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With an interview with Mgr. Czeslaw Kozon, Bishop of Copenhagen (Scandinavia) and with Mgr. Nikólaos Fóscolos, Archbishop of Athens (Greece), SIR Europe is continuing its special feature dedicated to the reflections of European bishops on the process of European integration and on the Church’s thought on the European common home (cfr SIR Europe 62-63-64-65-66-67/2011).What opinion […]

EUROPEAN UNION

Despite ongoing difficulties the European Union continues believing in the enlargement process. Croatia already has a foot in the “common home”, and hands are extended towards the Balkan States, where Serbia sees a glimpse of EU membership candidacy. And while the entry of small Iceland is taken for granted, large Turkey is slowing down – […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

COMECE: Plenary Assembly"The Financial Crisis and the future of European Integration" is the theme that will be discussed by all 23 member bishops of COMECE, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, who will gather in Brussels from the 26th to the 28th of October for their Autumn Plenary Assembly. "The bishops […]

EU Council: governance but also jobsSovereign debt crisis, economic policy, governance; the next meeting of the G20 in Cannes in early November; climate change and Durban Conference: the order of the day of the European Council of 23 October remains unchanged, despite its postponement for a week to be able to determine a joint response […]

palestinE-UN

What lies behind Mahmoud Abbas’ request to the UN to recognize the Palestinian state? What are the concrete possibilities of an affirmative answer? What will be the impact of this new move on the entire MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) and which have been the roles of Obama, of the Quartet – US, […]

ENGLAND

Born with the mission of helping the poor, the Catholic schools financed by the State and run by the Church, which have always been successful – fulfilling the parents’ wishes for their children’s education – are marked by higher percentages of students with non-British background compared to public schools. In an interview with SIR Europe, […]

assisi 2011

Twenty-five years ago, world religious leaders were called to Assisi by John Paul II to invoke peace together in their respective places of worship and according to their own religious traditions. It was a unique event, which at the time wasn’t linked to any historical event, and precisely for this, it was a prophetic event. […]

ASSISI 2011

Questa mattina, nell’Aula Giovanni Paolo II della sala stampa della Santa Sede, è stata presentata, in conferenza stampa, la Giornata di riflessione, dialogo e preghiera per la pace e la giustizia nel mondo "Pellegrini della verità, pellegrini della pace" (Assisi, 27 ottobre 2011).Rilanciare l’impegno. "Dopo 25 anni di collaborazione tra le religioni e di testimonianza […]

STAMINALI EMBRIONALI

Non è brevettabile un procedimento che, ricorrendo al prelievo di cellule staminali ricavate da un embrione umano nello stadio di blastocisti, comporta la distruzione dell’embrione. L’utilizzazione per finalità terapeutiche o diagnostiche che si applichi all’embrione umano e sia utile a quest’ultimo può essere oggetto di brevetto, ma la sua utilizzazione a fini di ricerca scientifica […]

STAMINALI EMBRIONALI

"Una sentenza a lungo auspicata e da accogliere con profonda soddisfazione" perché ribadisce "la piena dignità dell’embrione umano". Così Antonio G. Spagnolo, direttore dell’Istituto di Bioetica dell’Università cattolica di Roma, commenta al SIR la sentenza con la quale questa mattina la Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea ha stabilito la non brevettabilità di un procedimento che, […]