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PAPA IN FRANCIA

Un viaggio atteso sopratutto per i temi che “verosimilmente” il Santo Padre affronterà nei suoi discorsi, soprattutto nel corso dei suoi incontri con le autorità del Paese, con il mondo della cultura e con i vescovi. È quanto emerso dal briefing che il 9 settembre in sala stampa vaticana padre Federico Lombardi ha tenuto con […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Un “viaggio di conoscenza che darà modo alla gente di comprendere realmente chi è il Papa; sarà un incontro con l’uomo”: Jean-Dominique Durand, storico dell’Università di Lione, sintetizza a Giovanna Pasqualin Traversa, per SIR Europa, le attese e le “poste in gioco” dell’imminente visita apostolica di Benedetto XVI in Francia, che inizierà il 12 settembre […]

EU support to paralympic gamesA few days ago, European Commissioner Ján Figel’, whose brief includes Sport, and the president of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC), Enrique Sánchez-Guijo, signed a joint statement outlining EU support to the Committee aimed at fostering social inclusion of people with disabilities. The statement was drawn up on the occasion of […]

EUROPE-AFRICA

“Dialogue should be based on truth”. In particular, “intercultural dialogue demands respect for the dignity, religious beliefs and stands of the various parties involved, without attempting to diminish Peoples’ cultural differences.” Hans-Gert Poettering, president of the European Parliament, conveyed his thoughts on the “African week” that gathered momentum in Brussels’ EU Assembly.Two continents extend their […]

CEC

With a celebration, on September 7 some 40 press officers and directors of communication from European major Christian churches, (Anglican, Protestant and Orthodox) convened in Geneva’s Anglican church for the official opening of “PONEC”, the “Press Officers’ Network from European Churches”. Its establishment was the result of two days of work – September 5-7 – […]

Bosnia-Herzegovina: the restitution of a seminaryIn the past days, the representative of the Orthodox Serbian Church in the Inter-religious Council of Bosnia-Herzegovna, bishop Vasilije from Zvornik-Tuzla, requested the restitution of the Orthodox seminary in Sarajevo that had been confiscated during Communist rule. Vasilije threatened to resign from the Council if the building – which is […]

Comece : father Mazurkiewicz is the new secretary generalFather Piotr Mazurkiewicz is the new secretary general of Comece (Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community). “He has been elected – states a note from the European institution – by the member bishops of Comece, in agreement with the Vatican, for a three years’ […]

THE POPE IN FRANCE

It’s a journey especially awaited in terms of the issues that “presumably” the Holy Father will tackle in his addresses, especially during his meetings with the country’s authorities, with the world of culture and with the bishops. Father Federico Lombardi gave a briefing to journalists in the Vatican Press Room on 9 September to describe […]

FRONT PAGE

A “journey of getting to know him that will enable people really to understand who the Pope is; it will be a meeting with the man'”: that how Jean-Dominique Durand, historian at the University of Lyon sums up, in a briefing to SIR Europe’s correspondent Giovanna Pasqualin Traversa, the expectations and “what’s at stake” in […]

Per una Europa che nasca dai cittadiniCosa significa essere cittadino europeo oggi? Come stimolare la voglia d’Europa e incoraggiare una cittadinanza europea attiva? Come vivere l’Europa? Sono alcuni dei quesiti che vengono affrontati durante le “Giornate civiche europee”, organizzate dal 4 al 6 settembre a La Rochelle (Francia) dal Forum civico europeo. In collaborazione con […]