Gianni Borsa Brussels

FRONT PAGE

Politics and diplomacy prevail, without overlooking concrete interests (first and foremost energy supplies). The special summit of the European Union, called by President-in-Office Nicholas Sarkozy in Brussels on September 1st, didn’t bring anything new. The Twenty-Seven issued an appeal to cease hostilities between Russia and Georgia, they promised they will deliver aids without having necessarily […]

EUROPE-RUSSIA

Some expressions of satisfaction, others a good deal less so: “unity of intentions” was affirmed; concerns about the geopolitical situation in the Caucasus were confirmed; and financial estimates made for humanitarian aid and the reconstruction of the areas involved in the war. The extraordinary summit of the EU in Brussels on 1st September, dedicated to […]

ECUMENISM

Mass media: press officers’ meeting (CEC)Does ecumenism in Europe still trigger media attention and is the Churches’ work in European institutions sufficiently visible? These questions will be addressed during the European Churches’ Press Officers meeting held in Geneva next September 5-7. Over 40 press officers and media operators in the Anglican, Orthodox and Protestant Churches, […]

IRELAND

There is “a fairly widespread culture in European affairs which relegates manifestations of one’s own religious convictions to the private and subjective sphere” denying individuals engaged in faith and in Church-related institutions their public space. His Eminence Cardinal Sean Brady, leader of Ireland’s Catholic Bishops Conference, pronounced this statement on the occasion of a meeting […]

Ireland: the role of catholic schools Bishop Leo O’Reilly, responsible of the education department of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, took the floor during a debate regarding denominational schools pointing out its “highly emotional language”, marked by terms which ought to be avoided such as “educational segregation, and apartheid”. As known, until recently most Irish schools […]

EUROPEAN CHURCHES

After 13 years spent serving the Church and Europe as Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), on September 1st Msgr. Aldo Giordano was appointed permanent Observer of the Holy See at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, which represents Europe’s 47 Democratic States. In his greetings to the team of experts […]

Cari fratelli e sorelle, nell’ultima catechesi prima delle vacanze – due mesi fa, ai primi di luglio – avevo iniziato una nuova serie di tematiche in occasione dell’anno paolino, considerando il mondo in cui visse san Paolo. Vorrei oggi riprendere e continuare la riflessione sull’Apostolo delle genti, proponendo una sua breve biografia. Poiché dedicheremo il […]

Per San Paolo, “le donne hanno pari dignità degli uomini, a livello fisiologico, psicologico e spirituale”. Lo ribadisce don Giancarlo Biguzzi, docente di Nuovo Testamento presso la Pontificia Università Urbaniana. Conoscitore del “ruolo” femminile all’interno degli scritti di San Paolo, don Biguzzi sta preparando per le Edizioni Paoline una versione più “divulgativa” della sua opera […]

LIGURIA

Si è svolta a metà luglio la prima Conferenza regionale dei Consultori. Tra le questioni affrontate, l’incremento del personale al fine di ridare centralità all’attività consultoriale che in Liguria è omogeneamente distribuita su tutti e diciannove i distretti socio-sanitari. L’obiettivo della prima Conferenza regionale, organizzata dopo l’approvazione in Giunta nei mesi scorsi delle linee guida […]

PIEMONTE

In Piemonte, anche ai pazienti non cattolici ricoverati presso gli ospedali della Regione verrà assicurata la possibilità di avere il conforto di un rappresentante della propria fede e di utilizzare uno spazio specifico per i propri culti e riti in momenti delicati e fondamentali dell’esistenza: nascita, degenza, morte, lutto. Lo ha stabilito la Giunta regionale […]