Redazione

Religione a scuola: un aiuto allo StatoIn una lettera aperta inviata recentemente al Ministero dell’educazione, l’arcidiocesi romano-cattolica di Bucarest ha espresso il desiderio di "rimanere un partner attivo dello Stato per l’educazione delle giovani generazioni". Sollecitando che la religione non manchi come disciplina d’insegnamento a nessun livello, dalla scuola elementare fino a quella post-liceale, l’arcidiocesi […]

Italia: laicato cattolico “insieme per l’Europa””In un’ora cruciale in cui le sfide della disgregazione, dell’immigrazione, della giustizia sociale, della difesa della vita, dell’economia domandano risposte e impegno condiviso”, il “popolo dei movimenti” e delle associazioni cristiane d’Italia “si riunisce per offrire il proprio specifico contributo al necessario processo di ricomposizione sociale a livello nazionale ed […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Alla vigilia del XX anniversario del crollo del Muro di Berlino, la domanda (scolastica solo in apparenza) “cosa ha rappresentato la fine formale e sostanziale della Guerra Fredda per l’Europa e le sue Istituzioni?” trova più d’una risposta. Ancor prima delle risposte e delle analisi – sull’oggettività delle quali nessuno è onestamente in grado di […]

FRONT PAGE

On the eve of the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall the – seemingly scholastic -question “how did the end of the Cold War formally and substantially affect Europe and its institutions?” has more than one answer. However, before attempting answers and analyses – on whose objectivity nobody would stake his life […]

EU COMMISSION

The subprime mortgages crisis erupted in the summer of 2007, with its first signals of the credit crunch. The collapse of Lehman Brothers occurred in September 2008, confirming the gravity of the situation and its fallout at the planetary level. Lastly, on 14 September 2009, came US President Obama’s speech insisting on the “need for […]

CHURCH AND COMMUNICATION

To use a “clear, simple and comprehensible” language, “to always state the truth, even when confronted with complex questions”, “to convey honest and exhaustive information”, to “promote and encourage the development of social communication tools” acknowledging them as “crucial to the erection of a Christian community”. The director of the Vatican Press Room F. Federico […]

REVIEW OF IDEAS

“The deficiency of the religion-and-democracy model proponed by privatism” “comes into light with the acknowledgement that terms such as ‘equality’, ‘rights’ and ‘democracy'” don’t refer to separate individuals since they more truthfully pertain “to people mutually linked to each other, like groups, movements and individuals who are not void of their religious identity. Rather, they […]

Malta: welcome just as St. Paul was welcomedThe Pope is to make an apostolic visit to Malta in April next year. It will be the third papal visit to the archipelago after those of John Paul II in 1990 and 2001. Benedict XVI has therefore accepted the invitation made to him by the Bishops of […]

Religion in schools: State supportThe Romanian-Catholic archdiocese of Bucharest recently wrote an open letter to the Minister of Education conveying its intention “to remain an active partner of the State for the education of the young generations”. The archdiocese stressed that religion must continue being taught at all educational levels, from primary school to post-high-school […]

Italy: Catholic laity “together for Europe””At this crucial time marked by the challenges of disintegration, immigration, social justice, defence of life, of the economy, which require responses and shared commitments”, Christian “movements” and associations in Italy will convene to deliver their own contribution to the necessary process of social recovery at national and European level”. […]