Redazione

COMMUNICATION

A real mountain of paper and a proliferation of websites: for some time communication has become a constant concern of the European Union, in the consciousness of the need to close the gap between institutions and citizens. COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY. The need to inform Europeans on the integration process (history, legislation, common policies) and make […]

EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Europe plays “an ever more active role on the world scene with a view to improving the global situation of human rights”; nonetheless “the EU fails to tackle this question in a systematic and continuous way” in its relations with third countries. It even fails “to integrate its human rights policy in its trade and […]

PEOPLES AND FAITHS

“A free and open discussion that touched on numerous issues of current affairs, relating “to the harmonious co-existence of peoples and faiths in Europe” and Community integration. At the end of the meeting with religious leaders, held in the seat of the Commission in Brussels on 30 May, the head of the Executive, JOSÉ MANUEL […]

PORTUGAL

It might be called “the ABC of the faith” for those who want to join the Catholic Church for the first time or return to it after an absence: it’s the “Alpha Course”, an idea conceived in Great Britain (cf. SIR 23/2005), which has now spread throughout the world, especially in France, and now in […]

The Bishop of Padua Antonio Mattiazzo will be in Romania from 5 to 9 June to receive an honorary degree from the “Patriarch Justinian” Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Bucharest. The ceremony is due to take place today, 7 June, when Monsignor Antonio Mattiazzo will give a “lectio” on the theme: “The social […]

Pro-Life Day was celebrated in Austria on 1st June, with a series of initiatives at the local and national level. Masses dedicated to the theme of life were celebrated in the individual dioceses. That’s what happened in the diocese of Linz, where the diocesan bishop Ludwig Schwarz expressed himself in favour of “patient and stubborn […]

On 9 June, coinciding with the inauguration of the Football World Cup taking place in Germany this year, an ecumenical celebration will be held in the Liebfrauendom, the cathedral of Munich. The service is just one of many initiatives organized by the Christian Churches in the various venues hosting the fixtures, with the aim of […]

FRONT PAGE

Benedict XVI received in audience the directors, journalists and technicians of the media promoted by the Italian Bishops’ Conference (Cei), the Catholic daily “Avvenire”, the satellite television channel Sat2000, the radio circuit InBlu and the SIR press agency on 2nd June. During the audience, held in the Hall of Blessing in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, […]

Coinciding with “Green Week 2006 – Biodiversity is life” (Brussels, 30 May – 2 June) held by the General Directorate for the Environment of the European Commission ( a target=’_blanck’ href=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/home.htmlhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/home.html ), the Executive has adopted a Communication that defines a new EU political strategy to combat the threats to which biodiversity is now exposed. […]

1 giugno 2006 – COMECE: “trattare un embrione come un soggetto di ricerca non è compatibile con il rispetto della vita umana”“Ribadiamo la nostra obiezione contro il finanziamento da parte dell’Ue della ricerca che implichi la distruzione di embrioni umani”. I vescovi europei prendono posizione sul dibattito in corso nelle sedi comunitarie attorno alla definizione del […]