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CHIESE IN BREVE

Italia: i laici nella società e nella politicaSarà la formazione de "Gli adulti, maturi nella fede e testimoni di umanità" il tema principale della prossima Assemblea generale dei vescovi italiani in programma in maggio. Lo hanno deciso i membri del Consiglio episcopale permanente (Roma, 23-26 gennaio). Al centro dei lavori, tra l’altro, la crisi economica […]

EDITORIALE

Vent’anni fa, il 7 febbraio 1992, i rappresentanti di dodici Paesi europei firmavano a Maastricht il Trattato che da allora è associato al nome di questa città dei Paesi Bassi. La portata storica di questo Trattato, con cui si istituiva l’unione monetaria e si fissava una data irreversibile per l’introduzione di una moneta comune, è […]

CZECH REPUBLIC

Johann Wolfgang Goethe once said that Europe was born of medieval pilgrimages to places like Santiago de Compostela, Rome or Palestine. His younger compatriot, German politician Konrad Adenauer added that pilgrimage places are the capitals of the world, where decisions about destinies of nations are made. Today we witness renewed desire of tourists to visit […]

MAASTRICHT

The "Christening" of the European Union; the launch of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); the establishment of the subsidiarity principle; the introduction of a "European citizenship". The Treaty of Maastricht, namely, the "Treaty on European Union", ratified 20 years ago – on February 7 1992 – in the city of The Netherlands, is a […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The growth of natural and man-made disasters, in frequency and intensity, have highlighted the need to develop a new action plan at European level. In December 2011 the Commission adopted a new legislative proposal, which aims to reinforce the EU’s disaster management. The proposal was recently illustrated and discussed by Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner responsible for […]

EU Commission, pension reform and economic data The Commissions’ general directorates and services are actively engaged in pensions reform and Interim Economic Forecast. The White Paper on the future of pensions, due to be launched on February 14-15, "sets out ideas and proposals to ensure pensions in the EU are adequate and sustainable in the […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: mgr. Zollitsch about Syria Stop violence in Syria: this was said yesterday by mgr. Robert Zollitsch, president of the German Bishops Conference (Dbk). "We cannot just stare while hundreds of people are dying of brutal violence. What is happening in Syria is a deep breach of fundamental human rights", mgr. Zollitsch stated. "We must […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Italy: the laity in society and in politicsThe formation of "Adults, mature in faith and witnesses of humanity" will be the main theme of the next General Assembly of the Italian Bishops scheduled for May. The decision was taken by the members of the Permanent Episcopal Council (Rome 23 – 26 January). The agenda of […]

EDITORIAL

Twenty years ago, on February 7 1992, the representatives of twelve European countries convened in Maastricht to affix their signature on the Treaty which took the name of this city in The Netherlands. The historical bearing of the Treaty, which stipulated the creation of the monetary union, establishing an irreversible date for the adoption of […]

SICILIA

La rivolta dei "forconi" che ha messo nei giorni scorsi in grande difficoltà la vita quotidiana degli abitanti della Sicilia con il blocco delle strade e autostrade e che continua, dopo la spaccatura al suo interno, con l’occupazione dei Consigli comunali di alcuni Comuni dell’Isola e uno stanziamento stabile dinanzi a Palazzo d’Orleans, sede della […]