Piotr Mazurkiewicz - Comece (Europe Infos)

EDITORIAL

It has been a long wait for the first of the Fathers of Europe to be consecrated. Many people thought this would be Robert Schuman, but God decided that John-Paul II would go to the head of the queue. While we are unaccustomed to calling him the ‘Father of Europe’, there is absolutely no doubt […]

VOCATIONS IN EUROPE

The EVS (European Vocations Service) ended its congress in Horn (Austria) on 3 July. Attended by all the national delegates of the European Vocational Centres, the congress had chosen as its theme “Vocation is the very heart of the new evangelization”. Giovanna Pasqualin Traversa, on behalf of SIR Europe, asked Father Ferenc Janka, assistant general […]

EU parlIament

The latest session of the EP proved, in the end, to be rather turbulent. The week of parliamentary work was characterized not so much by legislative decisions, as by the debates, the heated exchanges, and even the “tug of war” between MEPs and the European Council, in which the governments of the 27 member states […]

Road safety, prevention and a new directiveFatal road accident decreased in the European Union “but there is still a lot to do” for the safety of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. In the beginning of the week, the Commission disclosed data on 2010 and the ten-year period 2001-2010, when nationally and at community level various safety […]

turKEY

Iraqi refugees in Istanbul are the objects of a reportage published in the last issue (June-July) of “Presence”, the review of the Turkish Catholic Church. Turkey is the country of arrival of a large number of Christians, including 4600 Iraqi refugees, most of whom have settled down in Istanbul, where they sought shelter from the […]

romania-Italy

Promoting and supporting children and adolescents’ rights to be raised by their families and be fully integrated within the local communities is the objective of the Italy-Romanian project “Pro Child”, carried out with the contribution of the European Commission, whose areas of intervention are Milan, Rome, Brasov and Ramnicu Vâlcea. On June 30 the project […]

European parishes

An invitation “to look with hope at the current reality of our parishes, dioceses, as well as to the life of the Church in our European countries”, said Msgr. Alphonse Borras, general vicar of the diocese of Liège, in the presentation of the 26th European meeting of parishes (CEP) “Parishes, places of hope – Always […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ukraine: monastery in Kiev and centenary of Msgr. Romza”Foundation of a new monastery is an important event for the Church, since another piece of heaven will shine among us” – with these words His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk consecrated a cornerstone of the Pokrova Monastery of the Congregation of Sisters of the Holy Family in Kyiv […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Bosnia: “Catholics denied the right to a homeland””In Bosnia the international community is turning a blind eye to serious violations of basic l human rights”. The situation was denounced to ACN by Msgr. Franjo Komarica, bishop of Banja Luka, city of North-East Bosnia. The prelate told the Pontifical body that even today, 15 years since […]

TV2000

Un format innovativo dedicato all’approfondimento di ogni campo dell’attualità, con l’obiettivo di affrontare la sfida del digitale terrestre. È "Nel cuore dei giorni", il maxi-contenitore che Tv2000, l’emittente dei vescovi italiani, inaugurerà il prossimo 11 luglio. "Abbiamo investito molto su questa iniziativa in termini di risorse umane e intellettuali", ha dichiarato il direttore Dino Boffo, […]