Redazione

AUSTRIA

Una cerimonia svoltasi il 10 maggio presso il Museumquartier, il complesso museale di Vienna, ha segnato l’avvio dell’iniziativa “Future Spirit” che promuove l’impegno dei giovani a livello sociale. Fino al 15 luglio sarà possibile presentare, in tutta l’Austria, progetti nel sociale che verranno poi attuati tra ottobre 2012 e marzo 2013. La manifestazione è patrocinata […]

EDITORIAL

On the occasion of an interview on ecumenism cardinal Kurt Koch declared that one of the major problems faced by ecumenical dialogue today is that controversies between Churches basically regard ethical questions. And that’s also why it is important that they be involved in the dialogue. Most Churches share the same understanding of the human […]

ENGLAND

The initiative has got a name: "More than gold". And a purpose: to humanize the Olympics through a large-scale evangelization and a strong social commitment aimed at fighting poverty and the plague of human trafficking and exploitation. These are situations which the Olympic games often promote. "More than gold" is promoted by 15 churches belonging […]

CHURCH FREEDOM

"An important step for the freedom of the Church", Grégor Puppinck director of the ECLJ (European Centre for Law and Justice – www.eclj.org), thus commented on the judgement released May 15 with which the European Court of Human Rights agreed that the decision of Spanish bishops "not to renew the contract of a teacher who […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Poland: Caritas Europe Conference"The Church helps everyone regardless of their faith and their political views", underlined cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum on the occasion of the Conference of Caritas Europe that closed in Warsaw on May 12, which was dedicated to the phenomenon of migrations. Cardinal Sarah underlined that Catholic […]

Projects for accessibility of persons with disabilities "The removal of the anti-discrimination clause from the European Commission’s cohesion policy proposal might jeopardize access to important funding for European citizens, notably the disabled". The message was echoed during a seminar held a few days ago at the European Parliament, promoted by MEP Danuta Hübner, president of […]

GREECE

President Károlos Papoúlias’s preoccupied face while he says he is "afraid of the dangers" threatening his Greece, is very telling of the country’s situation. The appointment of head of interim government and new elections (the 10th or more likely the 17th of June ) are the last steps of a political instability which is worsening […]

JEWS-CATHOLICS

"The scourge of anti-Semitism seems to be ineradicable in today’s world". So, "in view of such developments the Catholic Church is obliged to denounce anti-Judaism and Marcionism as a betrayal of its own Christian faith, and to call to mind that the spiritual fraternity between Jews and Christians has its firm and eternal foundation in […]

SLOVAKIA

New government of Slovak republic approved its program for the following four years this week. The cabinet has been constituted by the winning party of the March parliamentary election – Direction-Social democracy – after gaining 45% of all valid votes. Soon afterwards, the prime minister Robert Fico invited representatives of various institutions, including the religious […]

AUSTRIA

A ceremony held on May 10 at the Museumquartier, the museum compound in Vienna, gave the kick off to the initiative "Future Spirit", meant to promote youth commitment at social level. Until July 15 in all of Austria it will be possible to present social projects that will be implemented between October 2012 and March […]