Redazione

“We think in particular today of our Christian brothers and sisters in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East. We entrust to God the suffering and the grief of all the victims of the violence of war. We pray for peace and forgiveness, for the desire for concord and for respect for each and […]

A silent prayer vigil for peace in the Middle East, led by Archbishop Patrick Kelly, was held in the metropolitan cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool on the evening of 18 July. Kelly, who is also vice-president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and coordinator for the bishops of support to the […]

“May reason and wisdom triumph over hatred and vengeance!”: that’s the hope expressed by the Swiss bishops in reaction to the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The Swiss Bishops’ Conference, “dismayed by the flaring up of the conflict” involving Israel and Lebanon, prays that “further blood may not be shed” and “urges a peaceful […]

MIDDLE EAST

“In these sorrowful hours for your country and for the Lebanese people, I wish on behalf of the French bishops to confirm our fraternal affection and our solidarity”. So begins the message that Cardinal Jean Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux and president of the French Bishops’ Conference, has sent to the patriarchs and bishops of […]

FRONT PAGE

In the war in progress between Israel and Lebanon, without forgetting Gaza, there is a ‘great absentee’: the international community. At the start of the conflict, there was no attempt to halt the escalation of violence that is destroying cities, sowing death and injuries among the civil populations on both sides. It’s not just a […]

The Middle East fills all the front pages of the main European dailies: “The Lebanese lament the return to chaos” ( La Croix , 19/7), “The resistance of the Hezbollah causes a debate in Israel” ( Le Monde , 20/7), “The bloodiest day” ( El Pais , 20/7). Concerns are also expressed about the crisis […]

The European Commission has now adopted the eagerly awaited Communication “Towards an EU strategy on the rights of minors”, by which for the first time Brussels has pledged to intervene in a horizontal (trans-sectorial) manner in a sphere that is “far from a situation of general respect for the rights of minors and in which […]

A conference on “The future of frontier Regions in Europe” opened at Saarbrucken (Germany) in early July. It was attended by over 150 European regional delegates, as well as many representatives of national governments and EU institutions. During her intervention, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta H?bner presented the new GECT (European Regrouping of Territorial […]

The European Commission has opened a procedure for breaches of Community law against ten member states: more specifically the procedure is for “violation of Directive 85/33/CEE and its follow-ups relating to the impact of some public and private projects on the environment”. The decision to proceed against the ten countries is dictated by the need […]

The Judges of the Court of Justice of the European Community recently pronounced a sentence that “consolidates the protection of workers” with a view to the correct implementation of the framework accord on fixed-term contract work approved with Directive 1999/70/CE. In particular, according to the European Court, it is essential to “prevent the abuses deriving […]