Thomas Jansen - Germany

EDITORIAL

The economic and financial crisis that overwhelmed first America, then Europe and the rest of the world, has not yet been overcome everywhere. After its acute phase, in which such considerations as how to counter its effects and prevent the worst took priority, what’s now at the forefront is the question of how to address […]

GERMANY

In a joint statement released on January 26 the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) and the Council of the German Evangelical Church (EKD) announced the new Christian Advance Directive for Healthcare. The document was jointly drawn up by DBK and EKD in conjunction with Germany’s Community of Christian Churches (ACK). It marks an important step in […]

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

During the winter session that closed in Strasbourg on January 28, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a recommendation on Violence against Christians in the Middle East (with 125 ayes, 9 noes and 13 abstentions). The Recommendation, based on a report by MEP Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP Group president) calls for […]

UNIVERSITY IN EUROPE

The dialogue between faith and reason inside the university, understood as an institution and a community devoted to the progress of learning to the service of the common good. This was the leitmotiv of the European Congress titled “Formation, Education and the Gospel” (Munich, Germany 27 – 30 January), which was further broached in the […]

UNIVERSITY IN EUROPE

“The Church should be present within universities, which are consequential for human formation, scientific research, and for the very future of humanity”. Thus stated card. Rheinard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, COMECE vice-president, during the meeting with the press on the occasion of the European Congress on University Pastoral Care, held in Munich, Germany, […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ukraine: Card. Husar, 10 years at the lead of UGCC “We’re grateful to card. Lubomyr Husar for serving as guide of our Church, a difficult ministry, with a great responsibility, bristling with challenges and obstacles”, which he always faced and “overcame successfully in his fidelity to God, at the service of the Church and the […]

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

The global scenario is in turmoil: protests, clashes, assassination attempts, threats to peace, human rights and democracy can be observed in any corner of the planet. These are problems that have always been there on the International stage, but in this very moment they all seem to make a sad appointment. Our eyes fixate Egypt […]

EARLY SCHOOL LEAVE

More than six million young people in the age bracket 18-24 in the EU leave education and training with lower secondary level qualifications at best, according to a survey carried out by the EU Commission that was presented in Brussels on January 31st. The theme is addressed in the EU seat in order to prompt […]

EGITTO

"Vede questi carri armati?" dice una signora anziana al giornalista dell’"Independent", "hanno le armi puntate sulla folla. Se sparano, Mubarak è finito. Se non sparano, Mubarak è finito". Questa frase, pronunciata con la malizia e l’entusiasmo di una ragazzina, rappresenta bene la situazione dell’Egitto di questi giorni. Dopo la Tunisia, la consapevolezza che cambiare è […]

CRISTIANI PERSEGUITATI

Lo scenario mondiale è in ebollizione: proteste, scontri, attentati, minacce alla pace, ai diritti umani e alla democrazia si riscontrano in ogni angolo del pianeta. Sono problemi sempre presenti nello scacchiere internazionale, ma in questa fase sembrano darsi triste appuntamento. Gli occhi sono puntati su Egitto e Tunisia, ma come dimenticare Iraq e Sudan, America […]