Redazione

Documenti, incontri, testimonianze, catechesi, forum ma anche interviste, pellegrinaggi, rubriche culturali, eventi artistici e musicali, teatro. Linguaggi e modi diversi per arrivare preparati al grande appuntamento di ottobre (16-20) del Convegno ecclesiale nazionale di Verona (Cen). “E’ la creatività una delle grandi novità che stanno segnando il cammino di preparazione delle diocesi italiane verso Verona”. […]

“Sono ormai trascorsi quasi sette anni da quando più per gioco che con consapevolezza a soli ventidue anni mi sono candidato alle elezioni amministrative del mio Comune e con grande stupore sono stato eletto consigliere e subito nominato assessore, (con delega ai servizi sociali, sport, politiche per i giovani, ndr.) del comune di Ponte San […]

OASIS

“Years ago, at a meeting with some Catholic bishops in Islamic countries, the need was pointed out to have suitable cultural tools at our disposal to foster Christians in those lands”, in the consciousness that “Western languages (English and French) would not easily facilitate the inculturation of the faith” in them, said the Patriarch of […]

An international public audition on optimising energy supplies for the European Union was held at the headquarters of the Economic and Social Committee (EASC) in Brussels last week. The various and at times conflicting opinions that emerged in the course of the debate – in which political leaders and professionals in the sector participated – […]

The ceremony for the nomination of the first “Leonardo Da Vinci Ambassadors” took place in Graz, in Austria, under the auspices of the European Commission and the Austrian Presidency of the Union. Given the task of promoting the EU’s Leonardo Da Vinci programme for the quality of teaching, professional training and mobility, the twenty ambassadors […]

Last week the European Commission adopted a position containing proposals to “contribute to the debate on the necessary modernization of the Universities of the European Union”. The Commission has identified 9 sectors in need of reform to “create a real economy of knowledge”. They are: increasing the proportion of graduates who spend at least one […]

To facilitate the drafting of the Communication on the economic and trade relations between European Union and China, awaited for the end of this year, the Commission launched a public consultation in recent days; it is open to all the parties concerned, who are invited “to send in comments on the ways in which the […]

EUROPE-PALESTINE

“If a person sacrifices his own life for peace, that life is well spent”. MAHMOUD ABBAS knows that “his life is in danger”, but he intends to “expend himself to the last for the good of his people”. The President of the Palestinian National Authority made an official visit to the European Parliament on Tuesday […]

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

The best social projects against disadvantage, unemployment and discrimination in Europe were presented in Warsaw on 10-12 May, during a conference on “Social economy: a model for inclusion, entrepreneurship and local development” promoted by the Equal Community Initiative, a project of the European Commission funded by the European Social Fund. The social economy, formed of […]

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is opposing “terminator technology”. In a communiqué released on 15 May, the Rev. Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary, calls on member churches and ecumenical partners to take action to stop the creation and production in the laboratory of sterile seeds (permitting a single harvest only), better known as “Terminator […]