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Eu-UNO

Poverty, climate change, armaments: these seem to be the issues that most torment the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon . Having arrived in Strasbourg (France) on 19 October, the South Korean diplomat first went to the headquarters of the Council of Europe to participate in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of […]

THe chURCH AND EU INSTITUTIONS

The protection of human dignity, social cohesion and sustainable development must be at the heart of EU policies. The request was put forward by representatives of the churches in Belgium and Europe during a meeting with Belgian EU-Presidency in Brussels. “This meeting took place in the framework of Article 17 of the EU Treaty establishing […]

ENGLAND AND WALES

Chaplains in the prisons, a crucial role The Catholic primate of England and Wales Vincent Nichols, conveyed his support to the commitment undertaken by Justice minister Kenneth Clarke, introducing a revolutionary breakthrough in the rehabilitation of convicts. Speaking at the chapel of Brixton prison, Nichols outlined that Great Britain has the highest rate of imprisonment […]

Germany: the integration process The ongoing debate on migration and Islam in Germany reached alarming levels. This is an obstacle to the integration process. It was denounced by Alois Glück, President of the Central Committee of Catholic Germans (Zdk), in an interview to Catholic press agency KNA. “Those whose actions are determined by their temper […]

francE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

The secular relation of the French Catholic Church in France with Eastern Churches was the theme of the speech delivered on October 14 at the Synod for the Middle East (ongoing at the Vatican) by cardinal André Vingt-Trois , archbishop of Paris, President of the French Bishops’ Conference, Ordinary for the faithful of the Eastern […]

sYNOD OF THE MIDDLE EAST

The special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops themed “The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and witness. ‘ And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul” (Acts, 4: 32)” is ongoing inside the Vatican (until October 24). In their addresses the Synod […]

FRONT PAGE

Budget and stability pact: financial tools and regulations with evident repercussions on real economy and citizens’ lives. Both items are on this week’s EU agenda. The figures of the 2011 European Union budget are being defined in Strasbourg and Brussels. Parliament and Council are now tasked with reaching an agreement on the Commission proposal that […]

"Confermare e rafforzare i cristiani nella loro identità e rinnovare la comunione ecclesiale per offrire ai cristiani le ragioni della loro presenza, per confermarli nella loro missione di rimanere testimoni di Cristo". Gli scopi del Sinodo dei vescovi per il Medio Oriente sono stati ribaditi dal relatore generale dell’assemblea, Antonios Naguib, patriarca di Alessandria dei […]

Si è parlato anche di impegno dei laici contro l’emigrazione, dei diritti umani, del conflitto di culture e del primato petrino, alla Nona congregazione del Sinodo dei vescovi per il Medio Oriente svoltasi il 15 ottobre. Nella Decima congregazione (16 ottobre) è stato, invece, presentato uno schema del Messaggio finale che sarà pubblicato in chiusura […]

 E’ stata la volta degli uditori e delle uditrici al Sinodo dei vescovi per il Medio Oriente che il 18 ottobre hanno preso la parola. Su otto interventi, quattro sono stati tenuti da donne che hanno posto all’attenzione dei padri sinodali temi quali il ruolo delle donne nella Chiesa, la disgregazione della famiglia, le difficoltà […]