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SUD-EST EUROPA

Chiesa di minoranza. In alcuni Paesi del Sud-Est Europa, i cattolici sono appena l’1% della popolazione. Eppure dai resoconti presentati a Chisinau, nell’ambito dell’incontro annuale del Ccee, dei presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali del Sud-Est europeo, emerge ovunque l’immagine di una Chiesa viva, partecipe alla vita sociale e politica del Paese e soprattutto presente nel cuore […]

Turchia: solidarietà per le vittime del terremoto “Le notizie che abbiamo sono poche e frammentate. Il sisma ha colpito una zona di antica presenza cristiana. Stiamo cercando di saperne di più per poter organizzare con la Caritas Turchia un primo soccorso alle popolazioni colpite”. È quanto ha dichiarato a SIR Europa mons. Luigi Padovese, presidente […]

PRIMA PAGINA

L’introduzione e l’evoluzione della moneta unica europea nel corso del decennio precedente ha rappresentato una straordinaria storia di successo. L’Unione europea nella sua totalità, anche se finora soltanto 16 dei suoi 27 Stati membri sono entrati a far parte della zona euro, ha quindi conseguito una stabilità che ha contribuito ad impedire il verificarsi di […]

EU

Not just mimosas. This is the indication coming from the EU’s in Brussels and Strasbourg during the hundredth anniversary of the International Women’s Day (although assessments on historical date of origin differs). On the eve and throughout March 8 various legislative initiatives, action proposals, statistic data and opinion polls have been put forward to “shape” […]

CHRISTIANS IN THE CAUCASUS

“Each travel reportage has a different approach; mine is Christians’ presence in the Caucasus. Indeed, I consider it the most appropriate magnifying glass, enabling to grasp the different areas of conflict – or pacification – in the region, since Christians’ presence dates back to the epoch of the Apostles. Indeed, Christianity is part and parcel […]

ITALY

“Which future for Italian Catholic missions in Europe?” This was the theme of the first annual meeting of the national delegates of Italian Catholic Missions (MCI) in Europe (Msgr. Giambattista Bettoni, Belgium and Luxembourg; Msgr. Leandro Tagliaferro, Swizerland; Fr. Pio Visentin, Germany and Scandinavia; Fr. Federico Andreoletti, France; Fr. Antonio Belsito, England). The meeting, held […]

ALBANIA

Experts in the social doctrine of the Church and in economic sciences presented on March 6 in Tirana (at the “Mother of Good Counsel” University) Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter “Caritas in Veritate”. The meeting promoted by the Albanian Bishops’ Conference (CEA) in conjunction with the national Caritas, was announced during the October plenary of […]

CCEE-CEC

"We have a great common challenge: bringing God to the life of Europe". With these words, pronounced by Cardinal Péter Erdõ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, the annual meeting of the Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) was opened in Istanbul on 8 March. The meeting […]

SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

Minority Churches. In some East-European countries Catholics represent only 1% of the overall population. But from the reports presented in Chisnau, in the framework of the annual CCEE meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South-East Europe, emerges the image of a living Church, that participates in the social and political life of […]

Turkey: solidarity with earthquake victims “We have scarce and fragmented news: the earthquake extended to an area with an ancient Christian presence. We’re trying to learn more about the situation in order to organize relief with Caritas Turkey”, Msgr. Luigi Padovese, President of Turkey’s bishops, told SIR Europe, referring to the earthquake that hit the […]