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ISLAM IN EUROPE

“There are 11 million Muslims in Europe. This presence has now become a reality that enters into the life of people, families, dioceses and parishes”. That’s why the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) has convened 30 European delegates with responsibility for relations with Muslims and experts on Islam for a meeting in […]

CROATIA

There are high expectations in Zagreb for the Apostolic Visitation to Croatia by Benedict XVI, scheduled to take place June 4-5, marking the First National Day of Croatian Catholic families. In a press conference held in Zagreb past May 27 the president of Croatian bishops Msgr. Marin Srakic, the vice-president Josip Bozanic and the Croatian […]

The 27-EU and Africa closer under a “strategic partnership”Improving cooperation on multiple fronts (democracy, rights, economy, culture) in the interest of both sides: this is the main goal of the institutional process initiated a few years ago between the EU and the African Union (a supranational body created in 2002, bringing together 53 countries in […]

SERBIA

There are some places on our planet whose name, in humans’ perception, shall be always associated to an intimate and deep pain. A pain that the passing of time cannot mitigate and must not delete. Places in which some men decided to become torturers of their own siblings after having tried hard to trample on […]

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Dialogue: marked the end of the first meeting of ARCIC IIIMarked the end of the first meeting of the third phase in the dialogue of the Anglican – Roman Catholic International Commission (also known as ARCIC III), which brought to the Monastery of Bose, from May 17th to 27th, eighteen Catholic and Anglican theologians. The […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Malta: the bishops on the “yes” to divorceA referendum on the introduction of divorce was held in Malta on Sunday 29 May. It was passed with 54% of voters (two thirds of the electorate) saying “yes” and 46% “no”. So a third of the electorate failed to vote. The Archbishop of Malta, Mgr. Pawlu Cremona, […]

RELIGIONS AND THE EU

A “cordial”, “sincere and fruitful” meeting “aimed at the good of European citizens” that “extends its glance beyond Europe”. Participants jointly delivered positive evaluations of the meeting of faith leaders with the Presidents of the EU Institutions held in Brussels on May 30. Talks focused on democracy inside and outside the EU, development and social […]

CRISI E POVERTÀ

"La crisi economica è mondiale, i tagli non sono un’opzione ma una necessità per tutti i paesi, tuttavia colpiscono settori e categorie che non fanno molto rumore e potrebbero rivelarsi addirittura ‘mortali’". Lo ha detto oggi a Roma Mario Marazziti, della Comunità di S. Egidio, presentando dati e proposte "per un welfare equo e accessibile […]

BALLOTTAGGI

L’esito dei ballottaggi ha confermato e amplificato i risultati del primo turno di questa tornata amministrativa. In fin dei conti si è maturata una secca sconfitta del centro-destra nelle sfide più significative, da Napoli, a Milano, a Cagliari, a Trieste.È vero che nelle elezioni intermedie, a partire da quelle americane, tutti i principali governi occidentali […]

RELIGIONI E UE

Un incontro “cordiale”, “franco e proficuo”, “orientato al bene dei cittadini europei” e “con lo sguardo rivolto oltre l’Europa”. I commenti dei protagonisti, al termine del meeting tenutosi oggi a Bruxelles tra istituzioni Ue e rappresentanti delle grandi religioni presenti nel vecchio continente, sono tutti favorevoli. Al centro dell’attenzione democrazia entro e oltre i confini […]