History sidetracked?” “

“European integration is from various aspects the greatest political and institutional innovation of the last century. And now we are faced by another crucial transition: the Convention on the future of Europe is working on the draft of the future Constitution, which could be a turning point for the Union”. Alberto Quadrio Curzio , professor […]

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Neither to impose, nor prevent” “

The debate continues on the lack of any reference to Christianity in the draft European Constitution. At the recent session of the Convention in Brussels, Giscard d’Estaing, president of the European Convention, presented his amendments on the question of religion. We have gathered some views on the matter. “May secularism not be the religion of […]

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European Churches, thoughts and voices ” “

Convinced and repeated support of the Pope’s appeals in defence of peace has come from the European episcopates in recent months. The new evangelization, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue also remain at the forefront of the Churches’ activities in the continent. Other central issues are the common commitment to the process of the reunification of Europe, […]

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Latin America: a new phase” “

How can closer collaboration between the Churches of Europe and of Latin American be fostered? Through the exchange of priests and the support of vocations, through material aid for seminaries and pastoral activities in Latin America, through the training of European volunteers for service in Latin America, and through the exchange of materials and experiences: […]

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Intensifying efforts and prayers for peace” “

The ‘Presidium’ of the Conference of the European Churches (KEK), representing 126 churches of Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic tradition from all the countries of Europe, met in Athens from 26 February to 2 March. The meeting, held at the invitation of the Orthodox archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Christodoulos, was devoted to […]

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New spaces of encounter” “

“Transparent and participative” mechanisms in the procedures for foreign debt remission, better access to drugs for the treatment of Aids, restrictions on arms exports from Europe to Africa and on the exploitation of diamonds and oil, greater dialogue between the Churches of the two continents and recognition of religious freedom: just some of the recommendations […]

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The idea of Europe in Schuman” “

Robert Schuman, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Maurice Blondel, Josephine Bakhita, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope John XXIII are the six “witnesses” being proposed in this year’s Lenten Lectures in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, as part of the cycle of meetings “Holiness in the challenge of history. Portrait of six witnesses for the third millennium”. The […]

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"Licences" against life” “

The chances that the ProLife Association has of winning the legal action it has brought against the British government to stop the cloning of human beings in Great Britain seem to be slight. On 19 February the case went to the examination of the House of Lords (the supreme court in the British legal system). […]

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Awaiting the Pope’s visit” “

A boat, a sail and a cross: they are the symbols of the visit that John Paul II will make to Madrid, in Spain, on 3 and 4 May. The boat, representing the Church, is “the invitation to proclaim the Gospel in contemporary society”; the sail, which has the shape of a map of Spain, […]

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A course to improve relations between mothers and daughters-in-law” “

“Even though the idea of setting up a laboratory for mothers and daughters-in-law may seem a bit ridiculous, it is undeniable that bad relations with the family into which a girl has married may lead to a marriage breaking down”. The point is made by Mar Sánchez Marchori, who has run the first course of […]

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