Redazione

The 350th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Andrew Bobola, Jesuit and Polish missionary in the land of what is now Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, was celebrated in Warsaw recently. The solemn Mass in the sanctuary dedicated to the saint was presided over by the Primate of Poland Cardinal Jozef Glemp, while the homily was […]

POLAND

The Union of Large Families “Three Plus” was officially launched in Poland in recent days. Its main aim is to promote a policy for large families and campaign against their discrimination. The chairperson of the new association, Joanna Krupska, inaugurating the activities of “Three Plus”, said that one of the paradoxes of the situation of […]

LITHUANIA

A history of Lithuania by Claudio Carpini (published by Città Nuova) was recently presented at the Book Fair in Turin. Lithuania was in fact the guest country at the book fair. It’s a country that is seeking greater consideration of its own identity, as explained by IRENA VAISVILAITE , adviser to the President of the […]

In the Catholic parishes of Great Britain, signatures were collected last weekend to protest against the initiative of the “Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology”, which recently asked doctors and nurses to consider the option to let premature babies affected by major malformations die. A sort of “active euthanasia”, given the number of disabled children […]

“Proceeding firmly against right-wing extremism”: that is the priority enunciated by the Federal Committee of the KJG (Katholische Jungen Gemeinde), the youth association of the Catholic Church in Germany that can claim some 80,000 members (children and youths), organized in 24 diocesan associations. In a communiqué issued on 18 May, the KJG urges political leaders […]

The 57th General Assembly of the Italian Bishops (CEI) opened in the Vatican on 21 May (until 25 May) with a keynote address by Monsignor Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa; the delegates were also greeted by the Apostolic Nuncio in Italy Monsignor Francesco Bertello, and delegate bishops of foreign Bishops’ Conferences. The main theme of […]

FRONT PAGE

On 25 March, 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, the Presidents of the three main European institutions (Council, Commission and Parliament) signed the Berlin Declaration, a document strongly desired by the German Presidency of the EU to “review” half a century of integration, peace and development and to revive the process of reform interrupted […]

LOMBARDIA

Riconoscimento del ruolo della famiglia “come luogo di espressione di una responsabilità generativa e educativa insostituibile”; investimento sulla “capacità di assunzione di responsabilità da parte delle famiglie, da sostenere come bene pubblico in quanto tale, superando la logica del sostegno assistenziale”; pieno riconoscimento di una “effettiva libertà di scelta da parte delle famiglie”. Questi i […]

Alla presenza del cancelliere tedesco Angela Merkel, del presidente della Commissione europea José Manuel Barroso e del presidente dell’Europarlamento Hans-Gert Poettering, si è svolta a Zagabria l’11 maggio la riunione dei capi di Stato e di Governo dei Paesi dell’Europa del Sud-Est in occasione del decimo vertice del processo di cooperazione del Sud-Est europeo (Seecp). […]

COMMISSIONE EUROPEA

“Si è trattato di un incontro molto positivo, che ha espresso la volontà di proseguire il dialogo fra Unione europea e comunità religiose fondato su princìpi comuni”. FRANCO FRATTINI , vicepresidente dell’Esecutivo, ha partecipato all’incontro svoltosi il 15 maggio fra le istituzioni di Bruxelles (Commissione, Parlamento e Consiglio Ue) e i rappresentanti delle Chiese monoteiste […]