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CARD. STEPINAC

“Oggi celebriamo la memoria del Beato Luigi cardinale Stepinac, vescovo e martire, che ha sacrificato la sua vita cinquanta anni fa in testimonianza della fede. Custodite la memoria dei vostri martiri, e sul loro eroico esempio nell’oggi della Chiesa siate ‘il sale della terra e la luce del Mondo'”. Così Benedetto XVI, nel saluto ai […]

COMMISSIONE UE

Una maggioranza ampia (488 sì, 137 voti contrari, 72 astensioni) ha dato il semaforo verde al "Barroso II", ossia al secondo Esecutivo europeo guidato dal politico portoghese. Dopo un lunghissimo iter procedurale, la Commissione è dunque entrata nel pieno delle sue funzioni il 10 febbraio e vi resterà fino al 31 ottobre 2014. Sostegni "convinti" […]

EU COMMISSION

A large majority (488 ayes, 137 noes, 72 absentions) gave the green light to “Barroso II”, the second European Executive chaired by the Portuguese politician. Following a long procedure, the Commission was instated on February 10 and will remain in office until October 31 2014. “Full endorsement” and “reservations”. The new team chaired by José […]

EU PARLIAMENT

Protecting the rights of individuals and making gender equality a reality is the intention of the resolution approved February 10 by the European Parliament, gathered in plenary sitting in Strasbourg. In reality, the in-depth document drawn up by Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and approved with 381 votes in favour, 253 against and 31 absentions, addresses […]

democracy and church

“Human rights are universal not because they are approved and recognized by parliamentary majorities or by public opinion, but because they rest on the very nature of the human being, which remains unaltered despite changing social and historical conditions”, declared Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, in his “lectio magistralis” given in Poland on […]

Spain: responsible use of the earth’s resourcesAn appeal to “review the use of the earth’s resources given by God to the benefit of all mankind and not for the wealth or profit of the few” has been made by the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, in the pastoral letter he has written to […]

Switzerland: the bishops and human research “Yes” to the draft constitutional article on human research, due to undergo popular voting next March 7. However, “the various stages of the bill must be attentively followed”. In a nutshell, this is the position of the Bioethics Committee of the Swiss Bishops Conference (CES) regarding article 118b of […]

Malta: the programme of the papal visit “Like Paul, Benedict XVI shall come among us in order to fulfill and fortify us in the faith which the Apostle Paul instilled within us. May we as a nation welcome him warmly, much in the same way that our ancestors paid homage to Paul and his friends. […]

FRONT PAGE

One of the most interesting novelties introduced with the Lisbon Treaty, among the many procedural and institutional improvements, relates to the democratic life of the European Union. Every citizen is formally acknowledged the right “to participate in the democratic life of the Union” – from which derives the institutions’ obligation to ensure that “decisions are […]

cardINAL Stepinac

“Today we celebrate the memory of Blessed Cardinal Stepinac, bishop and martyr, who sacrificed his life fifty years ago in witness of his faith. Do cherish the memory of your martyrs, and may their heroic example for the Church make you ‘the salt of the earth and the light of the World'”. Addressing Croatian pilgrims […]