European Union: "zero tolerance"

In spite of the European Council’s adoption of the European Convention in the Campaign against Doping in 1989, it was on the occasion of the European Council of Vienna in December 1998 that the EU expressed its own concern about the scale and gravity of doping in sport. In the same period, the European Parliament […]

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United Kingdom: Christians and sport” “

They are Christians and sportsmen and for them physical exercise is a way of praising God. “Christians in Sport”, an ecumenical association founded within the Church of England, and now spread in 40 universities, with over a thousand members, has as its mission evangelizing the world of sport. The slogan of the association, founded in […]

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” “No lack of regulations

Ever more European countries are equipping themselves with particular regulations to respond to the growing menace of doping in the world of sport. We give a brief review of the existing legislation below. In Germany the problem of doping is treated in paragraph 6 of the law of September 1998 on the regulation of pharmaceutical […]

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European Convention: the voice of the KEK ” “

The Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old-Catholic Churches are also urging the “Convention on the future of Europe” to recognize the Churches and the religious communities as “partners in dialogue” of the European Union. The recommendation was unanimously adopted by the central Committee of the European Churches (KEK), at the end of its annual meeting, held […]

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European Convention: an appeal to Germany ” “

“The Christian Churches expressly support the process of European union” and express the hope that “a reference to God” may be included in the constitutional text in course of preparation, recalling that “the European idea of being human and the basis of values” of the EU are “substantially forged by religion, in particular by Christianity”. […]

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Mixed marriages: the Churches dialogue on the question” “

The joint working group of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches met at Stjarnholm, in Sweden, from 24 to 31 May, under the chairmanship of its two “co-moderators”, the Catholic archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti, and the Lutheran bishop Jonas Jonson. In the course of the work, the representatives of the Churches […]

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Day of Jewish Culture” “

The third Day of Jewish Culture will be celebrated in 22 countries of Europe on Sunday 16 June. Founded in France in 1996 with the slogan “Open Doors”, the initiative is aimed at familiarizing the public with the most varied aspects of Jewish culture, enabling everyone, even those who have never had any contacts at […]

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” “CCEE: meeting of the general secretaries in Istanbul” “

The 30th meeting of the general secretaries of the European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) will be held in Istanbul in Turkey from 13 to 17 June. “In Turkey – says a communiqué put out by the CCEE –, a country with an Islamic majority that is knocking at the doors of Europe, the main issues on […]

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Spain: the Church against every form of terrorism” “

The executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference met in Madrid in recent days and issued a communiqué on 6 June to respond to the controversy that erupted following the pastoral letter disseminated by the Basque bishops (cf. SirEurope 22/2002). In its press release the Episcopal Conference notes that the Basque bishops “have expressed a […]

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Italy: missionary parishes and not "ghettoes of devotees"” “

To be “authentically missionary” the parish today must avert the risk of being reduced to a “ghetto of devotees” or a “self service of religious needs”. So says Msgr. Walther Ruspi, head of the catechetical Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference, in the course of the national Meeting of the directors of the diocesan catechetical […]

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