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Le vignette satiriche raffiguranti Maometto che hanno suscitato reazioni veementi in buona parte del mondo islamico hanno sollevato la questione dell’opportunità di fare satira sulla religione. Diverse le iniziative promosse ovunque per smorzare i toni da guerra di civiltà che si sono uditi nei vari continenti: tra questi, una tavola rotonda organizzata il 13 febbraio […]

“An appeal to the solidarity of the West with the East and with the world as a whole”: that, in the intentions of its organizers, is the aim of the 19th Congress of IOSOT, the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, which is due to be held in Slovenia in 2007. The […]

The Swiss bishops have made an “emotional appeal” to the Catholics of Switzerland to give “a generous sign of solidarity to the Christians of the Arab world, and a sign of encouragement to the Church of the Arabs” during Holy Week. The bishops made their appeal in a message in support of the “Collection of […]

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“Dialogue and mutual understanding”: these are for Archbishop Antonio Lucibello , apostolic nuncio in Turkey and Turkmenistan, the responses to the “tense climate” that reigns in many countries following the publication of the caricatures of the prophet Mahomet and that led in Turkey to the death of the Italian priest Father don Andrea Santoro on […]

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With the seventh framework for research is about to be implemented, the EU has not decided yet whether to fund some ethically controversial research projects. The debate is mainly focussed on the so-called embryo consuming research and the research that uses stem cells from human embryos. The question is not so much about knowing whether […]

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There’s no Eu summit or official meeting, no programmatic document or public debate in Europe that ignores the demographic prospects of the continent. The enlargement of the Union has led to a substantial growth in the total population; at the same time, the progressive average ageing of Europeans, and an overall stagnation of births, is […]

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“Famine and poverty – The solutions offered by religions” was the theme of a symposium held in Istanbul in recent days. The meeting, promoted by the Platform of Intercultural Dialogue, was attended by numerous representatives of secular humanitarian and aid organizations present in the country and also of charities linked to religious communities. The meeting […]

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The satirical cartoons portraying the prophet Mahomet that have aroused vehement reactions through much of the Islamic world have raised the question about whether it is appropriate to make religion an object of satire. Various initiatives have been taken all over Europe to moderate the belligerent tones of the clash of civilizations heard in various […]

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Antwerp on 15 February to ask for the regularization of immigrants without identity papers, the so-called “sans-papiers”, responding to the appeal of the collective HOP (Hoop Op Papieren: Hope to obtain a residence permit). The organization is asking for the regularization of all those who began their […]