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EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

He asks for “more transparency” and “greater attention to citizens” and is convinced that “good administration” at the Community level may effectively bring Europeans closer to the institutions of the Union. On presenting his annual Report for 2009, entitled “Compendium 2009”, on his activities for the past year on 29 April, the European Ombudsman, Nikiforos […]

The second audiobook of Patriarch Lubomyr”Unfortunately, throughout the history of humanity, from the origins to our own time, there have been problems between generations. I don’t know anyone in the world who has not committed at least one small error”, said Patriarch Lubomyr Husar”, head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Archbishop Major of Kyiv-Halych, […]

POLAND

In the aftermath of the emotions triggered by the Smolensk air crash there is an increasing need to improve the relations between Moscow and Warsaw. The Polish Church, which draws inspiration from the ‘two-lung Europe’ concept launched by John Paul II, has been longtime engaged in the rapprochement of the two peoples. Talks on a […]

Belgium: youth for peace On Sunday April 25 the second edition of “Do it 4 peace” took place in the heart of Belgium. It is an initiative of “The Youth for a United World” of the Focolari community in Belgium. “Dances, music, chants and animation for children were held on a sunny afternoon – the […]

CCEE - MIGRATIONS

The family? It’s the social unit that migration most affects and injures. Christian communities? They are on the front lines to bear witness to the possibility of universal brotherhood, even to the cost of prompting surprise or protest. Society? It must realize that the migration phenomenon is not a temporary phase of an integration process […]

CCEE - MIGRATION

The Eight European Congress on Migration promoted by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, opened April 27 in Malaga, Spain – ongoing until May 1st -, “with a foot in Africa and a foot in Europe”. The meeting is attended by some fifty participants from all over Europe including bishops, national directors for […]

FRONT PAGE

Follows an ample excerpt of the opening address by CCEE vice-president and archbishop of Zagreb Card. Josip Bozanic at the Eighth European Congress on Migration titled "Europe of People on the Move. Overcoming fears. Planning Projects".Even those compelled to leave their own countries to seek a better life abroad are in dire need of being […]

CHIESA E ABUSI

Ai casi di pedofilia, la Chiesa “deve rispondere secondo lo stile di verità che le è proprio, ovvero secondo giustizia e misericordia”. Ne è convinto mons. Mariano Crociata, segretario generale della Cei, che ha dedicato gran parte del suo intervento del 29 aprile alla riunione della Commissione presbiterale italiana al tema che ha monopolizzato l’attenzione […]

PRIMO MAGGIO

La festa del lavoro (Primo maggio) giunge quest’anno in un contesto particolare che si può definire d’incertezza. Un’incertezza che rischia di paralizzare tutti, perché deriva sia dall’esterno, dalla situazione economica e politica, sia anche dall’interno di noi stessi: per il lavoro non si sa veramente cosa fare. Un Primo maggio “attendista”, potremmo dire, ma lo […]

CARITAS

Il 2009 è stato l’anno “nero” delle famiglie italiane, solo il 2,2% ritiene di aver migliorato la propria condizione economica. Ma la situazione non sembra migliorare nel 2010: nel mese di febbraio una famiglia su 3 (32,1%) ha addirittura risparmiato sull’acquisto di pane, pasta e carne, soprattutto tra quelle che devono pagare un affitto o […]