{"id":230097,"date":"2019-03-12T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=230097"},"modified":"2019-03-12T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T08:39:36","slug":"romanian-journalists-visit-kerk-en-leven-newspaper-offices-in-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-journalists-visit-kerk-en-leven-newspaper-offices-in-antwerp\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian journalists visit Kerk en Leven newspaper offices in Antwerp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Romanian journalists who visited Belgium for three days last week were welcomed on Thursday, March 7, at the headquarters of the most important religious newspaper in the Flemish Region of Belgium, Kerk en Leven (Church &amp; Life).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The group of religion journalists was received by the newspaper\u2019s editor-in-chief, Luk Vanmaercke, who presented the history and activities of Kerk en Leven, but also noted the challenges they face.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229896\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-229896 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4861-890x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"589\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luk Vanmaercke was happy to learn about the media activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Photo: ZL \/ Augustin P\u0103unoiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kerk &amp; Leven is owned by the Roman-Catholic Church and has a circulation of approximately 200,000 copies.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the problems faced by printed publications in general, the weekly newspaper in Flanders is also affected by the low interest in religion of the Belgian people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ro\">Members of the Basilica News Agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhAnghel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GhAnghel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SorinIonite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SorinIonite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AurelianNicolae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AurelianNicolae<\/a>, and dn Dan Vascu, broadcast technical director at Rena\u0219terea Radio, visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerkenleven?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kerkenleven<\/a> printing facilities in Antwerp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8mGLM3SnVt\">pic.twitter.com\/8mGLM3SnVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\/status\/1103603005675442182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, one of Kerk &amp; Leven\u2019s main goals is to attract young audience.<\/p>\n<p>Editor-in-chief Vanmaercke was offered an insight into the activity of the Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, especially of the Lumina Newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229894\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-229894 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4831-890x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"589\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Zamora, editor-in-chief at Lumina Newspaper (left), and Luk Vanmaercke, editor-in-chief at Kerk en Leven (right). Photo: ZL \/ Augustin P\u0103unoiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The representatives of the religious media in Romania had the opportunity to visit the Flemish newspaper\u2019s printing facilities, where they were able to see the next edition of Kerk en Leven during printing process.<\/p>\n<h4>Religion in Belgium<\/h4>\n<p>The same day, the journalists had a meeting with representatives of the Roman-Catholic Diocese in Atwerp at the city\u2019s Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Pieter Wieerts and Ian Kint spoke about the Belgian society\u2019s lack of interest in spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>They said that many Catholic parishes are being dissolved and that church buildings are used for other purposes or even risk being demolished.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives of the Diocese of Antwerp also expressed their hope that unused churches will be turned into museums or will be used by other Christian confessions.<\/p>\n<h4>Romanians in Antwerp<\/h4>\n<p>Given the context in the Belgian society, the many thousands of Orthodox Romanians living in Antwerp have the opportunity to gather in a liturgical space for worship at the Nativity of the Mother of God Parish.<\/p>\n<p>The journalists visited the church where the Romanian parish holds its divine ministry and learned from Fr. George Valcu that there are real chances that the church building will soon be purchased by the Romanian community from the Roman-Catholic Diocese of Antwerp.<\/p>\n<p>This visit was made possible with the help of the Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions and with the support of MEP Traian Ungureanu.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-230097 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='2464x1632' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4805.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4805.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='2464x1632' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4847.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4847.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='2464x1632' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4884.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4884.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='2464x1632' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4900.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='2464x1632' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4924.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ZLM_4924.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Lumina Newspaper \/ Augustin P\u0103unoiu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian journalists who visited Belgium for three days last week were welcomed on Thursday, March 7, at the headquarters of the most important religious newspaper in the Flemish Region of Belgium, Kerk en Leven (Church &amp; Life). 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