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ROM IN EUROPA

Non è ancora un reale passo avanti, ma almeno un “segnale di attenzione”. A un anno dall’approvazione della strategia comunitaria per l’inclusione dei rom, la Commissione ha tracciato un bilancio di quanto è stato realizzato e di quanto – molto, quasi tutto – rimane da fare. Gli Stati membri hanno adempiuto sinora al compito di […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Portogallo: celebrata la Giornata dell’AfricaCelebrando la “Giornata dell’Africa”, inaugurata il 25 maggio 1963 con la fondazione dell’Organizzazione per l’unità africana, il responsabile della Congregazione dei missionari della Consolata in Portogallo ha invitato la Chiesa a rafforzare il proprio sforzo in favore delle comunità svantaggiate del continente: “Ci sono ancora molte popolazioni escluse o che si […]

FAMILY 2012

On the eve of the World Meeting of Families (Milan May30-June 3) that will be concluded by a vigil prayer and the Mass celebrated by Benedict XVI, Sarah Numico, of SIR Europe, asked some questions to Father Piotr Mazurkiewicz, General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community. On the same […]

ART, MUSIC AND FAITH

This year’s International Children’s Day will have a special flavour in Czech republic, Austria and Slovakia. On 1 June at 6 p.m., thousands of Christian churches will open their gates until midnight, with aim to show the beauty of Christian art and architectural works of the past, reach out to visitors through a positive experience […]

THE FAMILY IN EUROPE

Less marriages, less cribs; more divorces, more abortions. Not to mention the "demographic winter", and widespread poverty, that worsened as a result of the ongoing economic crisis. In Europe the family is subjected to internal and external threats. Although it should be admitted that in the Old Continent there are visible signs of hope, from […]

ROMA IN EUROPE

It is still not a step forward, but at least a "sign of attention". One year after the approval of the European Roma inclusion strategy, the Commission assessed the work done and a lot that still must be carried out. Member States presented their "national strategies" on social, economic and cultural integration of the largest […]

FAMILY 2012

To bring the meeting of Milan dedicated to "Family, Work and Holidays" to Wales, with a pastoral letter and a project: this is the commitment of the diocese of Wrexham, in North East Wales. Past week-end the bishop, Msgr. Edwin Regan, in a message to his parishes, asked to put the family at the centre […]

EDITORIAL

The 7th World Meeting of Families, scheduled to take place in Milan in the coming days, is much more than a major ecclesial event. Moreover, the Meeting also has a strong civil, social and cultural connotation, as conveyed in the theme: "The family, work, holidays." But the meeting is significant per se, as a global […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: celebration of the Day for AfricaCelebrating the "Day for Africa", inaugurated on May 25 1963 with the Organization for African Unity Foundation, the responsible of the Congregation of Consolata missionaries in Portugal invited the to Church step up efforts for disadvantaged communities in the continent. "Many populations are still excluded, and others’ very survival […]

ITALY

"Present day challenges can’t be addressed with simplistic replies". In this framework, "job access is acknowledged as a priority, which entails the need for signs enabling the youth to overcome ongoing precariousness", underline Italian bishops in the final statement of the 64th General Assembly of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, gathered in the Synod Hall, Vatican […]