CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Serbia, Belarus, Slovakia

Serbia: card. Koch meets Orthodox patriarch Irinej Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, is in Serbia until 29 May for an official visit. From the ecumenical point of view the meeting with Orthodox Patriarch Irinej, on May 28 will be the highlight of the visit. The cardinal […]

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IRELAND

Young people made the difference

Fully respecting the will of the people, the Catholic and the Anglican Churches will continue to teach and celebrate marriage as an indissoluble union between a man and a woman. But the Irish vote of May 22 leaves open a big question: why do young people, raised and educated according to Catholic tradition, no longer […]

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EUROPEAN DEFENSE

“A foreign policy first”

“The army is a tool of defence and foreign policy. The European Union today lacks a converging foreign policy and thus the possibility of common armed forces is not on the horizon”. Gen. Vincenzo Camporini is, by his own admission, a “staunch federalist,” a pro-European in the round. But, building on his long military experience, […]

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SPAIN

Journalist by vocation

The Catholic Union of reporters and journalists in Spain (ICUP) awarded to Cristina Sánchez, editor of the weekly “Alpha and Omega”, the “Lolo” Prize for young journalism in its sixth edition, which bears the name of Manuel Lozano Garrido, called “Lolo”, the first beatified lay journalist. The Bishop of Guadix, Monsignor Ginés García, president of […]

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THE NETHERLANDS

The force of small numbers

If the criteria remains that of numbers and distributed wafers, then Catholicism is in serious decline in Holland. The results of a survey published a few days ago by the National Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands on the “religious involvement” of citizens, reported that only 24.4% of the population declare themselves Catholic, with a […]

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EDITORIAL/2" "

Questioning challenges ” “linked to that “yes”

“Multinationals like Twitter and Google that sided with the ‘yes-vote’ have their head offices in Ireland and people fear that the victory of the no-vote would have isolated and damaged the Country also economically”, said Diarmuid Martin, archbishop of Dublin, the day after the opening of ballot boxes, in an interview released to an Italian […]

di Paolo Bustaffa

EDITORIAL/1" "

Popular signs ” “to be decoded

Some have tried to find an interpretative key to the recent elections in Spain and Poland, coupled by those in the United Kingdom, Scotland and France. Even the Irish referendum was put in the same batch. Indeed, when seeking unifying traits a plethora come to the fore: the outcomes of the polls took by surprise […]

di Gianni Borsa

DIFESA EUROPEA

“Prima serve una politica estera”

“L’esercito è uno strumento della politica estera e di difesa. Oggi nell’Unione europea non si registra una politica estera convergente e quindi anche l’ipotesi di forze armate comuni non può essere all’orizzonte”. Il generale Vincenzo Camporini è, per sua stessa ammissione, un “federalista convinto”, ovvero un europeista a tutto tondo. Ma, facendo tesoro della sua […]

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CHIESE IN BREVE

Serbia, Bielorussia, Slovacchia

Serbia: card. Koch incontra il patriarca ortodosso Irinej Il cardinale Kurt Koch, presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la promozione dell’unità dei cristiani, è in visita ufficiale in Serbia fino al 29 maggio. Dal punto di vista ecumenico il momento principale sarà la visita al patriarca ortodosso Irinej, il 28 maggio. Il cardinale parteciperà anche al […]

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IRLANDA

I giovani hanno fatto la differenza

Nel pieno rispetto della volontà popolare, la Chiesa cattolica e anglicana continueranno a insegnare e a celebrare il matrimonio come una unione indissolubile tra un uomo e una donna. Il voto irlandese del 22 maggio lascia in sospeso una grande domanda: perché i giovani cresciuti ed educati secondo la tradizione cattolica, non credono più nei […]

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