Redazione

CHIESE IN BREVE

Lituania: il presidente dei vescovi sulle sfideL’esperienza dei dieci anni trascorsi in un campo sovietico di lavori forzati in Siberia e le sfide che la Chiesa lituana deve affrontare oggi nella società lituana. Ne ha parlato il presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Lituana (Cel), mons. Sigitas Tamkievièius, intervenendo all’incontro promosso dal Ccee dei portavoce e addetti […]

Direttiva su efficienza e risparmio energeticoUna nuova direttiva intesa a “usare le energie in maniera più efficiente in tutte le fasi della catena, dalla produzione e trasformazione dell’energia stessa al suo consumo finale, passando per la distribuzione”. L’iniziativa dell’Esecutivo Ue, datata 22 giugno, si colloca all’interno di un più vasto piano comunitario per ridurre del […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Ccee: comunicato finale dell’incontro a VilniusLa Nuova evangelizzazione in un “mondo particolarmente segnato dalla secolarizzazione”, il tema della libertà religiosa, il problema dell’invecchiamento della popolazione europea, la comunicazione della vita della Chiesa “in tempo di crisi”. Sono stati molti gli argomenti affrontati a Vilnius, in Lituania, agli incontri promossi dal Ccee (dal 16 al 21 […]

EDITORIAL

“Indignez-vous!” (Be indignant!): the short book (translated into English under the title “Time for Outrage!”) by Stéphane Hessel (born German, but who became a naturalized French citizen, diplomat, politician and writer, and a combatant in the French Resistance and who was deported to Buchenwald) has met with astonishing success. The spontaneous demonstrations in Madrid, Paris […]

EXPERIENCES

“Shocking, surprising, magic”: some of the adjectives used by fifty Parisian senior executives to describe the experience of the “Suppers of silence”, an initiative promoted with great success by the Collège des Bernardins which invited them to share a “meditative” meal with eight contemplative Carmelites. It was an opportunity to look into their own heart […]

EU AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Creating a common European system of asylum, taking effective measures for the integration of the Roma population and for the protection of personal data: these are the three issues on which particular emphasis is placed in the annual report of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), which examines the situation of rights in the […]

Energy efficiency and energy saving directiveA new directive aiming to “use energy more effectively at all stages in the chain, from energy production and conversion to its end use, through distribution”. The EU Executive’s initiative dated 22nd June is part of a broader EU plan to cut energy consumption down by 20% before 2020. All […]

ARAB SPRING

“Some of the claims” upheld in the North-African upheavals “seem to recall the European historical path, although there are also remarkable differences. In fact, the question of Church-State relations, that pertains to ‘traditional’ laicity, is conveyed in completely different forms (that leads to conclude that the intention of ‘clericalising’ Islam, as various European States seek […]

EUROPEAN UNION

There are key-passages in the history of European integration whereby those in charge of Community institutions extend their glance to citizens and to national leaders, appealing to shared responsibilities for EU populations. The European Council of June 23-24 – that focuses on two key-issues, economic governance and migrations, seems to be one of these. On […]

ECUMENISM

St. Peter and Paul: a delegation in RomeThe Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, following an ancient tradition, is marked by a strong ecumenical bearing. Also this year, during the traditional exchange of visits between the Church of Rome and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, on the occasion of the respective Patron Saint Days, a […]