Redazione

The bishops’ note on Msgr. Kowalczyk To contrast the influence upon public opinion by media sensationalist news regarding the alleged – and completely ungrounded – claim that the present Apostolic Nuncio Msgr. Jozef Kowalczyk collaborated with Communist Poland’s secret services, the leadership of Poland’s Bishops’ Conference (KEP) issued a communiqué condemning “the attempts to discredit […]

Belgium: the bishops on research and human dignity “Human life is sacred from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death”, and “whatever reifies the human sphere represents a regression of civilization”. The claim was reiterated by the bishops in Belgium, in a note issued upon the conclusion of the Assembly held past […]

The Netherlands: humanitarian mission in Gaza”It has been an intense experience. The purpose was to identify ways enabling assistance to the population in Gaza under fire and to grant support to our partner organizations”, declared Renè Grotenhuis, director of Dutch humanitarian association Cordaid upon his return from a mission to the Holy Land aimed at […]

HOLY LAND

Looking at the solution to conflicts that marked the history of other Countries as a source of strength, stimulating ideas that will put an end to the ten-year crisis that precipitated the Holy Land and the Middle East in a spiral of violence of which Gaza is only the last tragic example. This is the […]

FRONT PAGE

For the past ten years the Euro has been the currency of the European Union, or rather, of the 16 Member States that adopted the Euro as their means of payment. On January 16 1999, ten years ago, only 11 Countries had introduced the Euro. These were: France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, as […]

EURO

The introduction of the single currency “was one of the most important decisions” taken at the European Community level. Today the euro “represents a success, and an advantage for EU citizens, and the eurozone is a rock of macroeconomic stability” that “has saved us from the worst effects of the present crisis”, declared Hans-Gert Poettering, […]

DIALOGUE INTERRELIGIOUS

Russia: towards the election of the new PatriarchServices for the soul of the deceased Patriarch Alexy II, who died 40 days ago, on 5 December, were celebrated in all Russian Orthodox churches on 13 January. In Moscow, it was the Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Kirill, who presided over the Divine Liturgy and Requiem in the Cathedral […]

LAZIO

Di fronte alla “grave crisi economica”, che “è connessa a quella strutturale, culturale e di valori”, occorre “reagire, superando le divisioni e concertando strategie che, se da una parte affrontano le emergenze di oggi, dall’altra mirano a disegnare un organico progetto strategico per gli anni futuri”. È l’invito che Benedetto XVI ha rivolto lunedì 12 […]

RASSEGNA DELLE IDEE

“Si diventa persona passando per l’Altro. I popoli e le nazioni, insieme alle comunità interreligiose, sono chiamati a compiere questo processo di trasformazione e di sincero incontro, nella consapevolezza che il dialogo è il nostro futuro”. Nella prefazione al saggio “Vivere insieme nella nuova Europa. Il ruolo delle religioni” (Editoriale comunicazioni sociali), il card. Crescenzio […]

Slovacchia adotta l’euro: “Operazione riuscita””Banconote e monete in euro sono state introdotte con successo in Slovacchia, che diventa il sedicesimo paese della zona euro”: la Banca centrale europea si dichiara soddisfatta per la riuscita operazione. Bratislava si è così aggiunta, dal 1° gennaio, all’area della valuta comune, la quale ha preso il posto della corona […]