Eleni Iniotaki Grecia

PRIMA PAGINA

Giornali e tv diffondono un senso di smarrimento generale dell’Europa di fronte alla tempesta economico-finanziaria che affligge in questo periodo la Grecia. Le stesse istituzioni comunitarie non lo nascondono. Considerando che quantomeno il Portogallo e la Spagna – in misura ancora non definita – si preparano ad affrontare una situazione simile, malgrado le dovute rassicurazioni […]

ICT solutions for assistance to the elderly "Information and communications technologies have immense potential to improve the quality of life and health of older people and other vulnerable members of society in very practical ways": Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes launched a consultation inviting citizens, businesses and researchers to share ideas on how best to […]

EUROPEAN UNION

“There’s still not full democracy in the EU. The European Parliament, which represents the citizens and peoples of Europe, still has too little clout in comparison with the Council”, on which the representatives of the governments sit. “What’s needed is a more democratic Europe, which grows from the grassroots”, says Carlo Casini, long-standing MEP and […]

COMECE

The June editorial of Europe Infos, the monthly magazine published by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) in conjunction with the Jesuit European Office (OCIPE), presents a critical status quaestionis by English Jesuit Fr. Frank Turner on the institution of the External Action Service (news report by SIR Europe 41/2010), […]

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

A joyful and liberating African chant closed the World Missionary Conference, which brought together in Edinburgh from June 2 to 6 some 300 delegates representing all Christian denominations from all over the world. The Churches called the conference to celebrate the centenary of the first major ecumenical conference on missions, held in the Scottish capital […]

Switzerland: the bishops’ plenary: “intolerable abuses” The plenary meeting of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (SBK) ended June 2 in Einsieldeln. The main theme of the meeting was sexual abuse. “In the Church and also in our dioceses and community we have learned of a deep sin”, states the communique’ issued by SBK at the end […]

JERZY POPIELUSZKO

A throng of over 200,000 faithful congregated in Warsaw on Sunday 6 June for the ceremony of beatification of the Polish priest Father Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984), who was abducted by members of the secret services of the Communist regime and killed at the age of 37. The many representatives of the civil authorities present at […]

LUIGI PADOVESE

The funerals of Msgr.Luigi Padovese, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia, killed June 3 by his driver Murat Altun, were held on June 7, at the Cathedral of Iskenderun. Presiding over the ceremony was the apostolic nuncio in Turkey, Msgr. Antonio Lucibello, while keeping the homily was Msgr. Ruggero Franceschini, Archbishop of Smyrna. The concelebrants were Msgr.Louis […]

FRONT PAGE

The Press and TV convey Europe’s widespread bewilderment before the financial and economic turmoil currently experienced by Greece. Also Community institutions fail to deny it. Considering that at least Portugal and Spain – to extents not yet defined – are preparing for a similar situation, despite the due reassurances to the external world, it is […]

VALLE D'AOSTA

In Valle d’Aosta c’è una proposta di legge regionale "Disposizioni per il sostegno dei genitori separati in situazioni di difficoltà" che mira a riconoscere l’importanza del ruolo materno congiuntamente a quello paterno per favorire un’equilibrata crescita psicofisica dei minori nelle diverse fasi della vita anche dopo la separazione dei genitori. Come viene precisato nella relazione […]