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The European Union is in agitation. As enlargement and elections to the European Parliament in Strasbourg approach, fascinating new prospects are being opened up, but many problems still remain unresolved. It’s enough to think of the mini-summit in Berlin between the leaders of Germany, France and Great Britain, which aroused concerns among those excluded from […]

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On 17 February the Dutch Parliament voted by a majority in favour of a new law on refugees, after subjecting it to debate during the previous week. It orders the expulsion of 26,000 asylum seekers, to be repatriated over the next three years. The law would seem to confirm the tendency in almost all EU […]

At the invitation of Rabbi Israel Singer, head of the World Jewish Congress, nine French bishops left for New York on 23 February to meet with the representatives of the Jewish community and exchange reflections on the question of “tradition and modernity”. In January a group of 15 cardinals from all over the world was […]

The citizens of Ljubljana will decide with a referendum on 4 April whether to authorize or not the Moslem minority to build the first mosque in Slovenia. The decision to hold “a referendum on the building of an Islamic religious and cultural centre” on the outskirts of the capital was taken by the town council […]

“Sorrow” for the “strident” tones used in the debate being conducted in the Anglican Communion on gay priests and homosexual unions has been expressed by the members of the Commission set up by the archbishop of Canterbury, following the controversy that erupted after the ordination of a self-declared gay bishop in the USA. The Commission, […]

The first university centre for the training of teachers in Islam in state schools has been opened at the University of Münster, in Germany. The centre was inaugurated at the very time that a debate is going on in the Region about whether it is appropriate to teach Islam in state schools. Hitherto only the […]

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The hope of “turning over a fresh page” in relations with the Russian Orthodox Church “has not been dashed”. So said Cardinal WALTER KASPER , president of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity, in an interview with the Russian Catholic weekly “Svet Evangelia” (The Light of the Gospel) following his meeting – behind closed doors […]

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The European Union is about to be enlarged and, in one fell swoop, to extend its frontiers to the countries that were once the satellites of Moscow and to the islands of the Mediterranean. What will be the problems and the advantages for the “old” and “new” members? Will the EU Constitution be approved before […]

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A plan to “de-hellenize” Cyprus: that is the accusation made by the head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Archbishop Christodoulos, against the UN plan for the reunification of the island. He asked the faithful to pray fervently for the failure of the negotiations. During a homily in a church in Athens, Christodoulos affirmed that […]

“Ripensare la fede in termini culturalmente più efficaci per il tempo di oggi”. Questa è, secondo mons. GIUSEPPE BETORI, segretario generale della Cei, una delle motivazioni alla base del prossimo convegno della Chiesa italiana in programma a Verona dal 16 al 20 ottobre 2006, presentato nella città scaligera il 21 febbraio. I PERCHÉ DELLA SCELTA. […]