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Bruno Frappat’s editorial in La Croix of 20/12 reflects on the current political situation and enunciates three major concerns of our time: “France, Europe and the world. The first conducts itself with an indifference towards its own future that borders on laxity. It’s enough to consider her indifference to the total amount of the national […]

review of ideas" "

In less than fifty years the European Union has become the second global player after the USA. In this context it is particularly important to reflect on the challenges involving the education of the new generations with a view to forming fully responsible citizens in present-day and future society. This is the objective pursued by […]

european union" "

“We have reached a satisfactory compromise. The Union is resuming its path, but it’s clear that the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013, approved in Brussels, show that the EU budget must be radically reformed as soon as possible”, declared Tony Blair commenting on the results of the European Council on 15 and 16 December, during which he […]

poland" "

Since 10 November the Polish government has been led by a man of the centre-right: Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who represents a coalition supported by the PIS (Justice and Law), LPR (League of Polish Families), PSL (Peasants’ Party) and Samoobrona (Self-Defence). On 23 December Lech Kaczynski, twin brother of the leader of the PIS Jaroslaw, will assume […]

england" "

Catholic primary schools are the best in the country in terms of school results and the human preparation of pupils: that’s the judgement of an official report of the British Ministry of Education compiled by Ofsted, the dreaded school inspectorate of the United Kingdom, which each year inspects every classroom in the Kingdom, controlling whether […]

christmas 2005" "

As the Christmas holidays approach, innumerable initiatives are being promoted in various European countries to celebrate this solemnity. They are characterised by a combination of tradition and technology, without ignoring the religious significance of the event. Not only the Churches, but also associations, movements and local institutions are exploiting all their creativity to combine, in […]

front page" "

Flicking through the pages of the world’s diary for 2005, we find events that raised a big question. We began the year with the newspaper coverage dedicated to the tsunami in South-East Asia. Nature would create other tragedies in the following months, such as that of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans. Terrorism continues to […]

Revisione della legge 194/78 sull’aborto? Sì, no, forse.Nel frattempo, presenze “pluraliste” di volontari nei Consultori pubblici, accordo con le Regioni per un monitoraggio sulle interruzioni di gravidanza, richiesta di parere al Consiglio superiore di sanità sulla pillola abortiva, indagine interna al ministero della Sanità per verificare l’applicazione della legge 194 e indagine conoscitiva sull’attuazione della […]

COSTITUZIONE EUROPEA" "

“Il Parlamento europeo ribadisce il suo impegno a giungere, senza ingiustificati rinvii, a una soluzione costituzionale per il futuro dell’Europa che rafforzi la democrazia parlamentare e lo stato di diritto, sancisca i diritti fondamentali e potenzi la capacità dell’Unione di agire in modo efficace all’interno e all’esterno”. Mentre i capi di Stato e di Governo […]

Un evento che riunirà nella città brasiliana di Porto Alegre più di tremila persone. Arriveranno in rappresentanza della maggior parte delle tradizioni cristiane del mondo. Si presenta con questi numeri la IX Assemblea del Consiglio ecumenico delle Chiese che già da ora si prospetta come il più grande raduno mondiale di questo genere. Si terrà […]