Luca Jahier esperto Ue - Bruxelles

SETTIMANA SOCIALE EUROPEA

Ricorre in questi giorni il primo anniversario delle prime “Giornate sociali cattoliche per l’Europa” che si tennero a Danzica dal 7 al 9 ottobre. Trecentocinquanta delegati, provenienti da 29 Paesi s’interrogarono per tre giorni su alcune questioni ritenute cruciali per l’agenda dell’Europa – la dignità della persona umana, la famiglia, il modello sociale europeo, il […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Gli Stati difendono la propria sovranità in politica estera con particolare gelosia e caparbietà, perché, evidentemente, ciò che conta in questo settore è l’affermazione dell’identità di Stato nazionale, ossia distinguersi da altri attori, nonché la libertà di autodeterminare la propria posizione all’interno del sistema internazionale. Ciò spiega il motivo per cui il processo di sviluppo […]

Albania and Bosnia: the EU Council’s visa-free proposalDuring the last plenary session the European Parliament backed the European Commission’s proposal “to exempt nationals of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania from visas by the end of 2010”, believing that these two countries “meet the required conditions on document security and combating illegal immigration and crime”. A year ago […]

ECUMENISM

France: the Churches, solidarity to migrants “In our capacities as leaders of the Christian Churches of France we want to encourage the faithful of our communities to persevere in their solidarity towards migrants”. These are the opening words of the joint appeal to the French Christian communities drawn up the presidents of the French Bishops’ […]

BELGIO

“To make home as beautiful as a church and the Church as familiar as home”: it is the leading theme of the exhibition “Life is love”, dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux, installed in the beautiful church on Avenue de la Toison d’Or, not far from Brussels’ “European district” and near the convent of the […]

Hungary: in the frontline against the toxic sludge A week after the gravest ecological disaster in Hungary’s history, caused by the tide of toxic sludge that swept from the broken wall of a reservoir for the storage of slurry in a plant for the production of aluminium which invaded seven villages in the West of […]

COMECE

“Freedom of Religion in the European Neighbourhood: What role for religious actors and EU external action?” is the theme of the meeting held in Brussels October 11, at the European Parliament (PHS Building, Room 7C050, 18:00 – 20:00). The meeting is promoted in the framework of the second series of seminars on “Islam, Christianity and […]

EUROPEAN SOCIAL WEEK

Recurs in these days the first anniversary of the first “Catholic Social Days for Europe” held in Gdansk October 7 to 9. For three days 350 delegates from 29 countries delved into themes considered crucial for the European agenda – the dignity of the human person, the family, the European social model, the role in […]

FRONT PAGE

When it comes to foreign relations, national States defend their sovereignty with particular jealousy and determination. Evidently what counts in this sector is the affirmation of the identity of a national State, namely, to distinguish oneself from the other players on the international plane. This explains the reason why the development of European foreign policy […]

SANTA SEDE

"La Chiesa ha il dovere di annunciare sempre e dovunque il Vangelo di Gesù Cristo". Comincia con questo imperativo la lettera apostolica in forma di Motu Proprio, "Ubicumque et semper" ("Sempre e dovunque"), con la quale Benedetto XVI istituisce il Pontificio Consiglio per la promozione della nuova evangelizzazione. La "missione evangelizzatrice" – prosegue il Papa […]