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The EU faces a busy week, with a meeting of the leaders of the EU institutions in Strasbourg from Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 July. The meeting was prepared by the session for the installation of the new Parliament that will represent the hopes and interests of the 450 million citizens of the Twenty-Five for […]

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The General Synod of the Anglican Church has ended. Held at York from 9 to 13 July, it was jointly chaired by the archbishops of Canterbury and York, Rowan Williams and David Hope. The issues discussed included Europe, justice, drugs, and the work of the missions for evangelization and reconciliation. Various motions were approved, including […]

“Respect for the dead and devotion to the saints, the gipsy concept of morals, love for nature and the importance of God in everyday life”: these are some of the characteristics of the gipsy population discussed at the recent World Parliament of Religions and underlined by Sergio Rodríguez, Salesian Father and member of the secretariat […]

Although the results of the latest elections show a growth of euro-scepticism in the UK, and in spite of the strong opposition to the recently approved European Constitution, there are many people in Great Britain who are giving thought to the cultural, religious and moral heritage of Europe. The Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust – a […]

An official thank you on the part of Alan Hilliard, of the Irish Episcopal Commission for emigrants, was expressed during the official lunch of the Celtic Club fans association, in Dublin on 9 July. The expression of gratitude came in response to a charitable donation made by the association to the SIA campaign, a fund […]

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Three programmes of intervention to promote and rationalise pastoral visits to families, focal point ever since 1850 of the strategy of the English Catholic Church, which is now having to come to terms with a sharp decline in religious practice. PAUL HYPHER , former parish priest in the diocese of East Anglia, has developed the […]

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Many events are being promoted during the summer as part of the preparations for the WYD in Cologne. We present a review of various activities linked to the organization of Cologne 2005, begun in German dioceses in recent weeks. Wanted: VOLUNTEERS AND ACCOMMODATION. Appeals are being made on the official website of WYD, www.wjt-de, for […]

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ALCIDE DE GASPERI died at Sella in Valsugana (Veneto) on 19 August 1954. Born at Trento, Italy, on 3 April 1881, De Gasperi is considered one of the founding fathers of Europe. The promoter together with Schuman and Adenauer of the first European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), he dedicated himself to […]

Il parere della Corte dell’Aja, che ha imposto agli israeliani di smantellare la “barriera difensiva” in quanto la costruzione di tale muro viola le regole internazionali, ha suscitato un ampio dibattito. “Israele non rinuncia al ‘muro’ di sicurezza”, titola ad esempio La Croix (12/7), sottolineando che “malgrado il parere della Corte internazionale di giustizia dell’Aja […]

“Il lavoro non dichiarato nell’Europa dell’allargamento”. Questo è il titolo di uno studio pubblicato la settimana scorsa dalla Commissione europea che fotografa la situazione relativa al lavoro nero nei venticinque Stati membri dell’Ue. Partendo dalla definizione ormai ampiamente condivisa secondo la quale per lavoro nero si deve intendere “ogni attività produttiva di natura lecita, ma […]