Redazione

The Pope’s visit to Bavaria was followed with close attention by the European media, in particular by the German media. Writing in Die Welt (13/09), Paul Badde notes in Benedict XVI an “ effort to rediscover in common the Christian profile which he suggested in the Vespers celebrated with Evangelical and Orthodox Christians in the […]

After over a year of constant growth, the so-called Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) has registered in August a one-percentage point drop through the entire territory of the EU. The indicator – which reflects general economic activity and is based on surveys and interviews conducted in the sectors of industry, services, building, commerce and consumers – […]

The General Directorate for Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Commission has published the second edition of its intermediate forecasts 2006, based on an analysis of the five major European economies (Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain) to which for the first time Poland has been added as the largest of the new member […]

Reassuring news has come out of Brussels also on the GDP (gross domestic product) front. According to the EU Statistics Office, in fact, the GDP of both the Eurozone and the EU-25 increased by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2006, bringing the rise respectively to 2.6% and 2.8% over the same period of 2005. […]

7.8% in the Eurozone and 8.0% in the EU-25, equivalent to a total of 17.4 million men and women throughout the territory of the EU: the percentages have been published by Eurostat for July, confirming a stable European unemployment rate for the third consecutive month. The situation is only positive if we compare it with […]

MIGRATIONS

Immigrant youth of the second, third or fourth generations will be the focus of attention of the European Churches during the meeting of national directors for the pastoral care of migrants in Europe, to be held in Sigüenza, in Spain, from 21 to 24 September. Promoted by the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences), […]

COMECE

The International Summer School promoted by COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) in partnership with the Karl Franzen University of Graz and the diocese of Graz-Seckau ends at the castle of Seggau, at the heart of Styria, today. After the experiences of previous years, reserved for staff of the bishops’ conferences, […]

The theme of the divine liturgy and the proclamation of the Gospel in the immense territories that stretch from Russia to Japan and Alaska is at the centre of the 14th international Ecumenical Conference of Orthodox Spirituality to be held at the Monastery of Bose (Biella, in Italy) from 14 to 20 September. Promoted under […]

Some 11,000 members of the Focolare Movement from 64 countries will meet in Budapest, in the SportArena, on 16 September for an international rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic Hungarian events when the country was invaded by Soviet troops. “It will be the witness of another revolution – explains the Focolare Movement […]

A new master or postgraduate degree on “Bible and European culture. Biblical texts as source of philosophic and theological thought, literature and art” begins this year at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. Promoted by the Catholic University in collaboration with the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and the Institute of Religious […]