Eleni Iniotaki Grecia

PRIMA PAGINA

L’Europa attraversa un periodo di crisi, nessun dubbio. Così come nessun dubbio sussiste sulla circostanza che la crisi è acuita dal dedicare pressoché esclusiva attenzione all’economia ed alla finanza, con al massimo un occhio di tanto in tanto al quadro istituzionale. Trascurando quelle che di una Comunità sono le fondamenta, ovvero le persone ed i […]

Portugal: a pastoral note on the Papal visit The Permanent Council of the Portuguese Bishops Conference (Cep) published a Pastoral Notice, in which it wishes Benedict XVI’s forthcoming visit (11-14 May) “may not remain a passing event, although shared and festive, but may it represent the seed from which the fruits of a spiritual, apostolic […]

COMECE: conference at the EP on the protection of SundayThe European Commission will shortly present a new draft of its “Working Time Directive”. To relaunch the debate at the European level on the protection of Sunday as a day of rest, MEPs Thomas Mann (EPP, Germany) and Patrizia Toia (S&D, Italy) are promoting, together with […]

FRONT PAGE

Europe is undoubtedly experiencing a moment of crisis. Indeed, exclusively focussing on the economy and finances, with occasional analyses of institutional frameworks, whilst overlooking Community foundations, notably people and values on which social coexistence repose, further worsens the ongoing crisis. It appears that it’s not an oversight. Rather, we fear that this situation is the […]

COMECE

In the March issue of Europeinfos, the monthly magazine of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), in conjunction with the Jesuit European Office (Ocipe), ample space is devoted to the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, with articles on the question of biodiversity, EU political and institutional initiatives […]

EU COMMISSION

Coordinating economic policies, investing in innovation and research, monitoring public budget and urgently addressing the problem of job losses. The Commission confides in the revival of the single market and of Europe’s competitiveness, and even in the possibility for social progress. But the message launched in Brussels is loud and clear: “there is no time […]

IRAQIS IN EUROPE

Sunday March 7 Iraqi citizens will go to the polls to elect the new national assembly, a major opportunity to promote national reconciliation, as clearly stated by Benedict XVI in Sunday’s Angelus: “In the delicate political phase that Iraq is passing through I call upon the civil authorities that they do everything possible to restore […]

RELIGIONS AND EU

“The role of religious actors in strengthening civil society and democratization in the countries bordering the EU” is the title of the second in the series of seminars “Islam, Christianity and Europe”, which was held in Brussels on 4 March on the initiative of COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community), the […]

ABORTION IN EUROPE

Often one hears it said that Europe is ageing and that, in our country too, the birth rate is declining. Few, however, ask themselves what the causes of this situation are. Is it out of place, for example, to think that one of these causes is abortion, which is now considered a normal method of […]

ABORTION IN EUROPE

“It is necessary to find new and practicable solutions”: the Instituto de Politica Familiar (IPF) seated in Spain, with offices across European and South-American countries, reiterated the cry of alarm on abortion. “National policies are outdated, and while abortions cause an increasing number of victims, women are often left to face pregnancies alone”. During the […]