Redazione

CHIESE IN BREVE

Ucraina: la Chiesa greco-cattolica per le elezioni In vista delle elezioni parlamentari in Ucraina, che si terranno il 28 ottobre, il capo della Chiesa greco-cattolica dell’Ucraina (Ugcc), Sviatoslav Shevchuk, esorta i sacerdoti ad astenersi da qualsiasi coinvolgimento nella campagna elettorale. Sua Beatitudine Sviatoslav ha testualmente dichiarato: “Quando la Chiesa interferisce con la politica, perde sempre. […]

DIRITTO ALLA VITA

Il divieto imposto a una coppia portatrice di una malattia genetica di ricorrere alla diagnosi preimpianto nel quadro della fecondazione in vitro sarebbe contrario al rispetto della vita privata e familiare: questo il contenuto di una sentenza della Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo, che il 28 agosto si è pronunciata sul caso “Costa e Pavan […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Belgio: la scarcerazione di Michelle Martin“Un essere umano resta un essere umano”. Mons. AloysJousten, vescovo di Liegi, spiega così alla stampa belga il motivo che spinge le Clarisse del convento di Malonne ad accettare di accogliere da ieri sera Michelle Martin, l’ex moglie e complice del ‘mostro di Marcinelle’ Marc Dutroux. È di martedì 28 […]

EDITORIAL

The proposal of a “convention”, a kind of constituent assembly tasked with paving the way – once and for all – to European political union, “ascribed” for days to Angela Merkel, has the merit of drawing attention on Community integration process, although several questions are still hanging. The first regards the true intention of the […]

POLAND

“By uniting our forces we have provided a clear indication of the path of reconciliation not only for Christians but for all men of good will who wish to promote good neighbor relations”. The statement was pronounced by the Polish diocesan bishops gathered in plenary meeting in Jasna Gora, who lauded the common Message addressed […]

THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Ban preventing an Italian couple who are healthy carriers of genetic disease from screening embryos for in vitro fertilisation violated their right to respect for their private and family life: the decision of the European Court of Human Rights issued on August 28th in the case of “Costa and Pavan v. Italy”.  The judgement which […]

Water, everyone’s right. The EU’s commitment”Every minute, three more children die from drinking dirty water” in developing countries – that’s 4,000 every day. Half of the hospital beds in developing countries are taken up with people suffering from diseases caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene”. This “is simply unacceptable and it’s clear that more […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The rough path of the single currency, and from a wider perspective, that of European integration, will reach their destination after the summer holidays. Even if we wished to support the thesis of optimism and of the irreversibility of the euro currency – repeatedly announced by EU institutions, by the European Central Bank and by […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Belgium: the release of Michelle Martin”A human being is still a human being”. This is how mgr. Aloys Jousten, bishops of Liege, explains to the Belgian press why the Poor Clares of the Malonne convent accepted to take in, since last night, Michelle Martin, ex wife and partner in crime of the ‘Monster of Marcinelle’, […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ukraine: the Greek Catholic Church andelectionsIn anticipation of the parliamentary election in Ukraine, due to take place on 28 October, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) SviatoslavShevchuk exhorts priests to refrain from any involvement at the election campaign. According to his words, “when the Church interferes in politics, it always loses. For no […]