Redazione

AUSTRIA

Venerdì 30 maggio (0ore 18): inizia la IV edizione della “Lunga notte delle Chiese” in Austria. Circa 600 Chiese di tutte le confessioni cristiane aprono le porte per i circa 2.700 eventi. Progetto ecumenico. A Vienna, dove la “lunga notte” si celebra oramai per la quarta volta, l’evento inizia alle 18 con una celebrazione ecumenica […]

Regno Unito: fondi per la ricerca sulle staminali adulteI presidenti delle Conferenze Episcopali di Inghilterra, Galles, Scozia e Irlanda, Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Patrick O’Brien e Sean Brady hanno annunciato la donazione di venticinquemila sterline, circa trentamila euro, provenienti da una raccolta di offerte di una giornata per la vita, per promuovere la ricerca sulle cellule staminali […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Nell’ottobre del 2005, la Commissione Europea pubblicava il “Piano D come Democrazia, Dialogo e Dibattito”, al fine di “incoraggiare i dibattiti nazionali sull’avvenire dell’Europa” e “rafforzare il dialogo, il dibattito pubblico e la partecipazione dei cittadini”. Nell’ottobre del 2007, la Commissione ha raccomandato un “approccio di partenariato in materia di comunicazione”, precisando questa volta un […]

United Kingdom: funds for research on adult stem cells The Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Patrick O’Brien and Sean Brady announced the donation of twenty-five thousand pounds, approximately three-thousand euro, collected through the offerings received on a Day for Life, dedicated to the promotion of research on […]

FRONT PAGE

In October 2005, the European Commission published its “Plan D on Democracy, Dialogue and Debate”, with the aim of “encouraging national debates on the future of Europe” and “reinforcing dialogue, public debate and the participation of citizens”. In October 2007, the Commission recommended a “partnership approach in the field of communication”, this time specifying a […]

RELIGIONS

Italy: a meeting at the “peace bell” Some 250 representatives of 11 religions and 35 Countries gathered in Rovereto (Italy) on the invitation of the “Peace Bell Foundation” and “Religions for Peace/Europe” to address the topic of “Shared values in transforming Europe. The contributions of cultures and religions”. The meeting was held under the auspices […]

AUSTRIA

Friday may 30, 6 p.m. : the 4th edition of the “Long nights of the Churches in Austria” is about to begin. Some 600 Churches representing all Christian confessions open their doors to 2,700 different events. Ecumenical project. In Vienna, where the “long night” is being celebrated for the fourth time, the event starts at […]

EUROPARLIAMENT

A large number of debates on the international arena (China, Burma and Lebanon) and a focus over “domestic” issues: some of which are institutional (Turkey’s adhesion negotiations), social (stop to discrimination, the Romanies’ situation), others still economic (the health status of the Common Agricultural Policy, small and large commercial distribution, maritime transportation, aid to the […]

BIOETHICS

With the manufacture of hybrid embryos, half-man half-animal, approved by the British government in recent days, the door to the “trans-human” has been opened. “From a biblical point of view it is interesting to recall that in the Old Testament books of Exodus and Deuteronomy it is written that seeds of widely different species shall […]

TOURISM AND SPIRITUALITY

In the past years, “alternative” holidays are increasingly being chosen. One of these, are holidays in spiritual sites. Thus, monasteries and convents have become the favorite destinations of organized trips or the sites of open-door events. A further step was taken in Austria: to bring together Austrian, Hungarian and Czech convents in “Klösterreich”, an association […]