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The tragedy of the tsunami in South-East Asia has urgently placed back on the agenda of the EU the possible establishment of “EU civil protection teams” for the management of humanitarian emergencies. The issue had been under review in Brussels for several years, but had never reached the stage of the definition of an operational […]

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Eurostat – the EU Statistics Office – published the data relating to inflation in the Euroland countries in early January. For the month of December 2004, the overall rate registered was 2.3%, a slight increase over the 2.2% of the previous month, but still lower than the rate for October, which had touched the record […]

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“It’s not a masterpiece”, but it is “a result that needs to be turned to account” through national ratification, to enable it to come into force. Bernhard Vogel has chaired the Konrad Adenauer Foundation since 2001, after having already headed it in the period 1989-1995. Born in Göttingen 72 years ago, he has behind him […]

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Musical themes, slogans, balloons and banners with the word “yes” in various languages: a sober celebration, in “community” style, welcomed the green light given by the European Parliament in Strasbourg to a Resolution that supports the Constitutional Treaty and recommends its rapid ratification to member states. In recent days the EU also defined a strategy […]

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We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches in Europe in January. In 2005 the Church is celebrating the Year of the Eucharist, announced by John Paul II on 10 June 2004, the solemnity of Corpus Christi, and opened by the Pope himself in the Vatican basilica on 17 […]

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Just over 200 days before the next World Youth Day is due to open in Cologne, the international conference organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which traditionally precedes WYD, was held in Bernsberg, near Cologne, from 6 to 9 January. The conference was attended by 250 guests from 70 countries, representing some 60 […]

An appeal to “prayer, word and action” is made by the Dutch bishops in their letter to parishes on the occasion of the feast days of 8 and 9 January 2005, days on which a collection was held in the some 1,500 Dutch parishes in favour of the populations of South-East Asia struck by the […]

Croatia is mourning its only known victim of the tsunami, a three-year-old girl. “Her funeral was held in Zagreb on 10 January. Meanwhile the collection of funds to be destined to the stricken populations continues. There is no news of other Croatian victims, even though uncertainty still remains about the many missing persons”, reported Father […]

“In the days between Christmas and New Year we participated with great sorrow in the suffering and tragedy that struck hundreds of thousands of people in South-East Asia due to the massive earthquake and the tsunami that devastated the area. The Slovene Episcopal Conference has invited the faithful and all people of good will to […]

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“The next Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January) in Slovakia will be celebrated in the spirit of solidarity and spiritual sharing with the victims of the tsunami in South-East Asia. The decision taken by common agreement marks a step ahead of the Churches in the field of solidarity and communion”, said the spokesman […]