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La diocesi di Scutari, in Albania, di cui è vescovo mons. Angelo Massafra, presidente della Conferenza episcopale albanese, ha promosso nei giorni scorsi un incontro per il nuovo anno invitando i rappresentanti della comunità civile e i responsabili delle altre religioni, compresi quelli della comunità musulmana. “Abbiamo pensato a un’occasione propizia per avvicinare le diverse […]

La Conferenza episcopale spagnola ha emesso il 7 gennaio una nota dal titolo “Sulla nazione e i nazionalismi” in cui si schiera contro il “Piano Ibarretxe”, che prevede più autonomia per i Paesi Baschi fino alla separazione dalla Spagna. Il Piano lascia aperta la possibilità al lehendakari (presidente) Juan José Ibarretxe di convocare un referendum […]

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All’ordine del giorno della politica europea si è posta con grande rilievo la questione dell’ingresso della Turchia nell’Ue. Questa stessa politica non sembra, tuttavia, tener conto dei Paesi balcanici che sul territorio europeo sono indubbiamente più vicini all’Ue della stessa Turchia. E non solo geograficamente. Anche la storia, la cultura e la fede uniscono i […]

In a meeting with French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin on Tuesday 11 January, the president of the Federation of Protestant Churches, Jean-Arnold de Clermont, deplored a whole series of administrative obstacles and forms of discrimination to which the Protestant Churches are being subjected. The administrative difficulties lamented by the pastor especially relate to the building […]

The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Teoctist, will be heard by the commission of inquiry into the anti-Communist insurrection in December 1989. “The Patriarch – explained the spokeswoman of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Simona Frolu – will be heard as head of the Orthodox Church and not as a witness”. The Patriarch will not […]

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The annual meeting of the joint Committee of the Conference of the European Churches (CEC) and the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) will be held in Chartres, in France, from 3 to 6 February. A joint communiqué of the two European Church organizations has announced the meeting. The Committee – set up […]

The diocese of Scutari, in Albania, whose bishop is Msgr. Angelo Massafra, president of the Albanian Episcopal Conference, promoted a meeting for the new year in recent days, to which the representatives of the civil community and the leaders of other religions, including those of the Moslem community, were invited. “We thought it would be […]

The Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement on 7 January with the title “On the Nation and Nationalism” in which it voices its opposition to the so-called “Ibarretxe Plan”, which provides for greater autonomy for the Basque Country and its ultimate separation from Spain. The Plan leaves open the possibility for the Basque lehendakari (president) […]

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The question of Turkey’s entry into the EU has been put high on the agenda of European policy. This policy, however, does not seem to take much account of the Balkan countries, which are firmly on European territory and are indubitably closer to the EU than Turkey – and not only geographically: history, culture and […]

www.etwinning.net That’s the Internet address of “eTwinning”, the new initiative of the European Commission launched in Brussels on 14 January with the objective of promoting twinnings between European schools through the use of the internet and the new technologies of information and communication. The initiative – which forms part of the EU’s eLearning programme – […]