Jean-Dominique Durand" "Università di Lione (Francia)" "

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La Francia che fu a lungo un motore dell’Europa ha scelto contro l’Europa. Tale scelta è terribile non soltanto per l’evoluzione dell’Europa ormai bloccata, ma anche e forse soprattutto per ciò che rivela della società francese, una società che sceglie il ripiegamento e ha paura del futuro. La costruzione europea significa da più di cinquant’anni […]

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“In Karol Wojtyla Dio e l’uomo erano inseparabili. Questa ricerca dell’uomo attraverso Dio era alla base del suo interesse per il prossimo e le sue condizioni sociali, e lo rendeva cosciente della fragilità dell’uomo stesso. In questo senso penso si possa definire Giovanni Paolo II ‘uomo di Dio'”, titolo onorifico al quale non hanno avuto […]

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“In Karol Wojtyla God and man were inseparable. This research into man through God was at the basis of his interest in his fellowmen and their social conditions, and made him conscious of the fragility of man himself. In this sense I think John Paul II can be defined as a ‘man of God’, a […]

economy " "

Economic processes are proceeding rapidly, financial markets are being globalized. If economic policy intends to play a regulatory and guiding role, it must get organized accordingly, and furnish responses able to transcend national frontiers. “Economic integration is not just a technical option, but also a courageous political act”, explains economist Franco Mosconi , professor at […]

Wyd 2005 " "

“World Youth Day: a cultural event for the 3rd millennium”: that was the motto of University Day, celebrated by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in recent days, in collaboration with the office for university ministry of the Vicariate of the diocese. Some 90 days before the opening of WYD in Cologne, University Day was […]

wyd2005 and ecumenism " "

WYD present at the German Evangelical Kirchentag in Hanover (25-29 May) with its own stand to provide information on the event is just one signal of the importance of World Youth Day in Cologne for the ecumenical process in Germany. In this too WYD is in communion with the Pope who in recent days declared […]

“The result of the referendum merits profound analysis, in the first place by the French authorities. The European institutions will also have to reflect in due course on the results of the whole process of ratification”, say the representatives of the three main EU institutions (Parliament, Council and Commission) in a joint statement on the […]

referendum in france" "

UNITED KINGDOM. “The European Union will continue to function without the Constitution, as it has always done up till now”, says Julie Smith, professor of international policy at the University of Cambridge and assistant director of the Centre of International Studies, following the French rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty. Interviewed by SIR, Julie Smith […]

It is right that this French vote be taken very seriously. Of course, French electors have long been trying to send unequivocal messages to President Chirac: the massive vote against the Constitutional Treaty is undoubtedly, first and foremost, a vote against the President. And here the French electors would seem to be in line with […]

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France that was long the motor of Europe has decided against Europe. This decision is terrible not only for the development of Europe, its progress now blocked, but also and perhaps especially for what it reveals of French society, a society that has chosen the way of retrenchment and fear of the future. European construction […]