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Russian Orthodox leader calls council for June
Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow plans to convene all the bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for a council in June, the KAI news agency reports.

The council-- to be held at the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, June 24- 29-- will focus primarily on Church unity. The Orthodox bishops will be asked to confirm an "act of canonical communion" bringing the Moscow patriarchate together with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Also on the agenda for the June meeting will be the canonization of new saints.

The canon law of the Russian Orthodox Church dictates that a council of bishops should be held at least once every 4 years. The last such council was in 2004.
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Discourse N.1 - White House Welcome
papa-e-bush.jpgMr. President,

Thank you for your gracious words of welcome on behalf of the people of the United States of America. I deeply appreciate your invitation to visit this great country. My visit coincides with an important moment in the life of the Catholic community in America: the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the elevation of the country's first Diocese - Baltimore - to a metropolitan Archdiocese, and the establishment of the Sees of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Louisville. Yet I am happy to be here as a guest of all Americans. I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast pluralistic society. America's Catholics have made, and continue to make, an excellent contribution to the life of their country. As I begin my visit, I trust that my presence will be a source of renewal and hope for the Church in the United States, and strengthen the resolve of Catholics to contribute ever more responsibly to the life of this nation, of which they are proud to be citizens.
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Islam and Christianity in Europe
"Islam, Christianity and Europe": this is the title of a sequence of four workshops that will take place in Brussels until September, one of the initiatives for 2008 as the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The proposal comes from Comece (Commission of EU Bishops Conferences), from the Church and Society Commission of Kek (Conference of European Churches) and from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, with the support of Islamic partners and the European Parliament, which will host the meetings. The idea of devoting one whole year to an exchange of opinions about the cultures, traditions and religious beliefs of the continent "aims at strengthening social cohesion and peace in Europe", explain the promoters. It comes from the realisation that the Europeans must learn to live together in diversity", which is increased "by the circulation of people and ideas". One of the consequences of such diversity is the increased number of Muslim people "in a space where the majority have traditionally been Christian". Hence the proposal of holding the workshops, the first one due on Thursday 17th April, called "Intercultural dialogue: the answer to all problems? The Christian and the Muslim perspective".
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On Cyril and Methodius
santi-cirillo-metodio.jpgDear brothers and sisters:

Today, I would like to speak about Sts. Cyril and Methodius, brothers of the same parents and in the faith, known as the apostles to the Slavic people. Cyril was born in Thessalonica, son of the imperial magistrate Leon, in 826-827. He was the youngest of seven children. As a child, he learned the Slavic language. At age 14, he was sent to Constantinople to be educated and was accompanied by the young emperor, Michael III. During those years, he was introduced into the various university disciplines, among others, dialectics, and had Photius as his teacher. After having rejected a brilliant matrimony, he decided to receive holy orders and became the librarian in the patriarchate. Shortly afterward, wanting to retreat from society, he hid himself in a monastery, but soon was discovered and entrusted with teaching sacred and profane sciences, a task that he fulfilled so well that he won the title of "philosopher."
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