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CHIESE IN BREVE

Austria: no a inseminazione artificialeIl vescovo di St. Pölten, mons. Klaus Küng, ha espresso la propria contrarietà sull’annullamento del divieto dell’inseminazione artificiale per donne single e coppie lesbiche. In un comunicato riportato il 17 aprile dall’agenzia di stampa cattolica austriaca Kathpress, il vescovo ha sottolineato che “ogni bambino ha diritto ad avere una madre e […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Inghilterra: Caritas su legislazione abusi domestici Il “Caritas Social Action Network”, l’organizzazione che si occupa, per conto della Conferenza episcopale di Inghilterra e Galles, dei problemi legati alla società, ha dato il benvenuto agli ultimi cambiamenti che il governo ha portato alla legislazione sull’assistenza legale alle vittime di abusi domestici. Nella sua versione originaria la […]

EDITORIAL

As seen in the developments of the debt crisis in the euro area, EU cohesion is put at risk also by cultural differences between Member States. A society’s predisposition to incur in indebtedness without considering the consequences, the mentality of accepting and granting favours to the detriment of the community, the tendency to evade taxes […]

FAMILY IN EUROPE

The World Meeting of Families (Milan, May 30-June 3) is meant to shed light upon "the beautiful and holy mission" the family "plays in society and in the Church". This is the conviction of Antoine Renard, President of the Catholic Families Associations (www.afc-france.org) and of the federation of catholic families in europe (www.fafce.org), gathering ten […]

EU PARLIAMENT

The economic crisis and the question of unemployment in Europe; the situation at international level, notably Syria, Mali, Myanmar and the Middle East; protecting human rights in the world along with another agenda of "concrete" events, ranging from the defence of biodiversity to higher education. The European Parliament, gathered in plenary sitting from April 17 […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Austria: bishop rejects artificial inseminationThe Bishop of St. Pölten, Klaus Küng, has expressed his own opposition to the annulment of the ban on artificial insemination for single women and lesbian couples. In a communiqué carried by the Austrian Catholic press agency Kathpress on 17 April, the bishop emphasized that "each child has the right to […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

England: Caritas on domestic abuse lawThe Caritas Social Action Network, the organisation facing social problems on behalf of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales welcome the latest changes introduced by the government in the laws for legal assistance to the victims of home abuse. In its original version, the laws would have prevented many […]

SOCIETY OF ST PIUS X

After days of leaks, the confirmation has come from the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" itself. With a press communiqué released by the Holy See, it announced that "on 17 April 2012, as requested during the 16 March meeting held at the offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Commission received the […]

EU

"The crisis isn’t over. There are no magical solutions. A medium-term and long-term agenda" to implement reforms, budgetary decisions and investment is needed "to boost job creation and employment". The president of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso, presented in Strasbourg a package of proposals to boost job creation. Support to job market reforms, coordinating […]

EU-EDUCATION

"Entrepreneurship education in European schools" is the title of the survey carried out by the European Commission on the strategies and the programs under way in 31 countries and 5 European regions in the area of formation for enterprises. Figures show that the promotion of entrepreneurship education is increasing in most EU countries. Turning ideas […]