Redazione

IRELAND

(Dublin) – The Irish Church is on the frontline of the spiritual – and practical – preparations for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress due to take place in Dublin next June 10-17 2012. Colette Furlong, the Pastoral Development Officer for the Congress, on June 2-3 presented an overview of the pastoral program to international Catholic […]

EU AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

“This is a new step to reinforce governance” at the Community level, said European Commission José Manuel Barroso in presenting the Commission’s 2011 country-specific recommendations. The efforts required to implement them, said Barroso, “will allow Europe to leave the crisis behind it and safeguard our future prosperity”. Barroso has made a personal plea to convince […]

Economy and the fight on corruption: EU commitmentsCorruption takes different forms, penetrating economic mechanisms whose overall estimated costs amount to 1% of the EU GDP (120 billion euros per year). It causes, according to the cases, market distortions, unfair competition, illegal speculation and earning, public costs… It discourages investments and brings new thrust to organized […]

MIGRATIONS AND FAITHS

“Each Member State, and the European Union on the whole, should be capable of welcoming religious reality”, “its specific role in social construction” and in “the promotion of the intercultural dimension”, acknowledging that “in this process, political, economic and social stances are not enough”. The statement was delivered on June 2 by Archbishop Antonio Maria […]

TURKEY

On Sunday June 5, the solemnity of the Ascension, the Catholic Church of Turkey gathered in Iskenderun to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Msgr. Luigi Padovese, Apostolic vicar of Anatolia, killed on June 3 2010 by his driver Murat Altun. The solemn celebration was co-officiated – to the presence of representatives of […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia “The courage to defend life”. “Have courage to try new initiatives to support and respect human life from the moment of conception until natural death. Have courage to guarantee just and affordable health care for everyone and refuse discrimination of the weak and the poor. Be servants of life on all levels of society”. […]

POLAND

On June 5 Msgr. Celestino Migliore, Apostolic nuncio to Poland, presided over the solemn thanksgiving liturgy by the Polish people for the beatification of John Paul II. The Holy Mass was celebrated in the Shrine of the Divine Providence, south of Warsaw, where the reliquary of the new Blessed was placed. Faithful to God. In […]

PRETI ANZIANI

"La vecchiaia che vorrei" è quella "di chi si affida alla paternità di Dio". Il card. Dionigi Tettamanzi, arcivescovo di Milano, ha sintetizzato in questi termini la ricerca sui sacerdoti promossa dalla Conferenza episcopale lombarda, la cui "novità" principale consiste secondo il presule nella seconda parte, in cui "si è voluto ascoltatore tutti i sacerdoti, […]

ITALIANI OGGI

Aggressivi e scontenti. Semplificando, è questa l’immagine degli italiani che emerge da una indagine appena realizzata dal Censis incentrata in particolare sulla "sregolatezza" colta nella società contemporanea, sottolineata da un progressivo attenuarsi del "controllo delle pulsioni", dall’aumento dell’aggressività, insieme ad un aumento dei casi di depressione. Un comunicato del Centro studi rileva, sottolineando l’aumento dell’aggressività, […]

ECONOMIA

L’Italia va a due velocità, e non è certo una novità. I dati forniti dall’Istat sulla crescita del Prodotto interno lordo (Pil) certificano una spaccatura netta nell’economia tricolore: mentre il Nord tenta di inseguire la locomotiva tedesca, che sta correndo a più non posso (+3,9%) trainata dalle esportazioni, il Mezzogiorno praticamente langue. L’Istat racconta di […]