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EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

“A Continent in transition”: is the definition of Europe marked by improving living standards and by growing disparities according to Eurofund,. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions was set up in 1975 in Dublin to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe. Along […]

Social Networking online: safer Internet”The Commission applauds this first European agreement on social networking on the web. It is an important step forwards towards making our children’s clicks on social networking sites safer in Europe”, said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, welcoming the signing of a protocol by 17 social networking […]

TURKEY

Antioch is loaded with symbols and history pertaining to Christianity and to the Church. “This is where unknown faithful from Northern Africa and Cyprus proclaimed the Gospel to the ‘Greeks’ who accepted it. This where Paul founded the first community of non-Jews. It’s from Antioch that Barnabas, Paul and Mark left for their apostolic journey […]

KOSOVO

The flags of the Countries that recognized Kosovo’s independence are hoisted in front of the town council of Prizren and of other cities in Kosovo along with the flag of the new state. However, despite these symbols, a year since the unilateral proclamation of independence by Albania’s authorities of Pristina, past February 17, the future […]

ITALY

Italy’s Bishops’ Conference (CEI) pleaded to preserve “passion for human life from the moment of conception to its natural termination” in a statement released after the death of Eluana Englaro, the woman in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) for over 17 years, that was removed her feeding tubes last week in an Italian clinic (Udine). Eluana […]

Portugal: Pastoral note on marriage The Permanent Council of Portugal’s Bishops’ Conference (CEP) that convened this week in Fatima, analyzed the draft of a Pastoral Note that is planned to be issued soon. Father Manuel Morujão told the press that the document reaffirms “the centrality of the family and the sacrament of marriage as a […]

CCEE

"With the fall of Communism the Church is facing new challenges, new problems, but the commandment remains the same: ‘go to the ends of the world and preach the words of the Gospel to every creature’", wrote Benedict XVI in a Letter to Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb and vice-president of the Council […]

FRONT PAGE

The countdown to the elections to the European Parliament (EP) has begun. In the 27 member states 375 million electors will be called to the ballot box between 4 and 7 June to choose their representatives for the European Parliament. Brussels and Strasbourg are meanwhile launching a media campaign to raise citizens’ awareness about the […]

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

A “radical change” in EU’s energy policy “to meet the Union’s three main goals”; supply security, fight against climate change and competitiveness. The European Parliament takes a stand at the plenary session held in Strasburg from 2-5 February. Among the various issues tackled relations between family and work, protection of small and medium enterprises, textile […]

ANGLICANS

On February 9 (ongoing until February 13) the General Synod of the “Church of England” opened at the “Church House” a block away from Westminster’s parliament. The assembly of the organ that govern this Church was inaugurated by the Primate of the Catholic Church in England, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, who addressed the question of the […]