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EU COMMISSION

Two – complementary – facets of the same medal: this is relationship between the budget of the EU and that of its Member States according to the Commission, which presented the 2013 draft budget a few days ago. Accordingly, the former is geared at growth, while national budgets are geared towards rigour, owing to the […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

England: three-year plan of bishopsThey call it “National Vocations Framework” and it is the three-year plan that the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has promoted, in order to help young people discover their vocation. The announcement was made by Father Christopher Jamison, Director of the National Office for Vocations, as part of the […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: Social communication daySoul-searching as the basis for "a stronger Christian message" will be the core theme of the 46th World Social Communication day, organized by the Portuguese Catholic Church on May 10th. To give more emphasis to the theme "Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization" proposed by Benedict XVI, National Secretariat Director of Social […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ccee: Congress for catechesis and Mass for EuropeA week of hard work for the European Bishops Conferences (Ccee), which will meet in Rome from 7th to 10th May for a number of meetings and events. The European Congress for Catechesis will start on Monday, 7th May, bringing together bishops and national directors of the national […]

EU Commission, reducing the costs of broad band"High speed internet lies at the basis of all sectors of the economy and will be the backbone of the digital single market. Each 10% increase in broad band penetration generates an economic growth of between 1% and 1.5%" of GDP, according to the European Commission, which in […]

UKRAINE

The "era of democracy and of the Rule of the Law in Ukraine is over", while the "orange revolution" seems a distant memory: in an open letter to UEFA president Michel Platini Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, heads of the Green caucus at the European Parliament, launched the first cry of alarm on the situation […]

ROMANIA

The annual meeting of the Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania (CCRCR) took place in Bucharest on 26 April, under the chairmanship of patriarch Daniel of the Romenian Orthodox Church, with participation of representatives of ten religious cults. Members representing the Romanian Orthodox Church; the Serb Orthodox Diocese of Timisoara; the Romania Church […]

FISC E FAMIGLIA

I settimanali diocesani e la famiglia, quella "società naturale fondata sul matrimonio" di cui parla la Costituzione e anche attorno alla quale si sviluppa l’odierna emergenza educativa. Il tema è posto all’ordine del giorno del Convegno nazionale della Fisc (www.fisc.it), la Federazione dei settimanali cattolici italiani che rappresenta 185 testate, aperto oggi pomeriggio a Fabriano. […]

50° CONCILIO

Cosa ha rappresentato il Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II e cosa ancora deve essere conosciuto, approfondito, sviluppato: sono le questioni sulle quali si sta riflettendo in questi giorni con il congresso internazionale "Concilio Vaticano II: il valore permanente di una riforma per la nuova evangelizzazione", aperto oggi a Roma presso la Pontificia Università della Santa Croce […]

BENEDETTO XVI

“La cultura positivista, escludendo la domanda su Dio dal dibattito scientifico, determina il declino del pensiero e l’indebolimento della capacità di intelligenza del reale”. È il monito di Benedetto XVI, che visitando oggi l’università Cattolica di Roma e il Policlinico Gemelli ha messo in guardia da “una mentalità fondamentalmente tecnocratica”, che “genera un rischioso squilibrio […]