Germany" "

Feeling at home, in Berlin” “

According to the data of the offices in Berlin, some 120,000 have enrolled in the ecumenical jamboree that will bring Christians from all over the country together in the German capital from 28 May to 1st June 2003. A long tradition of separate confessional meetings exists in Germany: the Katholikentag, the meeting of Catholics convened […]

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European Churches" "

Slovenia: the electorate votes ‘yes’ to the EU and to NATO” “

With its referendum held on Sunday 23 March, Slovenia opted for entry into the European Union. The results showed that 89.61% of the votes were cast in favour of EU membership, whereas only 10.39% voted against. Consent for NATO membership was lower (66.06%) against 33.98% against; the beginning of military operations in Iraq probably had […]

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Austrian and Czech bishops: appeal to reconciliation ” “

It’s called “Reconciliation and cordial relations at the heart of Europe”: the joint declaration of the Episcopal Conferences of Austria and the Czech Republic was presented simultaneously in Vienna and Prague on 20 March. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Archbishop Jan Graubner, respectively presidents of the Austrian and Czech Episcopal Conference, expressed the hope that this […]

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Spain: the religious who look after cemeteries” “

The “Grave-Diggers of Mercy” are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their foundation this year: they are the only religious congregation in the world dedicated exclusively to the burial of the dead and to praying for them. The burial of the dead and the prayer for the living and the dead was begun by a group […]

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18th WYD" "

Building unity in diversity” “

In preparation for the 18th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in each diocese on 13 April, Palm Sunday, the CCEE (Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe) and the European Committee of university chaplains, in collaboration with the Office for university apostolate of the diocese of Rome, promoted the first “European Day of […]

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Eastern Europe" "

It was not silence” “

Countless Christians were persecuted in the countries of Eastern Europe in the 20th century. For a long time people spoke of a “Church of silence”. But that definition is not liked by the witnesses of persecutions. “We – said the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop Pavlo Vasylyk, who spent twenty years either in the gulags or in […]

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monthly agenda" "

April 2003″ “

1 April Public holiday: Cyprus. 2 April 5th International Conference on ethics and environmental policies (2-6), promoted by the Lanza Foundation with the title “Business style and sustainable development”, at Kiev (Ukraine) – Public holiday: Portugal (Constitution Day). 3 April 9th regular Meeting of the Assembly of the broadcasters of the EUR/EBU (European Union of […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

War and information, “virtual” scenario and “real” terrain of the battlefield: these seem to be the antitheses within which the main international dailies are analysing the war in Iraq, which has been monopolizing the attention of the press and public opinion throughout the world since 20 March. “The culminating battle of this campaign – writes […]

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late news" "

EP: divided on war” “

The plenary assembly of the European Parliament ended its own debate on the Iraqi conflict on 27 March without adopting any resolution. The shocking lack of any agreement between the political groups, together with the presence of splinter groups among the ranks of both the People’s Party and Socialists, prevented the EP from assuming any […]

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editoriale" "

Una svolta nella storia” “

La guerra in Iraq si protrae; una volta messa in moto la macchina della guerra non si arresta facilmente. Ma è altrettanto decisa la volontà dei cristiani di non accettare la logica della guerra. Sono tre i punti salienti che balzano agli occhi in questo contesto. Mai come nel caso della crisi irachena tutte le […]

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