Redazione

INGHILTERRA

“Building a new culture of social responsibility”, ovvero “Costruire una nuova cultura di responsabilità sociale” è il titolo del convegno organizzato, nei giorni scorsi a Londra, dalla Conferenza episcopale di Inghilterra e Galles, come risposta all’invito lanciato da Benedetto XVI, durante la sua visita nel Paese lo scorso settembre, per un maggiore impegno dei cattolici […]

FRANCIA

È entrata in vigore l’11 aprile, in tutti i luoghi pubblici della Francia, la legge che proibisce di indossare il velo integrale islamico, e cioè burqa e niqab. La Francia è il primo Paese europeo ad applicare un divieto di questo tipo. La legge – adottata dal parlamento francese l’11 ottobre 2010 dopo un acceso […]

editorial

Libya’s military front, refugees’ landings in Italy, public budgets’ financial stability, record-breaking unemployment rates, the safety of nuclear plants: these a few of the hot issues addressed at European level, in Brussels’ and Strasbourg’s institutions and by the EU27. The challenge of last week’s meetings and those scheduled for the coming days is to show […]

comece AND NORTH AFRICA

COMECE bishops (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) welcome the Arab Spring as a “clear sign of hope”. They address their recommendations to the European Union and propose actions at ecclesial level. This is the main message of the Spring Plenary Assembly of COMECE, which closed on 8 April 2011 in Brussels […]

CHRISTIAN ROOTS

It has become “the fashion” today in Europe “to question with astounding regularity the reality of Europe’s religious roots”. To claim that “European heritage is not based on Christianity is like saying that man can live without oxygen or nourishment”. On April 11 Benedict XVI returned to broach the subject of Europe on the occasion […]

Energy: renewables grow, oil still the main sourceOver the last ten years renewable energies, such as solar and wind, have almost doubled their percentage in the overall energy consumption of the European Union, rising from 5 to 9% of the total. This is attested by Eurostat which, in connection with the EU Sustainable Energy Week […]

EUROPEAN UNION

“The arrival of refugees on the coasts of southern Europe is a European problem. But now we’ll have to see how member states conduct themselves”, says Eniko Gyori, Hungary’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, and one of the most authoritative voices in the rotating Presidency of the EU (now held by Hungary). Born in […]

ENGLAND

“Building a new culture of social responsibility” is the title of the meeting held a few days ago in London on the initiative of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Pope Benedict XVI had called upon Catholics to step up their involvement in society during his state Visit to Britain last year. The Catholic […]

francia

On April 11 the law that bans the integral Islamic veil – the burqa and niqab – in all public places of France came into force. France is the first European country that has applied such a ban. The law – adopted by the French parliament on October 11 2010 at the end of a […]

LIBIA - COSTA D'AVORIO

Stiamo partecipando ad una fase particolarmente confusa della politica internazionale. La "primavera araba" sta vivendo la sua fase più difficile. In Libia da diverse settimane ormai la guerra ha bloccato il Paese in uno stallo di difficile soluzione. Come abbiamo più volte scritto, l’iniziativa politica internazionale doveva arrivare prima, per impedire a Gheddafi di usare […]