Redazione

Italia: “una piccola ferita con gli ebrei”La decisione dell’Assemblea rabbinica italiana, comunicata dal rabbino Giuseppe Laras, di sospendere la partecipazione quest’anno alla celebrazione della Giornata annuale di riflessione ebraico-cristiana “sorprende e addolora”, ma “in ogni caso non interrompe i rapporti tra ebrei e cristiani che a mio avviso devono continuare e, semmai, intensificarsi”. Lo ha […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Chiunque preveda di fare lobbying sul Parlamento Europeo sa che i deputati sono attualmente in “modalità elettorale”. Il Partito dei Socialisti Europei (Pse) presenterà il proprio manifesto ai primi di dicembre, seguito da altri gruppi politici. Le procedure elettorali per il Parlamento Europeo uniscono un certo numero di principi comuni ad una grande diversità di […]

EU AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

Public investments, both at the national and EU level; coordinated measures to support the real economy; and the “flexible” application of the Stability Pact: the EU is choosing the path of planned intervention to limit the damage of the recession, but at the same time it is considering the possibility of reinforcing some strategic sectors […]

COMECE

“The creation and strengthening of an area of freedom, security and justice for its citizens is one of the European Union’s main goals” and “migration and asylum policies are key elements” writes Alessandro Calcagno in the November issue of “Europe infos”, Comence (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) and Ocipe (Catholic office […]

FRANCE

The 83rd Semaine Sociale de France was held in Lyon from 21 to 23 November 2008, in a Congress Centre on the banks of the Rhone able to accommodate some 3500 participants who came from all over France and also from Belgium. One novelty this year: some 500 guests from Central Europe accepted the invitation […]

ALBANIA

“Our transition phase is everlasting”. Zemaida Mozali takes at heart the future of her Country, Albania, for which she envisages a “European horizon”. At the same time, she acknowledges its delays in the path leading to EU membership. The Barroso Commission recently drew a balance of the strategy regarding enlargement, dwelling into “the Land of […]

ARMENIA

The audience of Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians with Pope Benedict XVI on November 24, recalled the memory of the Armenian genocide (1915-1916), one of the greatest tragedies in Europe with that of the Jews by Hitler, of the gulag under Lenin’s and Stalin’s rule, of the great famine (holodomor) in Ukraine […]

CHURCHES AND FINANCIAL CRISIS

Austria: introducing donations’ deductionCharity organisations in Austria continue lobbying politicians to enable the tax-deduction of donations. For this purpose, on November 25 NGO representatives sent a DVD to Günther Stummvoll, President of the Finance Commission of the Austrian Parliament, with the statements of the different parties. In fact, during the electoral campaign, all political groups […]

Czech Republic: statement on racism”Racist demonstrations are increasing in number in the Czech Republic”, warned Bishop Vaclav Maly, President of the Council of Justitia et Pax of the Czech Bishops’ Conference, in a statement issued in recent days. They are, he explained, “demonstrations of hostility against particular communities, especially Romany gipsies”. “I consider it my […]

Italy: “a small wound with the Jews”The decision of Italy’s Rabbinical Assembly to withdraw its participation in this year’s annual Day of Jewish-Christian reflection, which was communicated by Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, “surprises and pains us”. However, “Jewish-Christian relations do continue and indeed ought to be intensified”, Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia, bishop of Terni – Narni – […]