Redazione

CHIESA E UE

“Una comunità europea di solidarietà e responsabilità” è il documento della Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea (Comece) sull'”economia sociale di mercato altamente competitiva e gli obiettivi del Trattato dell’Ue” presentato il 12 gennaio a Bruxelles. A partire da Lisbona, questo concetto è entrato a far parte dei documenti politici dell’Unione europea, motivo per cui […]

EDITORIAL

Follow ample excerpts of the introductory remarks delivered by Cardinal Reihnard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Vice-Chairman of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) for the presentation of the COMECE statement titled “A European Community of Solidarity and Responsibility” on January 12 in Brussels. In recent years the European […]

THE CHURCH AND THE EU

“With the present statement of the Bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), offers a commentary on the concept of “a highly competitive social market economy. This concept has become one of the treaty objectives of the European Union since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty”, writes […]

EUROPEAN UNION

Meetings of European leaders (with German chancellor Merkel and French president Sarkozy, greatly requested for bilateral appointments); negotiations on the “fiscal compact” deal for budgetary discipline; upcoming elections of European Parliament leadership; eyes directed on the “fundamentals” of economy to identify the state of financial recession… Such issues are being debated in EU seats in […]

HAITI AND EUROPEAN UNION

“Today, half a million Haitians still live in camps, and cholera persists. More importantly, we recognize that Haiti will remain vulnerable to natural disasters, like hurricanes, floods and landslides, and are committed to helping the communities we work with to boost their disaster resilience”: two years after the earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island, Kristalina […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: CEP on freemasonry and abortionAt the end of the Permanent Council of the Portuguese Bishops’ Council (CEP), meeting at Fatima on 10 January, Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon José Policarpo criticised “the direct influence being exerted by freemasonry in political affairs”, though saying that “it’s not necessary for a politician to publicly recognize his identity […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Austria: stable numbers of Catholics, less abjurationsAbjurations in the Austrian Catholic Church are on the decrease. It is the most prominent finding of the survey published yesterday by the Austrian Catholic Church for the year 2010 when recorded abjurations amounted to 58.603, 32% less compared to 2009, when 85.960 people abandoned the Church. In 2011, […]

HOLY LAND

The Holy Land Coordination (HLC), the Coordination of the Bishops of North America and the EU for the Holy Land, are making a strong and convinced appeal for dialogue, tolerance and justice in the region. Their appeal to both Israelis and Palestinians is made in the final statement of their annual visit to the Holy […]

HOLY LAND

Insecurity, injustice and instability triggered by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; migration and the surging violence in certain sectors of Israeli society along with a growing number of pilgrims, and living churches, committed in the promotion of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, along with Catholic bodies’ humanitarian initiatives for the local communities. These are the lights and the […]

THE CHURCH AND THE EU

“A European Community of Solidarity and Responsibility” is the title of the statement of the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) on the EU Treaty objective of Social Market Economy, which has become one of the treaty objectives of the European Union since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The […]