Katalin Neumayer Magyar Kurir - Ungheria

PRIMA PAGINA

Il rapporto tra società ungherese e processo di unificazione europea è contraddittorio. Per molti ungheresi, le condizioni finanziarie stanno peggiorando. Non soltanto le persone poco istruite, ma anche il ceto medio – operatori sanitari, insegnanti, famiglie con due o più figli – non percepiscono miglioramenti nella qualità della vita. Questa sensazione generale è inoltre intensificata […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The signing of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957 marked the birth of the “European family” based on such common values as freedom, democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights and equality. Since the Treaty was signed, Europe has enjoyed fifty years of peace and stability, without wars between the countries that […]

PRECARIOUS WORK

Six million temporary workers in Spain; five million “vulnerable” workers, i.e. at risk of being laid off, in the UK; almost three million “fake” self-employed workers in Italy; six million people employed in Germany in so-called minijobs with a maximum salary of 400 euros per month; 80% of contracts in France for short-term work: just […]

ITALY

On 8 February the Italian government unanimously approved the bill with the title “Rights and duties of persons permanently living together” (known under the acronym ‘Dico’). It now awaits passage through Parliament. On 12 February, questioned by journalists on a question that has divided public opinion, Cardinal CAMILLO RUINI, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, […]

Formative meeting open to Catholics, Greek-Catholics and Orthodox in preparation for the European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu in September: that’s the initiative being promoted by the missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) at Bucharest. The 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly on the theme “The light of Christ shines upon all. Hope for Renewal and Unity in Europe” […]

“The family policy of the Federal Government is anti-child and ideological”, said the Bishop of Augsburg, Walter Mixa. He was expressing his view in recent days on the family policy projects of Minister for the Family Ursula von der Leyen, which provide, among other things, for a tripling of the number of kindergartens by 2013. […]

Mixed marriages and the family in Europe: these will be the focal points of the meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South-East Europe due to open on 1st March (until the 4th), at Oradea (Romania). In particular, reflection will focus on marriage between a Catholic and a person baptized in another Christian […]

The Council of Laity of the archdiocese of Madrid has denounced “the lack of neutrality of the Spanish State on religious questions” and “the imposition of the new school subject called ‘Education in citizenship'”. This school subject – decided on by the Zapatero government – is, says the Council, an “inadmissible imposition” and “a flagrant […]

Religious education in Bulgarian schools is facing difficulties. The Minister for Education Daniel Valchev has said that the introduction of religion as a compulsory subject would lead to a reduction of the hours devoted to the teaching of other subjects, such as literature, history and maths. Nonetheless he admitted religion helps to inculcate moral values […]

“Year after year Hungarian Catholics are ever-more generous in their donations to Catholic schools, because it’s clear also to them that our institutions suffer from a serious disadvantage in the system of state contributions”, declared Bishop Pápai Lajos, delegate for schools of the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference, on the occasion of the annual collection in churches […]