Redazione

TURKEY

The process that Turkey has to complete before she can join the EU seems to be growing longer, not shorter. Confirmation of this comes from the debate held at the European Parliament on 21 May and from the report adopted by a very large majority of MEPs on the membership negotiations begun in October 2005. […]

ROMANIES

“We must do our utmost to integrate Romany populations”, in order to prevent them “from being confined at the margins of our societies”. Vladimir Spidla, EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, on May 20 opened Strasbourg’s urgent debate on the situation of Roma people in Italy and Europe, following the request of MEPs filed the previous […]

WOMEN AND CONFLICTS

In Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Turkey, and also in Italy and Spain, women experiencing conflicting situations or domestic violence are “two-times victims”: of the decisions undertaken by men, and because of discriminating legislation and cultural traditions. This data was presented during a meeting held in Rome the past few days on “Women in conflict situations”, organized […]

FAMILIES IN EUROPE

“In recent years, both States and European Institutions have expressed increasing concern for family problems. For this reason, along with improved social sensitivity over this issue, family policies were given primary role. This view, among others, is upheld by Europe’s Economic and Social Committee on Families and demographic trends, and by the European Commission’s statement […]

ECUMENISM

Europe: Churches on migration policies Churches in Europe undertook a series of initiatives in the filed of migration policies. While waiting for France to take office as EU president Country, the Council of French Christian Churches – which recently solemnly celebrated the 20th anniversary of its foundation – urged that migration policies in Union Countries […]

LAITY

A seminary “to reflect and dialogue on the reality of Church movements”. With this objective, on May 15-17 the Pontifical Council for the Laity May brought together “a representative group” of over 100 bishops from 53 Countries in Rocca di Papa (Rome). The reflection developed within a rich program of lectures, workshops, plenary debates, and […]

CCEE

Collegiality amongst Europe’s Bishops Conferences, ecumenism and the Church’s relations with the cultural and social realm, are the major areas of interest of Ccee (Council of European Bishops’ Conferences). Some the most important events of the past months include the meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of South-Eastern Europe in Sophia at the […]

FRONT PAGE

What emerges from the IPF Report published in recent days (summary in this number and integral text on www.ipfe.org) is a Europe that is increasingly old, tired and turned in on itself, a Europe that is preparing to wage a kind of war against immigration, but that is in fact increasingly dependent on it, since […]

Continuano a lampeggiare i cartelloni lungo le strade trafficate di Sydney. Avvisano quanti giorni rimangono alla partenza della XXIII edizione della Giornata mondiale della gioventù, prevista dal 15 al 20 luglio. Una tra le città più moderne del mondo sarà presto teatro della più importante manifestazione giovanile religiosa, affiancando il suo nome a capitali mondiali […]

MARCHE

È in fase di definizione, anche se non di imminente approvazione, la bozza di legge regionale “Norme in materia di beni e attività culturali”. Si tratta di un testo che dovrebbe semplificare, chiarire e sostituire la precedente legge regionale 75 del 1997. Il testo ha suscitato, in ambito ecclesiale, qualche perplessità, perché manca del tutto, […]