Czech Republic: the WYD Cross” “

It will the youth of the Czech Republic who will be the first to take delivery of the Toronto WYD Cross. The announcement was made by the 22-year-old Katerina Kubickova, spokesperson of the National Youth Day which will be held at Zdar nad Sazavou (Czech Republic) from 13 to 18 August, in ideal continuation with […]

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Switzerland: 4 Palestinians also in the group” “

Four Palestinian youth will also go to Toronto together with the some 400 Swiss youth who will participate in World Youth Day. In spite of the high costs of travel to Canada, the Swiss youth have chosen to make a gesture of solidarity by assuming the cost of the flight tickets for four Christian young […]

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France: initiatives for those unable to go to Toronto” “

Aged between 20 and 25, in large part students, “few workers for holiday reasons”: that in short is the identikit of the French youth about to depart for Canada to attend the 17th World youth Day. Some 10,000 youth from all over France are expected to participate: 8,000 youngsters have already registered through the dioceses […]

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Greece: called to evangelize” “

“Over twenty young people will travel from Greece to Toronto to participate in the 17th World Youth Day. They represent almost all the Greek dioceses and they have prepared for the event by reading and meditating on the Pope’s message to youth. For those unable to attend, plans are afoot to organize some meetings in […]

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Turkey: together with Orthodox-rite Catholics” “

Some 30 Turkish participants are expected to attend WYD in Toronto. That is a reduced number in comparison with those who flocked to Rome for the WYD there in 2000. But if the quantity is small, the quality is “quite respectable”, also in view of the ecumenical character of the delegation. Apart from representatives of […]

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Who are the youth of Europe?” “

The enlarged EU will comprise 75 million youth aged from 15 to 25. “Even if heterogeneous (in terms of access to the labour market, education, family life, income, etc.), the young claim their condition as citizens with all their rights and duties. Investing in youth means investing in the richness of our societies today and […]

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The "populism" of vengeance” “

Last year 34 countries carried out 4,693 death sentences. Of these, 4,445 were in Asia, 161 in Africa, 21 in Europe (Chechenia) and 66 in America. These are the data of the 2002 Report on the death penalty drawn up by the association “Let no one touch Cain” and released in recent days. In the […]

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The Strasbourg declaration” “

There are 26 signatories of the final Declaration of the first Congress against the death penalty held in Strasbourg from 21 to 23 June 2001. They represent associations throughout the world involved in the defence of human rights. The objective of the joint action is the universal abolition of the death sentence. To this end, […]

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Germany: appeal for the elections” “

An appeal for the participation of Catholic electors in the forthcoming elections to the Bundestag was made in recent days by Hans Joachim Meyer and by Karin Kortmann, respectively president and spokesperson for political questions of the central committee of German Catholics (ZdK) in the course of a press conference held in Berlin. Many issues […]

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Austria: the bishops oppose the ordination of women” “

In violation of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a ceremony of “ordination to the priesthood of seven women – four Germans, two Austrians and one American – took place at Donau, in Austria, on Saturday, 29 June. The rite was officiated by Romulo Braschi, an Argentine citizen and self-declared “archbishop”. In the view […]

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