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EU COMMISSION

Stepping up ‘excellent science’ and cutting red tape, enhancing the best ideas and young researchers; supporting economic growth: these are some of the inspiring principles of Horizon 2020, according to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Commissioner. The new (eighth) framework programme in the area of research, innovation and science, valid from 2014 to 2020, presented on November […]

EU PARLIAMENT

A “Code of Conduct” that establishes principles and rules to which MEPs must abide to avoid conflicts of interest and – equally important – that sends out a clear signal to European citizens to demonstrate the transparency of the public institution, was approved by the European Parliament during its session on 1st December, with 619 […]

europE AND THE GOSPEL

Catechumenate at the centre of Christian initiation (CI) in Europe, a “model and a fundamental inspiration of Catechesis”. Its “rediscovery”, understood as a “winning” pastoral option in the framework of the ongoing crisis of CI in our continent was proposed by Emilio Alberich, Professor emeritus of Catechetics at the Pontifical Salesian University, who spoke on […]

scoTLAND

A government report released in Scotland, conducted by the “Crown Office”, the public prosecutor’s Office, confirms new waves of discrimination against Catholics. The report refers to the years 2010-2011, during which there have been 693 cases of violence linked to religion, the highest number in the past four years. 58% of such attacks (400) were […]

poland

“I look into the future with hope”, said Msgr. Jozef Michalik, Archbishop of Przemysl, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (KEP), vice-President of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe. On Monday November 28, the prelate took part in a press conference on the occasion of the release of his book-interview “Report on the […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia: the bishops on the health crisisSituation in the health care resort reflects persisting moral crisis, writes president of the Bishops’ conference of Slovakia, Mons. Stanislav Zvolensky, in his appeal regarding critical situation caused by the strike of medicine doctors in the country. Thousands of them officially quit their jobs to express their dissatisfaction with […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Belgium: appeal court ruling on police searchesThe Appeal Court in Brussels has declared invalid the searches carried out in the headquarters of the archdiocese of Malines-Bruxelles in June last year as part of the ongoing inquiry into alleged sexual abuses by members of the clergy. The judges established that this police operation, code-named “Chalice” at […]

BAMBINI IN CARCERE

In Italia sono ancora 54 i bambini che vivono in carcere con le madri recluse, oltre a 18 detenute in stato di gravidanza (dati al giugno 2011). E questo nonostante il 21 aprile scorso sia stata approvata una nuova legge, la 62/2011, per garantire il diritto dei bambini a crescere fuori dalle mura carcerarie, consentire […]

UNIONE EUROPEA

(SIR Europa – Bruxelles) – Un "Codice di condotta" che stabilisce principi e norme cui si devono attenere gli eurodeputati per evitare conflitti di interesse. Così pure – e altrettanto importante – un segnale verso i cittadini europei, che vorrebbe indicare la trasparenza dell’istituzione politica. Il Parlamento Ue ha approvato il Codice nel corso della […]

FAMIGLIA

"La nuova evangelizzazione dipende in gran parte dalla Chiesa domestica. Nel nostro tempo, come già in epoche passate, l’eclissi di Dio, la diffusione di ideologie contrarie alla famiglia e il degrado dell’etica sessuale appaiono collegati tra loro. E come sono in relazione l’eclissi di Dio e la crisi della famiglia, così la nuova evangelizzazione è […]