Marco Doldi" "" "

The Report approved by the European Parliament (cf. previous page) aims to promote extensive information campaigns and counselling services in the developing countries, so as to implement the recommendations of the Cairo Conference in the field of sexual and reproductive health. The immediate consequence will be the provision of sex education, contraceptives, condoms, forms of […]

eu/third world" "

The tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994 under the aegis of the UNO, has prompted the European Parliament (EP) to review the action programme approved on that occasion in terms of “balanced and sustainable” demographic development. In the plenary assembly held in Strasbourg last week, MEPs […]

Out of a population of little under two million inhabitants, there are over 1,600,000 Catholics (82.62%). They are divided into 3 ecclesiastical circumscriptions and 805 parishes. Pastoral care is in the hands of 12 bishops, 844 secular priests, and 296 religious priests. There are 9 permanent deacons, 41 professed male religious, 801 nuns, 441 catechists, […]

the ten of the 1st may (4)" "

In our review of the countries that will join the European Union in 1st May, this week it’s the turn of Slovenia, the smallest of the republics of the former Yugoslavia, though the one with the highest living standards in the post-Communist world. In recent years, it has successfully relaunched its economy, has an industrial […]

carmelite sisters in moscow" "

“A brazen attempt to convert the Orthodox people to the Catholic faith”: that’s how the Orthodox bishop of Novgorod, Msgr. Azmas Georgij Danilov, calls the project, turned down by the local authorities, to establish a little convent for Carmelite nuns in the Catholic parish of the city. The accusation of proselytism made against Catholics in […]

lent (3) " "

Our review of projects for Lent in the countries of Europe continues (see SIR 13 and 16/2004) Germany Lent in Germany also means “fasting from the car”. The car-fasting project is being promoted by the episcopates of Trier, Mainz and Limburg together with the Evangelic Churches of the Rhineland, Hesse-Nassau and the Palatinate, in collaboration […]

Jews and Muslims, united against terrorism: that’s what emerges from the communiqués, messages of solidarity and declarations issued by Jews and Muslims immediately after the attacks in Madrid. On Tuesday 16 March, on the initiative of the Jewish communities of France, a religious service was held in the main synagogue in Paris in memory of […]

spain " "

Solidarity with the Spanish people and condemnation of any form of terrorism: that is what was expressed by the Christian Churches of Europe immediately after last Thursday’s terrorist attack on the railway stations in Madrid. In a message of “deep solidarity” published in Spanish, the World Council of Churches expressed “sadness and consternation” due to […]

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Is a spiritual union of Europe possible? Will the continent succeed in breathing with the two lungs of East and West? These are some of the questions posed by Cardinal TomᚠŠpidlík , distinguished representative of the Czech Church and culture, on intervening in recent days in a conference organized by the University of Prague. […]

Si delinea una soluzione di compromesso per l’adozione della controversa proposta Ue in materia di protezione della proprietà intellettuale. Il testo del provvedimento presentato dalla Commissione – e fatto sostanzialmente proprio dal Parlamento Europeo e dalla relatrice Fourtou, francese – contemplava “sanzioni penali, compreso il carcere”, in caso di violazioni gravi del diritto di proprietà […]