SIR Europa

PRIMA PAGINA

Il contributo delle religioni alla costruzione della nuova cittadinanza europea è uno dei “nodi” che torna sovente al pettine di chi riflette sul futuro della nostra società e in particolare del Continente. Non si può infatti, di fronte al progetto ambizioso dell’unità europea, fare a meno di misurarsi con le caratteristiche culturali e religiose che […]

Mobile phones on aiplanesThe Commission approved a new regulatory framework establishing conditions for the use of mobile phone services on aircrafts. Each passenger will soon be able to use his mobile for calls or text messages during European flights. “It will be possible for 90% of plane passengers, who already carry their phones on board, […]

European parliament

The voice of the European Parliament in Brussels has been raised in support of the Tibetan people and, more generally, in calling for respect for human rights and democracy in China. The EP, meeting in plenary session on 9/10 April, adopted by a very wide majority a resolution that makes several explicit references to the […]

ecumenism

A book which is the fruit of 5 years of ecumenical work was written by a group of six Catholic theologians of the Pontifical Lateran University and Lutheran theologians from the University of Tubinga exploring the themes of fundamental theology away from the limelight of the media. The text, titled “Foundation and objective dimension of […]

POLAND

“We must not forget that our Country’s present freedom and its role in Europe are mostly due to the son of this Church, God’s servant John Paul II”, declared cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz in his homily delivered in Lagiewniki on March 30, Sunday of Divine Mercy. With these words, the former personal secretary of Karol Wojtyla, […]

England: a Mass for immigrants Like each year, on May 5, national English holiday and feast of Saint Joseph the Worker for the Catholic Church, a Mass for Immigrants will be celebrated in Westminster’s Abbey by Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, archbishop of Westminster and Primate of England and Wales, by the archbishop of Southwark Msgr. Kevin McDonald […]

United Kingdom: 67% are against mixed embryos Cardinal Keith O’Brien, archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, and President of Scotland’s Bishops Conference, welcomed the data of a recent survey claiming that two thirds of the population of the United Kingdom are against the production of 50% animal – 50% human embryos . According to the […]

FRONT PAGE

The contribution of religions to the construction of a new European citizenship is one of the knotty problems that those who reflect on the future of our society, and in particular of our Continent, often have to tackle. Yet, faced by the ambitious project of European unity, we cannot ignore, or fail to take into […]

irEland

Forthcoming April 13, will be a Sunday dedicated to vocations in England, Wales and Ireland. The English and Welsh Church is currently divulging thousands of leaflets and posters encouraging young people to reflect on what God wants of them and on the possibility of a calling to religious and priestly life. The initiative is all […]

LIGURIA

Si intitola “Misure a sostegno dei padri separati in condizione di difficoltà” la proposta di legge presentata recentemente al Consiglio regionale della Liguria. L’obiettivo è salvaguardare il ruolo paterno e difendere, dal punto di vista psicologico ed economico, il padre separato. Il problema è particolarmente sentito tanto più in una Regione come la Liguria che, […]