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La Chiesa ortodossa russa non ha diffuso nessun comunicato ufficiale sulla morte del leader serbo Slobodan Milosevic, sebbene in alcune delle sue chiese si è pregato per la sua morte. Lo ha detto una fonte del Patriarcato di Mosca all’agenzia di stampa russa Interfax aggiungendo che anche la Chiesa ortodossa di Serbia non ha emesso […]

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Cinque nuove Chiese evangeliche – tra cui gli Avventisti del settimo giorno – sono diventate membro effettivo della Federazione protestante di Francia. E’ stata l’Assemblea generale della Fpf (11-12 marzo) a votare la loro adesione definitiva dopo un cammino avviato nel 2000. Risale al 2003 l’ultima adesione di una Chiesa all’interno della federazione: si trattava […]

“The problem of children and adolescents who do not feel accepted at home must form one of the top priorities of the pastoral action of the Church”, declared the Scandinavian bishops, at the end of their twice-yearly assembly, held in Copenhagen, in Denmark, in recent days. After analysing the final document of the 1st international […]

Violence and intimidation against Christian communities are continuing in Turkey. An attack on the church in Mersin was reported by the Asianews wire service on 14 March. According to what was reported by the friars of the parish to journalists during a press conference, “this action forms part of a violent campaign aimed at driving […]

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“St. Benedict – Patron of many peoples”: that’s the title of a new book on the Patron Saint of Europe recently presented to the Italian public. The book describes, with favour and fascination, not only the life of the Saint born in Norcia, but the whole mentality and spirituality of this man who had no […]

A comment signed by G.H. and published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (16/3) analyses the results of a new survey on demographic trends in Germany, which confirms that the regions that are most economically disadvantaged are those most badly affected by the decline in the birth rate. This especially involves the Länder of the former […]

With the contribution of the Austrian Presidency of the EU and the Economic and Social Committee, the eighth European Consumers Day was celebrated throughout Europe on 15 March. Ever since 1999 – on the initiative of the said Committee – the Day has been the European corollary of the World Consumers Day promoted by the […]

The European Commission and the European Office for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) have allocated 3 million euros to support and reinforce systems of information essential for the coordination of humanitarian aid within the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian aid (OCHA). The funding is aimed at the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) run by OCHA, […]

The European Commission approved last week a further allocation of 4 million euros to support and reinforce programmes for the protection of refugees run by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The sum will be primarily used to improve rapid reaction capacity in response to emergencies: it is estimated that some 500,000 refugees – […]

This year’s “Lorenzo Natali” Prizes for journalism (named after the former Vice-President of the EU Executive) have been awarded by the European Commission. The aim of the event, now a fixed date on the calendar, is to commend not only European articles and reportage devoted to the cause of human rights and democratization. This year […]