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An excess of “political correctness” led to all the main Christian celebrations, Easter, Christmas, Holy Week and Boxing Day, being eliminated from the calendar prepared by the “UCE Birmingham” University for 2006. Their place was taken by a laconic note “National Holiday. University closed”. Yet, “by an inexplicable decision”, the most important religious festivities of […]

“Close cooperation between President and Prime Minister is a requirement of political logic”, declared Francisco Sarsfield Cabral, director of the Catholic radio station Radio Renascença, in a comment on the Portuguese elections of 22 December, published in recent days by the Portuguese Church-sponsored Ecclesia press agency. The bishops did not officially pronounce on the elections. […]

“Fostering faith in our children” is the title of the pastoral letter of the Irish bishops, published yesterday by Martin Drennan, Bishop of Galway and chairman of the Committee for Catechesis of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. “The future of the Church depends on today’s children, and the future of today’s children depends on today’s adults”, […]

Archbishop André Vingt-Trois of Paris has called for a pact of “complicity” to be forged between family and school to accompany youth in the “journey” that will lead them to the “fullness of the human personality”. The archbishop made this proposal in the homily he gave in recent days during a celebration in the church […]

“The European Union is seeking ways to give new impetus to its own development and in particular to its own presence on the international scene, for which a great need is felt”, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), on opening the meeting of the permanent Council of the CEI on […]

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At the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity the delegates of the European Bishops’ Conferences and the representatives of the other Christian Churches met in Rome from 24 to 27 January. It was the first stage of a spiritual journey towards the Third European Ecumenical Assembly that will culminate in Sibiu in […]

PUGLIA

La Regione Puglia, prima al Sud, ha approvato la legge 13/05 sull’apprendistato professionalizzante. La legge prevede il diritto dell’apprendista alla formazione per un monte ore che aumenta in base alla durata del contratto. La formazione, per cui sono stati stanziati 15 milioni di euro nel biennio 2005/06, va effettuata prevalentemente all’esterno dell’azienda.Previsti incentivi (2 milioni […]

“ Questa enciclica di Benedetto XVI sull’amore non assomiglia per niente ai documenti normativi che avevano pubblicato i suoi predecessori, Paolo VI e Giovanni Paolo II, sul sesso e la morale di coppia”: lo scrive il quotidiano francese Le Monde (26/1) nel servizio dal titolo “ L’amore, soggetto della prima enciclica del Papa” a firma […]

L’Unione europea ha presentato un Piano d’Azione per rilanciare l’uso delle biomasse per la produzione di “energia verde” alternativa al petrolio (sempre più caro) ed al gas naturale (la cui dipendenza da Russia e Ucraina comincia a divenire problematica). L’energia delle biomasse è ricavata dalla combustione di prodotti dell’agricoltura, della silvicoltura (legname), dei rifiuti solidi […]

Rialza la testa il ritmo della produzione industriale di Eurolandia. Dopo due mesi consecutivi di sensibile ribasso, il tasso stagionale relativo a novembre 2005 ha infatti registrato un aumento pari all’1,3% rispetto al mese precedente (malgrado il significativo rallentamento della Germania cui fa fronte una migliore performance della Francia), dato confortato dalla crescita parallela di […]