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“Soddisfazione” per il riferimento all’eredità religiosa dell’Europa nel Preambolo del Trattato costituzionale ma anche “stupore” per l’assenza di un riferimento esplicito al Cristianesimo nella lista degli elementi importanti nell’evoluzione della civiltà europea. E’ quanto esprime il presidente della Commissione degli Episcopati della Comunità europea, mons. Josef Homeyer, in una lettera indirizzata il 5 giugno al […]

In occasione della prossima visita del Papa in Croazia (5-9 giugno) ed in Bosnia (22 giugno), la Caritas croata, la radio cattolica croata in collaborazione con l’Associazione Radio Maria ha programmato una catena di preghiera ed una raccolta fondi. Si chiama Pet, “Papa, ecumenismo e tolleranza” e si tratta di cinque settimane di preghiera ininterrotta […]

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The discussion concerning the recognition of the Christian roots of Europe in the preamble to the future constitutional Charter also gives us cause to reflect on school education and its capacity to transmit, on the one hand, the contents of a particular cultural tradition and, on the other, the “ability” to place such a tradition […]

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2 June 260th Ordinary Assembly of the Conference of Swiss Bishops (until 5 June) at Einsiedeln. 5th Symposium of Religion, Science and the Environment (until 8 June), under the patronage of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and of the European Commission, on the theme: “ The Baltic Sea – common heritage, shared responsibility“. 5 June Papal […]

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The international press dedicates a lot of space to Bush’s “mission” in the Middle East with the two meetings at Sharm-el-Sheikh and Aqaba to verify the first steps of the “road map”. “Fresh hope in the Middle East”, is the headline of the Herald Tribune (5/6), according to which “President George W. Bush’s meetings produced […]

The Athens Olympics of 2004, European year of education through sport, have asked the EU Commission and the member States to give priority to projects that encourage sport among women, and that guarantee equality of rights in top-level sports for both male and female athletes. For women athletes it is also necessary to take measures […]

The commission for women’s rights, in adopting the report by Karin Jons, has proposed to make the fight against breast cancer a priority for the health policy of the EU and of member States. Prevention, screening, diagnosis, cure and post-therapeutic care must all be improved so as to guarantee maximum quality in this field throughout […]

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What are the priorities of the employment policies of EU member States? This is the question that inspired the Commission for employment and social affairs in its examination of the report by Herman Schmid concerning guidelines for the employment policies of member States. The objectives are three in number: full employment, the quality and productivity […]

During its sitting of 3 June, the European Parliament adopted a pair of legislative resolutions concerning two measures presented by the European Commission on the subject of immigration policy. The first concerns conditions for the entry and stay of citizens from third countries for reasons of study, professional training or voluntary work. The text of […]

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During its plenary session, held this week in Strasbourg (from 2–5 June 2003), the European Parliament approved the Rothley report on the Statute of members of the European Parliament. This represents the first official step towards the adoption of the first Statute for European MPs which should come into force at the same time as […]