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ELEZIONI USA

“Le prossime elezioni americane, dove si fronteggiano McCain e Obama, costituiranno un test anche per quanto riguarda la situazione socio-culturale negli Stati Uniti. Non dimentichiamo che è un fatto di portata storica, al di là di ogni pregiudizio o rivendicazione, che un nero sia candidato alla Casa Bianca”. Joseph B.Ballong Wen Mewuda è uno tra […]

CITTADINI EUROPEI

“Nell’Ue ogni uomo, donna e bambino ha il diritto di vivere un’esistenza libera da ogni discriminazione e persecuzione”. Tutto ciò non sembra essere garantito ai cittadini europei di origine rom. José Manuel Barroso, presidente della Commissione, ribadisce ancora una volta che la realtà quotidiana per questa parte di popolazione “è drammatica”, mentre gli Stati membri […]

US ELECTIONS

“The forthcoming U.S. elections, with McCain and Obama sitting on the opposite sides of the fence, will also be an opportunity to assess the social and cultural situations in the United States. Let us not forget that a colored candidate to the White House is a fact that bears enormous historical significance, that extends far […]

european citizens

“In the EU each man, woman and child has the right to live a life free of any discrimination and persecution”. Yet all this does not seem to be guaranteed to European citizens of Rom origin, declared José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. He underlined once again that the daily reality of this […]

THE YOUTH AND POLITICS

“Politics, a commitment for faith”. This was the title of the meeting held August 24-31 in Venice attended by some thirty young people aged 20-35 from six different Countries. A week later, on September 7, during his apostolic visit to Cagliari, the Pope called upon the youth to “evangelize the working environments, along with the […]

SAINT BENEDICT

Yesterday, September 18 (until the 27th), the International Congress of the Benedictine Confederation opened in Rome’s Primatial abbey of Saint Anselm. Abbot Primate Notker Wolf said the purpose of the conference is “to promote the union of the Confederation, by extending contacts with its many souls. The Congress occurs every four years and is viewed […]

comece

The renewed social agenda presented in July by the European Commission “does not keep the family in due consideration”, declared Stefan Lunte, expert in social and economic policies, in September’s issue of “Europe Infos”, the monthly of COMECE (the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) and OCIPE (the Catholic European and Information […]

Congress of European Catholic doctors”Scientific research must be subordinated to the moral values brought to light by Christianity. A laboratory without oratory – without prayer – becomes a crematorium like Auschwitz. Scientific research, if deprived of moral and religious references, will lead to the annihilation of man, as in the time of the crematorium ovens”, […]

ECUMENISM

Austria: visit of Alexei II in December”Inspired by ecumenism”: this will be the inspiration behind the journey that the patriarch of Moscow, Alexius II, will make in Austria, from 20 to 23 December. This was stated by the Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna, Hilarion (Alfejew). During the presentation of the schedule of the Patriarch’s visit, […]

Ccee , put an end to the journeys of death”The Governments of Europe and Africa must use any legitimate way to put an end to the dangerous journeys bound for Europe that for many African migrants end up in death. Regardless of how they have arrived in Europe, they must always be treated as human […]