European Churches" "

France: bishops reject human cloning ” “

The French bishops reject “human cloning” because it involves dangerous “interferences in essential elements of the identity of the future human being” and represents “a grave violation of human dignity”; but above all because “each embryo is already a human being” and cannot be used as “an object in the hands of man”. The point […]

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England and Wales: the bishops defend the right to asylum” “

“The long and proud English tradition of welcoming those attempting to flee from persecution must be defended, because it says much about the history and values of a people”. So Bishop Patrick O’Donoghue, of the Office for political refugees of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, comments on the ever more frequent attacks on […]

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Spain: 11 February – "Day of the invalid"” “

“Invalids in the parish. A priority”: the theme of the “Day of the invalid 2003”, to be celebrated in Spain and throughout the world on 11 February, epitomizes the attitude that parish communities are called to assume towards the sick. “Nowadays health care is being increasingly organized at the domiciliary level – point out the […]

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press review" "

Dailies and periodicals” “

The Usa-Iraq crisis continues to monopolize the attention of the main international dailies, especially intent on probing the relation between America and Europe, and the diverging attitudes of the two “blocs” to a possible armed intervention in Iraq. “Iraq: Washington will have to wait”, is the front-page headline in Le Monde (28/1), in which it […]

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agenda" "

EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: Initiative of Austria aimed at the adoption of a regulation of the Council that would fix the criteria for the determination of States definable as safe third States with a view to assuming responsibility for the examination of […]

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Parliamentary agenda” “

The week from 3 to 7 February 2003 will be devoted to the meetings of the political groups. In addition, the European Parliament will hold seminars of information for MPs from the candidate countries in Brussels on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 February 2003.

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the last" "

Swiss bishops: Catholics "on the decrease", especially among immigrants ” “

The number of Catholics in Switzerland has dropped by approximately 4%, especially among immigrants: the alarm bell is rung by the Swiss bishops, who have issued a statement in which they offer a preliminary analysis of the federal census relating to the year 2000; its data relating to religious aspects have just been published. In […]

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editorial" "

There’s no evil destiny in history” “

Only thirty years separate two major events in the history of the European continent, which each led in diametrically opposite directions. On 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. So Germany chose what was worst: it chose the unimaginable, the unspeakable; it entered the history of totalitarianism; the tunnel of war, the destruction […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand" "professor of contemporary history at the university of lyons " "" "" "" "

radici cristiane" "

Il web di pergamena” “

Furono i monaci di Benedetto, a partire dal VI secolo, i primi a tessere la rete, (“ora et labora”), che unì l’Europa. L’ordine benedettino, ma è meglio parlare di Confederazione, è composto da 21 congregazioni ed è guidato da un abate primate. 18 di queste sono presenti in Europa. Secondo stime fornite dalla Confederazione e […]

di Cristiana Dobner" "" "

anno della Bibbia" "

Cercare e trovare” “” “

Le chiese dell’area germanofona – Austria, Svizzera, Germania – celebrano nel 2003 l’anno della Bibbia. Il cardinale Christoph Schönborn, arcivescovo di Vienna e presidente della conferenza episcopale Austriaca, giustamente ha sottolineato che anche nella cultura secolarizzata di oggi la Bibbia è presente ovunque – nella cultura, nell’arte, nella letteratura, nei mezzi di comunicazione sociale, nella […]

di Erich Leitenberger" "direttore di Kathpress, " "agenzia stampa cattolica austriaca" "" "" "