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Negotiations with Turkey: The Europarliament’s doubts”Transform priorities and schedules into a reform plan” to enforce as soon as possible: the latest document adopted by the European Parliament’s foreign affairs Commission has been the focus during the Strasbourg plenary session (April 21-24). The Members of Parliament assessed progress achieved by Ankara in the EU adherence negotiations […]

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

It was a plenary assembly characterized by various problems on the EU’s social agenda. Meeting in Strasbourg from 21 to 24 April, the European Parliament debated such issues as the rising price of food, financial support to Galileo (the European programme of satellite navigation), and illegal immigration. MEPs then approved a report aimed at increasing […]

SYDNEY 2008

“There are many elements leading to view the forthcoming World Youth Day in Sydney as a great day: there is widespread emotion, hope and expectation”. SIR reports the words of Msgr. Anthony Fisher, auxiliary bishop of Sydney and coordinator of the WYD who at three days from the Day drew a balance on the preparations […]

ECUMENISM

The meeting of the executive Committee of the CEEM (Commission of European Episcopates for the Media), chaired by the bishop of Gap (France), the Most Rev. Jean-Michel di Falco-Léandri, opens in Rome on 25 April (until 27 April). After the approval of the minutes of the meeting in 2007 (Gap, 23-25 March), Monsignor Aldo Giordano, […]

CCEE-KEK

“If we manage to disintegrate ideologies and neutralize the influence of specific political powers, then people remain and with them the encounter is authentic: Christians and Muslims who love peace, who ask themselves about the meaning of life, who yearn for a life that is livable in peace are both seeking God”. Msgr. Aldo Giordano, […]

Restoring value to the gift of life An encouragement to restore value to the gift of life. This, in short is the content of the message which Lithuanian bishops addressed to the faithful on the occasion of the Day for Life, celebrated past April 21st. “Us adults, overburdened with our daily concerns -is written in […]

England: a website to encourage children to go to Mass Case, the “Catholic agency to support evangelism”, which is part of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, opened a website aimed at reaching out to children aged 10-13 who don’t go to Church. According to recent data, Sunday morning Mass for children no longer […]

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At the end of last year, once agreement on the new Treaty of Lisbon had been reached and the so-called “institutional crisis” overcome, politicians and commentators in all countries had maintained that the EU would finally be able to dedicate itself to the real problems of citizens, transforming itself – as if by magic – […]

Si sta rivelando denso di impegni questo 2008 per l’Unitalsi (Unione nazionale italiana trasporti ammalati a Lourdes e santuari internazionali) attesa nei prossimi mesi oltre che dai tradizionali pellegrinaggi nei principali santuari, tra cui Lourdes che celebra il 150° anniversario delle apparizioni mariane, anche dalla partecipazione alla Giornata mondiale della Gioventù di Sydney (15-20 luglio). […]

PARLAMENTO EUROPEO

Linguaggi nuovi e immediatamente comprensibili, trasparenza, libero accesso alla documentazione. Ma anche ampio utilizzo del web, campagne d’informazione, decentramento, porte aperte nei palazzi istituzionali a Bruxelles e Strasburgo. Da tempo l’Unione europea cerca di “avvicinarsi” ai cittadini: le iniziative si moltiplicano, ma se ne cercano di nuove e più efficaci. L’Assemblea dei 27, unico organismo […]