Redazione

SLOVACCHIA

Le Università cattoliche sono “i profeti del nostro tempo” che ricordano al mondo “l’essenza del cristianesimo, cercare la verità e condividerla con gli altri”. Con queste parole il rettore dell’Università cattolica di Ruzomberok, Tadeusz Zasepa, si è rivolto a tutte le persone di buona volontà, invitandole a festeggiare, il 29 gennaio, la Domenica dell’Università cattolica […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Ccee-Kek: riunione del Comitato congiuntoI cristiani delle diverse confessioni presenti in Europa devono portare avanti una testimonianza comune nei confronti delle nuove sfide spirituali, demografiche, politiche ed economiche che il vecchio continente si trova oggi ad affrontare. È quanto emerso dalla riunione del Comitato congiunto della Conferenza delle Chiese europee (Kek) e del Consiglio delle […]

EDITORIALE

La stabilità “non è sufficiente, servono crescita e occupazione”. Herman Van Rompuy, presidente del Consiglio europeo, conclude a notte inoltrata il vertice del 30 gennaio ribadendo un concetto che dovrebbe apparire ovvio. Una frase che gli serve per spiegare a grandi linee che “il summit è stato un successo”, ovvero l’Europa ha ritrovato una intesa […]

CHURCH AND EUROPE (22)

With the interview to Msgr. Piotr Jarecki, auxiliary bishop of Warsaw, COMECE vice- President, continues the special features dedicated to the reflections of European Bishops on the European integration process and Church thought regarding the European common home. (cf. SIR Europe 62-63-64-65-66-67-69-71-75-76-77-78-79-82-83-84-85/2011 – 01-04/2012).What are Polish Catholics’ opinions and expectations vis a vis the European […]

FRANCE

Annecy, France, in the land of Saint Francis of Sales, hosted the 16th Days for Reflection of the France’s Catholic Press Federation (FFPC) titled: “Digital technology, a challenge for the Catholic press and the media” (January 26-27). The meeting opened with the presentation of the “White Paper”, conceived and published by FFPC. “This White Paper […]

ERASMUS

“Erasmus is one of the great success stories of the European Union: it is our best known and most popular program”. Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for the Education and the Youth opened a conference on January 30th to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus program. Initiatives will be ongoing until May 9, with a follow-up […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The diplomatic patience of Herman Van Rompuy; the “European” voices of José Manuel Barroso, Martin Schulz, Mario Monti and Mario Draghi; the fist-banging on the table of Nikolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. Not to mention the disengagement, though comparatively low key, of the UK and the Czech Republic; the doubts expressed by Poland, Holland, Finland […]

LIFE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe gives its determined consensus to “living will” and an equally determined ‘no’ to euthanasia and assisted suicide. In the last days of the winter plenary, that closed on January 27 in Strasbourg, MEPs focused, inter alia, on democracy and human rights in Russia, Hungary, Belarus and Iraq […]

SLOVAKIA

Catholic universities are “the prophets of our times”, reminding the world of the “essence of Christianity, looking for truth and sharing it with others”. With these words, the rector of Catholic university of Ruzomberok, Prof. Tadeusz Zasepa, turned to all people of good will, inviting them to celebrate 29 January 2012 as a Sunday of […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

CCEE-CEC: meeting of the Joint CommitteeParticipants in the meeting of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), held in Geneva from January 26-28 agree that Christian faithful in Europe must bear joint witness vis a vis new spiritual, demographic, political and economic challenges facing […]