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“Le radici etiche e spirituali del nostro impegno nella società europea”: è questo il tema del Forum europeo dei laici che si è aperto il 2 luglio (fino al 7 luglio) a Fatima, in Portogallo. Ecco cosa è emerso. “i cristiani laici hanno molto da fare per il futuro dell’Europa“. “Non si è avuto il […]

prima pagina" "

Povertà, silenzio, obbedienza, lavoro, responsabilità, umiltà. Sono alcune delle parole chiave che dovrebbero entrare a far parte del vocabolario della nuova Europa. Almeno così la pensa l’abate primate dei monaci benedettini, padre Notker Wolf , che per il Sir, alla vigilia della festa liturgica di San Benedetto (11 luglio), patrono principale d’Europa, rilegge la Regola […]

“The ethical and spiritual roots of our commitment to the societies of Europe”: that is the theme of the study assembly being promoted by the European Forum of the laity, due to be held at Fatima (Portugal) from 2 to 7 July. The theme will be discussed from various viewpoints, starting out from a reflection […]

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other European Churches in July. 1 European Symposium (1-4) with the title “The challenges of education. Revivals, promises, commitments”, promoted in Rome by the Commission of the Italian Episcopal Conference (Cei) for Catholic education, schools and universities, in collaboration with the Council of the […]

european union" "

The sixth months’ Irish Presidency of the European Council ended with a succession of summits, appointments and projects for the future: the helm of the Union passed to the Netherlands on 1st July. The “institutional triangle” (Parliament, Council, Commission) has been subjected to a number of far-reaching changes in recent days, and these are set […]

european constitution" "

A step forward towards integration, but it’s still not enough to tackle the “internal” challenges generated by the enlargement to 25 members and the “external” challenges posed by globalization. The debate on the constitutional Treaty approved at the recent summit in Brussels continues, with a variety of emphases placed on the question of “citizenship”, on […]

immigration" "

Before the accession of the ten new member countries, it was estimated that there were some three and half million immigrants from Eastern Europe in the EU, a sixth of the total 20 million immigrants present in the Union. According to data for 2000-2001, the countries with the highest number of Eastern European immigrants are […]

The Church of the future won’t be an “inward-looking” Church, locked into “an apologetic self-defence or the restoration of antiquated confessionalism, but a Church radically open to others”, said Cardinal Walter Kasper , president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, in a recent speech in Rome. Cardinal Kasper, together with Lutheran bishop Margot Kaessmann […]

The Romanian Orthodox Church is no longer willing to engage in dialogue, so long as the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church fails to withdraw the legal actions it has initiated in Romanian and international courts for the recovery of its own churches that have been the property of the Romanian Orthodox Church since 1948, when the Greek-Catholic […]

“The European Union ought not to consider migration a problem but a phenomenon that is linked to human nature and that has always existed in the world throughout history”: that’s the message spelt out by the representatives of the Churches at the Seminar held in Brussels on 21 June, promoted by the “Church and Society […]