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The European Parliament has appealed to all countries to sign “without delay” the Convention on the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel mines and their destruction. The appeal is contained in the resolution of the EP on the preparation of the first Conference on the reform of the Treaty of Ottawa on anti-personnel mines […]

In preparation for the EU-USA summit due to be held in Dublin on 25-26 June, the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the state of the transatlantic partnership. In this resolution the EP has expressed its conviction that – despite some fundamental divergences -, “there are more reasons for union than division between Europe […]

The European Parliament has adopted a report on human rights in the world in 2003 and on EU human rights policy. MEPs condemned terrorism as “one of the most serious challenges that the international community has to face”. But they also insisted that the struggle against it must be conducted in the framework of international […]

We present a calendar of the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches in May. 1 Entry into the European Union of ten new member countries: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus and Malta, in Dublin – International Labour Day. 3 Feast of the Madonna “Regina Poloniae” […]

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“Multicoloured” Catholic parishes in the popular quarters of Paris as places of “reconciliation and authentic communion through differences”; “witnesses of Christ” and “models of citizenship in the suburbs”: this is a possible scenario according to the Jesuit theologian ETIENNE GRIEU , provided that some conditions be met. We present some excerpts from his article in […]

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Treasuring the past, even if full of fears, and looking forwards with the wish to construct one’s own future: that sums up the aspirations of David Macek , a young researcher born in Brno, in the Czech Republic, in 1976. He has a degree in sociology, and several years of post-graduate study at the Lateran […]

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Two years dedicated to the establishment of networks for the support and promotion of youth employment, especially for young people in situations of difficulty and hardship: that’s the aim of the project in which a number of European associations and agencies are involved, including Ciofs-Fp (Salesian Sisters for Vocational Training) in Italy, public and private […]

A puppet-theatre of “evangelizing puppets” is touring Spain. A Basque stage company, Valivan, has devised the show, which takes its cue from the parables of Jesus to bring home the message of the Gospel in a way that appeals to children. It tells the story of the three parables of the ‘prodigal son’, the Good […]

The campaign organized by Austrian Catholic Action (KAÖ) in preparation for imminent EU enlargement was presented in Vienna on Friday, 23 April. “Welcome – together in Europe” is the name of the project, aimed, in the words of Peter Grubits, administrator of the organization, “at making Europe not only a question of head, but also […]

It’s neither a “repertoire of abuses” nor a catalogue of disciplinary measures: the Vatican document “Redemptionis Sacramentum” on the liturgy of the Eucharist “adds nothing new” to the existing canonical provisions. This clarification has been made by two European Episcopal Conferences, that of Belgium and that of Switzerland, which were obliged to intervene to rectify […]