, runs through the field of God: the words already heard […]

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Great Britain" "

Christian communities more "expert" in combating poverty” “

“The communities of the faithful may make a significant contribution to social regeneration and rehabilitation programmes and, contrary to what is generally thought, their involvement may create links between the various groups in the disadvantaged areas”: the point is made in a new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, one of the main charitable […]

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Caritas: "disappointed" by the social welfare budget” “

There are some “glimmers of light for pensioners and those actively seeking work”, but “there’s still not enough social justice”. That’s the comment of English Caritas, “disappointed” by the government’s latest social welfare budget. “Last year – declares the director of the Caritas ‘social action’ department, Sarah Lindsell – the Chancellor allocated extra funds to […]

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Caritas: "disappointed" by the social welfare budget” “

Father John Dale, 52 years old, of which six spent among the Masai, in Kenya, is the new director of the Pontifical Mission-Aid Societies in England and Wales. Currently dean of St. John’s Cathedral, in Salford, he will begin his new post next week. “I face this new task with the consciousness that wherever we […]

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The disabled join the marathon to fund a school in Thailand” “

The thousands of participants in the classic London Marathon (Flora London Marathon) on Sunday 13 April included Amnouy Wetwithan and Ekkachai Janthon, both aged 23. Both disabled, and both from the orphanage of Pattaya in Thailand, they completed the traditional 42.195 km course of the marathon in wheelchairs to collect funds and help finance a […]

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European Churches" "

Czech Republic: preparing the Synod” “

A plenary meeting or Synod of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is to be held at Velehrad in early July to promote the implementation of the documents of Vatican Council II and the recent joint document of the Czech and Austrian Episcopal Conferences on reconciliation after World War II. Preparation of what is […]

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Switzerland: "The media for peace"” “

“The media for peace”: that’s the theme of the ‘Sunday of the media’, which will be celebrated in Switzerland on 1st June. The event coincides with the World Day of Social Communications, which has as its theme this year: “The means of social communication at the service of a genuine peace in the light of […]

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