Redazione

COMECE

Si svolgono dal 14 al 16 aprile a Bruxelles i lavori dell’assemblea plenaria di primavera della Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea (Comece). Sono presenti 21 vescovi rappresentanti i 27 Paesi membri dell’Ue. Il presidente, Adrianus van Luyn, vescovo di Rotterdam, introducendo i lavori, ha dedicato ampio spazio all’attualità dell’Ue, dopo l’entrata in vigore del […]

Eco-innovation: €35 million to businessesThe European Commission launched a €35 million call for eco-innovation projects, small and medium businesses in particular. The initiative lies under the CIP eco-innovation programme. The call covers four main areas: Material recycling, sustainable building products, food and drink sector, green businesses. "Applications are particularly welcome from small businesses with green […]

CONSUMERS

Children are increasingly those most at risk, exposed as they are to the risk of toys that are not always safe or immune from dangers for health and safety. But care and vigilance are also needed in the purchase and use of other products, such as underwear, household articles, electrical appliances and vehicles of various […]

COMECE

April’s issue of the magazine Europe Infos, the monthly magazine of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Community (COMECE) in conjunction with the Jesuit European Office (OCIPE) focuses on the following themes: the crisis in Greece, the negotiations on the nuclear treaties, the register of stakeholders representatives, the year for combating poverty, […]

COMECE

The COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly is being held in Brussels from 14 to 16 April. It is being attended by 21 bishops representing the 27 member countries of the EU. The President of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community), the Most Rev. Adrianus van Luyn, Bishop of Rotterdam, introducing the assembly, devoted […]

ENGLAND

Faith podcasts from the Clifton Diocese have won four awards at a media ceremony organised by the “Christian Broadcasting Council”, an organization which encourages Gospel proclamation through the electronic media. Over the past four years the Diocese has been awarded fourteen medals for new media broadcasts, including “Sony” Gold for the best ever podcast in […]

POLAND

The author of the film “Katyn”, the renowned Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, whose father is one of the victims of the 1940 massacre, believes that Russian-Polish reconciliation is possible. Seeking to provide an answer to the reasons for Stalin’s order, Wajda said: “The Katyn massacre was directed against Polish intellighenzia, in the awareness that […]

Austria: the Week for Life “To make a choice in favour of the family brings great fruits”. The Austrian bishops addressed an appeal to the faithful on the occasion of the 1st edition of the “Week for Life” due to be celebrated between the end of May and the beginning of June. The event will […]

FRONT PAGE

When in 1999 the EU Heads of State and Government proposed that a body consisting of 2 national parliament representatives, 15 representatives of the European Union and by a EU Member State, government European Commission representative would be set up to draft a Charter of Rights of the European Union there were all good reasons […]

“I vescovi italiani vogliono capire meglio la nuova condizione mediatica, crossmediale, del mondo odierno in cui la connessione è sempre aperta e continua, per poter creare una mentalità nuova alla luce del Vangelo e condurre la propria missione in maniera attuale”. Lo ha detto mons. Mariano Crociata, segretario generale della Cei, presentando alla stampa, il […]