Stefan Lunte Francia

PRIMA PAGINA

Lo scorso 9 maggio, i ministri delle Finanze dell’Unione Europea hanno adottato un meccanismo di salvataggio per i Paesi della zona euro che hanno maggiori difficoltà nella gestione dei propri conti pubblici. Questo meccanismo permette di mobilitare fino a 750 miliardi di euro e si aggiunge a un aiuto di 140 miliardi di euro per […]

Barnier: to create “bank-funded schemes””It is not acceptable that taxpayers should continue to bear the heavy cost of rescuing the banking sector”. According to the ‘polluter pays’ principle’, “We need to build a system which ensures that the financial sector will pay the cost of banking crises in the future”. A few days ago Internal […]

KNOWING EUROPE

"The union of Europe was a dream not widely shared. Yet it has become a hope for many and is, today, a necessity for us all": these words, pronounced by Konrad Adenauer, represent the "motto" of the initiative "The museum-houses of the fathers of Europe", a network that unites the homes of four personalities who […]

MONACHISM IN EUROPE

“For many Gos is great Unknown. (…) A purely positivistic culture, which tried to drive the question concerning God into the subjective realm as being unscientific, would be the capitulation of reason, the renunciation of its highest possibilities, and hence a disaster for humanity”. Thus ends the address of Benedict XVI to the cultural world […]

ENGLAND

A historic event, to be prepared in smallest details, and not only from the spiritual angle: expectations of the upcoming visit of Benedict XVI in September are increasing, as conveyed by Catholic primate Msgr. Vincent Nichols, by the press officer of the English bishops Alexander Des Forges and by the head of the police Meredydd […]

The meeting of Latin and Greek-Catholic bishopsOn May 20 the Diocesan Major Seminary of the diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr in Vorzel, hosted the Fourth joint panel meeting of the Ukrainian Latin and Greek-Catholic bishops. 11 Latin and 16 Greek-Catholic prelates attended the meeting. Spiritual exercises performed by the Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Msgr. Stanislaw Padewski were […]

ITALY

Reviving the “passion for education” in Christian communities: the appeal was made by Benedict XVI in his address to the Italian bishops, whom he met in the Synodal Hall in the Vatican on 27 May. The bishops were gathered there for the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. The Italian Church has decided to […]

Czech Republic: green light to the agreement on the Cathedral The agreement between the Catholic Czech Church and the Czech Republic on the joint use of the Cathedral of Prague dedicated to the Saints Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert was ratified May 24. The solemn declaration was signed in the cathedral by the archbishop of Prague […]

FRONT PAGE

Past May 9 the Finance ministers of the European Union adopted a rescue package for eurozone countries with beleaguered national balances. The ministers agreed a €750 billion support mechanism along with a €140 billion bailout to Greece, adopted two days earlier by the heads of Government and State of the Monetary Union. The measures aimed […]

assemblea cei

"Non perdere mai la fiducia nei giovani" e "frequentarne gli ambienti di vita, compreso quello costituito dalle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione, che ormai permeano la cultura in ogni sua espressione". È l’invito rivolto da Benedetto XVI ai vescovi italiani riuniti per l’assemblea generale (Roma, 24-28 maggio). Intervenendo oggi nell’aula sinodale in Vaticano, il Santo Padre […]