Redazione

EU announces food aid package for vulnerable countriesThe EU will allocate 160 million euros in food aid for “the world’s poorest countries and regions” – Sudan, Chad, Somalia, Congo, Nepal Sri Lanka, Colombia and the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank among them. The decision targets an estimated 18,7 million people. The first […]

TREATY OF LISBON

“Europe will be more democratic with the Treaty of Lisbon, because citizens will have the power of petition” to promote new EU laws and policies, declared Margot Wallstrom, Vice-President of the European Commission, in addressing with great conviction the Forum on the future of Europe recently held in Dublin. Ireland will be the only country […]

SURVEY OF IDEAS

A two-voice debate on Christianity’s role in society was published by the French magazine “ Le Monde des Religions” in its March-April 2008 issue. The position of Régis Debray, philopher and scholar, author for Gallimard of “ Un candide en Terre sainte “, was confronted with that of philosopher Frédéric Lenoir, editor-in chief of the […]

SYDNEY 2008

There are just over 130 days to go before the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Sydney (15-20 July 2008). But how are the German youngsters who hosted the Pope’s meeting with the youth of the world at Cologne preparing for the event? We asked Sabine Wißdorf, head of the Youth Pastoral Office of the […]

ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE

England: project “Hope 2008” A national ecumenical project will involve all the most important Christian denominations. For the first time, the Catholic Church, along with Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and other Christian denominations are working together on a large scale undertaking bearing visible fruits. “Hope 2008” is flourishing in Parish Churches throughout the Country. (www.hope08.com). “We’re […]

Russia: the Bishops’ message to Medvedev”The Catholic Church in Russia intends to continue developing relations with the Country’s leadership for the common good of Catholics and of Russian society as a whole”. This was the welcoming address to Russia’s President-elect Dmitry Medvedev. Jointly written by Russia’s Catholic bishops during their plenary assembly in Saratov on […]

COMECE

Although it is “necessary”, the Treaty of Lisbon is not sufficient “to solve the crisis of European politics” which “is part and parcel of European citizens’ crises”, and of “the crisis in meaning marking our epoch”. For this reason, “faith must not be confined to an enclosure within the private sphere. While the mere contribution […]

SARDEGNA

Il 9 gennaio scorso il presidente della Regione autonoma della Sardegna, Renato Soru, comunicò l’accettazione della richiesta di disponibilità avanzata dal Governo nazionale per accogliere, insieme ad altre Regioni italiane, i rifiuti provenienti dalla Campania. I fatti successivi, con guerriglia urbana, minacce al governatore, polemiche da parte dell’opposizione, dei sindaci dell’area metropolitana di Cagliari, cancellarono […]

FRONT PAGE

The shadow of Vladimir Putin, the strong man of Russian politics over the past decade, is gradually extending over the new President Dmitri Medvedev, whom he had wanted firstly as chairman of Russia’s Gazprom energy colossus and then in the political arena. The Kremlin’s choice for President won over 70% of the vote on Sunday […]

SOCIAL ISSUES

Child poverty, healthcare, employment and pension system reform. These are the key issues examined by the Commission to assess Community Europe and its Member States’ response to “traditional” (poverty) and “emerging” (evolving long-term care needs) social issues. The executive pointed to the progress made in this field, although the targets set by the EU in […]