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CHIESE IN BREVE

Portogallo: Caritas, sei misure contro la povertàEugénio Fonseca, presidente della Caritas portoghese ha indirizzato una lettera a sedici partiti politici, nella quale propone l’applicazione di “sei provvedimenti, senza dubbio modesti, ma poco onerosi ed indispensabili per una politica al servizio di tutti, e impegnata realmente a diminuire la povertà nel Paese”. Anzitutto, un’effettiva difesa dello […]

GIOVANNI PAOLO II

Ccee: "segno di speranza per l’Europa""Giovanni Paolo II è stato un segno della speranza sia per l’Europa sia per tutto il mondo". Così il card. Péter Erdő, arcivescovo di Esztergom-Budapest e presidente del Ccee (Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali europee), sottolinea l’importanza della beatificazione di papa Wojtyla, in particolare per il continente europeo. Il 1° maggio, […]

GIOVANNI PAOLO II

“Giovanni Paolo II è beato!”. L’esclamazione di Benedetto XVI, nell’omelia della Messa di beatificazione celebrata domenica 1° maggio in piazza San Pietro, è stata accolta da un fragoroso applauso che si è levato dalla piazza e da via della Conciliazione, gremite di pellegrini convenuti per l’occasione. Un milione e mezzo, diranno i dati ufficiali, mentre […]

EDITORIAL

A feast of faith, peace and hope, warmed by Rome’s sunshine that dissolved the grey skies of the previous day, as joyous as the time on earth of Karol Wojtyla, removed the veil of sadness oppressing all those who crossed St. Peter’s Square in the last years of his life. Moreover, his image was not […]

JOHN PAUL II

On the occasion of the beatification of John Paul II the president of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski offered a thanksgiving prayer for freedom, “a great gift to my Country and to myself”. Referring to the beatification the Polish President said: “we all hope that thanks to that extraordinary experience people will become better and wiser”. The […]

EUROPE

Terrorist groups “are becoming more flexible in the management of their own operations” and “are increasingly collaborating at the international level, especially thanks to internet”; “the links between organized crime and terrorism are being reinforced”, says Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol. He’s not the kind of man to mince words or make warnings in vain. […]

Festival of Europe: European open days in EU seatsSaturday 7 and Sunday 8 May are the Open Days of the European Parliament, EU Commission, Council, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and other EU institutions in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. Also this year, on the eve of the Feast of Europe […]

EUROPEAN RADIOS

The 17th Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (UER-EBU – www.ebu.ch) an association of broadcasters representing 75 public service broadcasters from 56 European Countries and those bordering on the Mediterranean took place on April 28-29 in Rome. This year’s meeting, attended by some 150 officers and directors of major radio networks in Europe and their […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: Caritas, six measures against povertyEugénio Fonseca, President of Caritas Portugal, addressed a letter to 16 political parties in which he proposes the enforcement of “six measures, clearly unpretentious but not very burdensome and indispensable for a policy at the service of all and really committed at curbing poverty in the country”. First of all, […]

JOHN PAUL II

CCEE: “sign of hope for Europe””John Paul II was a sign of hope both for Europe and for the whole world”, said Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and President of the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences), underlining the importance of the beatification of Pope John Paul II, in particular for the European […]