card. André Vingt-TroisArcivescovo di Parigi - Presidente Conferenza episcopale francese(assemblea dei vescovi di Francia - 5 aprile 2008)

PRIMA PAGINA

Il prossimo 1°luglio, la Francia assumerà per sei mesi la presidenza dell’Unione Europea. Questo periodo di presidenza francese ci deve stimolare a riflettere sul nostro coinvolgimento nell’insieme europeo e sugli accenti che contraddistingueranno il secondo semestre del 2008, l’Anno Europeo del Dialogo Interculturale. I frutti della costruzione europea sono notevoli e inestimabili: essi recano il […]

The future of cohesion policy”Cohesion policy must continue evolving”, contributing “to the implementation of the EU agenda in the field of employment and growth, promoting our regions’ endogenous development”. Commissioner Danuta Hubner, in her address delivered during an international conference held last week in Maribor (Slovenia), communicated the Executive’s guidelines in this field. “This is […]

EU PARLIAMENT

The right to a home is a fundamental right which all Europeans ought to have access to. The statement was delivered by the EU Parliament, whose formal adoption will take place with MEPs majority vote scheduled for April 9 and 10 in Brussels.A shelter to the ‘homeless’ by 2015. The possibility of having a “dignified” […]

ECUMENISM

Immigration: an appeal from BucarestSome 80 Church, government, union, police and NGO representatives gathered in Bucarest (Romania) on March 27-30 to attend an international conference on “Christian action against human trafficking”. The meeting was jointly organized by the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and by the Romanian ecumenical association AIDRom. The meeting was […]

CHRISTIAN MARTYRS

“A pilgrimage to the memory of the martyrs of the 20th century, innumerable men and women, known and unknown who, throughout the century, shed their blood for the Lord”: that’s how Benedict XVI explained the spirit with which, on Monday 7 April, he visited the Basilica of San Bartolomeo on the Tiber Island in Rome, […]

GERMANY

A pragmatic approach to life: this was the outcome of a survey conducted on young Catholics by Heidelberg’s Sinus Institute presented in Cologne on March 31st by the German Catholic Youth Federation (Bdkj) and by Misereor, the charity organization of the Catholic Church. Special emphasis was placed on the youth’s attitude vis à vis religion […]

France: the bishops’ attention to bioethics”Far from adopting the perspective of a particular confession, what we hope is that our heritage be placed at the service of society”, said Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris and President of the French Bishops’ Conference, in explaining the style with which the bishops of France are intervening on […]

FRONT PAGE

Starting forthcoming July 1st, France will be holding the presidency of the European Union for six months. This period will have to lead us to reflect upon our European commitment and on the events which will be marking the second semester of 2008, the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The European construction bore significant fruits […]

Si stima saranno circa 10mila i giovani italiani che prenderanno l’aereo per recarsi a Sydney dove, dal 15 al 20 luglio, parteciperanno alla XXIII edizione della Giornata mondiale della gioventù. Il costo del viaggio e la distanza non permetterà alla maggior parte di partire ma per tutti coloro che resteranno in Italia le diocesi stanno […]

VALLE D'AOSTA

Accrescere le conoscenze sui contenuti e sulle modalità di promozione e di sviluppo della famiglia come attore sociale; incrementare la solidarietà familiare e divulgare le “buone prassi”; facilitare lo sviluppo e il consolidamento di rapporti e realtà già esistenti sul territorio. Sono questi gli obiettivi del corso “La promozione della famiglia: una sfida per la […]