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LATVIA

He considers accession to the European Union “the achievement of a great goal”, long awaited “since independence obtained in 1991”; stressed “Europe’s role in supporting democracy” in his country; he is in favour of the euro and Lisbon Treaty while disapproves of a different pace within the EU. Latvian President Valdis Zatlers has clear viewpoint […]

ECUMENISM

Germany: “greater ecumenical patience”Greater “ecumenical patience” in dialogue between the Christian faiths was called for by Mgr. Robert Zollitsch, President of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK). “We have worked hard in the past and must continue to do so. There is a feeling however that what has been divided since the time of the Reformation […]

ENGLAND AND WALES

British legislation envisaging the possibility of homosexual couples of being prospective parents contradicts Church teaching and seriously undermines Catholic adoption bodies. Silvia Guazzetti interviewed for SIR Europe Philippa Gitlin, director of the “Caritas Social Action Network”, an umbrella organization of 28 Charities of England and Wales in charge of adoption based on Catholic Church teaching, […]

Poland: a “window of life” in CzestochowaThe “Window of life of blessed Edmundo Bojanowski” was inaugurated in Czestochowa during the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth, on the initiative of the Metropolitan archbishop of Czestochowa, Msgr. Stanislaw Nowak, of the archdiocese’ Caritas and of the nuns of the Congregation of the “Servants of the […]

Spain: with the children of Asia”With the children of Asia… let’s search for Jesus” is the theme of this year’s Day of Missionary Childhood, which is due to be celebrated in Spain on Sunday 25 January. With this initiative the Pontifical Charity for Missionary Childhood (POM) is launching a five-year project that will cross the […]

FRONT PAGE

The tragic events in the Holy Land once again prove right those who claim that “until everything changes, nothing changes”. For over half a century, the Middle East and with it the entire planet have been witnessing turmoil and suffering in the expectation of a definitive and peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The see-saw […]

L’arrivo a Dakar è caotico e confuso come il vento harmattan fresco e secco che soffia dal Sahara in questa stagione. Caos all’aeroporto, bagagli scambiati, alberghi su parvenze di spiaggia con cumuli di calcinacci misti a immondizia. Il centro, con i suoi alti ma insignificanti palazzi dalle ambizioni coloniali, contrasta con le periferie. Quest’ultime sono […]

A Pikine, che viene definita “la vera Dakar”, c’è povertà ma non vera miseria, come un po’ ovunque in Senegal. L’accoglienza è sempre sacra e a braccia aperte. Qui si è svolto l’incontro “tra associazioni africane ed europee per un nuovo contratto umano e sociale tra Europa ed Africa”.”Siamo in una scuola – ha detto […]

Al seminario e poi in altre tappe durante il viaggio c’era anche il Piccolo Coro di Piazza Vittorio, una riuscita esperienza di intercultura che esiste a Roma da tre anni: 12 bambini della V elementare e delle medie della scuola “Di Donato” in zona Piazza Vittorio, attiva da tempo in tanti progetti multiculturali (corsi di […]

Vestito di azzurro, uno zucchetto nero in testa. L’atmosfera assorta è interrotta solo dal vociare dei bambini e ragazzi del quartiere che curiosano o fanno dispetti. I bambini del “Piccolo Coro” cantano, lui spiega nel buio del crepuscolo e poi della notte cosa significa essere griot. Dialike Boiate è uno degli ultimi griots e tra […]