Redazione

review of ideas" "

“The situation of ideas in Europe tends to become that of a market in which opinions and feelings are in free competition between each other. It tends to create a situation in which no religion is that of the ruling class or of the State, none benefits from the support of a legislative system or […]

A common resolution “on a world without landmines” was approved by the European Parliament on 7 July. In their resolution MEPs invite the States that have not yet signed the Convention for the banning of the use, stockpiling, production, transfer and distribution of anti-personnel landmines to do so. The invitation is made in particular to […]

Turning Europe into an area that attracts investments and work, developing technological know-how and innovation, and creating new and better quality jobs: these are the main guidelines of the EU strategy for cohesion, development and work presented by the European Commission on 5 June. The aim of the strategy is to establish the priorities for […]

Women’s rights and the equality of the sexes belong to the acquis of the European Community that Turkey will have to accept as part of the conditions set for its membership negotiations with the European Union. The need for Turkish compliance is maintained by the European Parliament in a report adopted on 7 July, in […]

The European Commission has proclaimed, for the first time (on 30 June), 2006 “European Year of Professional Mobility”. It is an initiative aimed both at raising citizens’ awareness of the advantages of working abroad or changing jobs and at improving understanding of mobility. Working in a country different from one’s own or in a new […]

CHILDHOOD IN EUROPE" "

Home is not always the safest place for a child. In the European region alone 4 children aged between 0 and 14 are killed each day: over 1,300 each year, as a consequence of murder or injuries sustained by beating. This terrible scourge of “invisible violence” inflicted on children within the walls of the home, […]

The Hungarian Ministry of Education had asked the Churches and various civil groups their opinion about a possible amendment of the law, to be voted in September, on the integration of disabled pupils in schools. The Hungarian Bishops’ Conference formulated its opinion, after consulting among others the Catholic Pedagogical Institute, in a document later leaked […]

With a great celebration, a 6-metre-high cross was erected on a hilltop site between the two Catholic towns of Ores and Dragomirovo, in Northern Bulgaria, on 9 July. The celebration was presided over by the bishop of the diocese of Nicopoli Msgr. Petko Hristov. It’s unusual to find crosses on the summits of mountains or […]

There are more children infected with HIV or AIDS in Romania than in the rest of Europe and most of the population believe they should live in a regime of isolation, also in hospitals. This is one of the findings of a survey conducted by the international organization World Vision. This isolation of HIV-affected children, […]

GREAT BRITAIN" "

A draft law against the instigation of religious and racial violence (Racial and Religious Hatred Bill), introduced by the Labour government in the UK, is now in its third reading in the House of Lords (upper chamber of the British Parliament). It is a debate that has taken on added relevance after the terror attacks […]