Redazione

The positive trend of industrial production in the Euro zone begun in January 2007 has been interrupted. This follows a slight drop of 0.1% of the percentage rate registered by Eurostat in June in comparison with the figure for May. Zero growth was registered by the overall average of the 27 member states. On an […]

The Congress of the European Small Islands Federation (ESIN), organized by the Greek Network of Small Islands under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic and in collaboration with the European Union, is now being held on the Greek island of Hydra. Apart from the administrative authorities of the some 1200 small European […]

“Go on, get up from your couch!” is the advertising slogan chosen by the General Directorate for the Health and Protection of Consumers of the European Commission and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to represent the television campaign launched this week and “aimed at encouraging European citizens to practice physical exercise on a […]

According to the latest rapid estimates on GDP published by Eurostat, the Statistics Office of the European Community, the second quarter of 2007 registered an overall growth of gross domestic product in the EU of 0.3% for the thirteen countries of the Euro zone and 0.5% for the 27-member EU. Despite the slight slowdown of […]

JEWS AND EUROPE

The diaspora of the Jewish people is not only the consequence of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 AD, but is also linked to the travels and trade of Jewish merchants in the Mediterranean, from the 3rd century BC onwards, in particular from Alexandria in Egypt. “The most ancient communities of the […]

COMECE

Following the end of the six months’ German Presidency, Portugal assumed the chairmanship of the European Council on 1st July. The July/August number of “Europe infos”, monthly of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community) and OCIPE (Catholic Office of Information and Initiative for Europe), focuses its attention on this change of guard […]

The Region of Estremadura is celebrating the first centenary of the canonical patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe over this region. The celebration of the popular feast will take place on 8 September; the Eucharist will be presided over by the Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares. The programme of events for this centenary also […]

“It’s essential that the young be enabled to discover that Christian life is possible today, and is also reasonable and realizable. But if they are to do so, it is necessary they find people, whether in their own age group or older persons, who live the Christian faith in a joyful and coherent way”. The […]

“In our time what most undermines faith in God is the invisibility, the silence of God, his concealment, in a world in which only what it visible counts: concrete facts, tangible results, real data, everything that must be totally visible and perceptible”, said Archbishop Julián Barrio of Santiago di Compostela. The archbishop was speaking at […]

SPAIN

The Spanish episcopate has once again intervened on the new school subject introduced by the Zapatero government, “Education in Citizenship”: the Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, urged that the Catholic Church should intervene against the new subject because “the government cannot impose a model of moral education”, also because that would be in contravention […]