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CHurches in brief

Germany: “clear rejection” of active euthanasiaAssistance to terminally ill patients was at the centre of a meeting held in Berlin between Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, Chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe, chairman of the Federal Order of Physicians, and Christoph Fuchs, director general of the organization. According to a press release issued by […]

CHurches in brief

Czech republic: missionary initiatives and projects in IndiaNational office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Czech republic invites all the people of good will to participate at the 9th National mission pilgrimage associated with celebration of the 6th Children’s mission day, both to take place on 28 May in Tábor and Klokoty in southern part […]

EU PARLIAMENT

Whether the winds of change blow from Bengasi, Tripoli, Syria or Iraq, the Holy Land or the Balkans, they have a more or less indirect impact on the lives of EU citizens, whether they live in France, Finland or Poland. And while thousands of refugees are landing on the European shores of the Mediterranean, Denmark […]

Ivory Coast, support for recovery and democracyThe EU supports the efforts of Côte d’Ivoire for a return to stability and recovery, notably as relates to national democracy and security; food and health services and the economy. The EU Council intends to provide full support. “The turmoil after the presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire at the […]

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

An appeal “to all EU Member States and to the European Council to engage in a global, coherent and transparent migration policy, as its lack causes serious problems with repercussions on local communities”. The appeal by the CoE Group of Eminent Persons is contained in the report presented on May 11 by Javier Solana Madariaga […]

1° Festival of europe

”Immigrants arriving in Italy are a European – and not an Italian – problem. And we must seek to solve this question as soon as possible”, said the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on May 9, in the framework of the first Festival of Europe that closed in Florence on May 10, answering […]

comece

The May issue of “Europe Infos” devotes special attention to the situation in Northern Africa with the editorial by Frank Turner, published by SIR Europe (n.34/2011) and with the touching experiences of bishops from the Maghreb region. EU topical events, the COMECE spring plenary meeting and snapshots of specific social issues complete the publication.Transform mindsets. […]

uKRAINE

“With you and for you for ten years”: on May 6-7 “the Catholic Media Centre” www.catholic-media.org, established in Ukraine on May 3 2001 on the occasion of the visit of John Paul II, celebrated in Kyiv its tenth anniversary. “Our task – is written in the brochure published for the occasion – is to portray […]

IMMIGRAZIONE

Il 18 maggio il presidente della Conferenza episcopale italiana, card. Angelo Bagnasco, sarà a Lampedusa per portare la solidarietà della Chiesa italiana. L’annuncio è arrivato nei giorni in cui le Caritas diocesane di tutta Italia partecipano a Modica (Ragusa), all’incontro del Coordinamento nazionale immigrazione di Caritas italiana, intitolato "Un mare di sbarchi, un paese che […]

ELEZIONI AMMINISTRATIVE

Un messaggio ai fedeli alla vigilia delle elezioni amministrative: lo scrive mons. Giampaolo Crepaldi, arcivescovo-vescovo di Trieste. Titolo: "Riflessioni e indicazioni pastorali sulle prossime elezioni amministrative del 15 e 16 maggio". Si tratta di un testo diviso in piccoli capitoli, ciascuno con un suo titolo. Il primo brano del messaggio parla di "un momento importante" […]