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“Intellectual charity, soul of the new Europe” is the theme of the First European Day of University Students promoted by the CCEE (Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe) and by the European committee of University Chaplains in collaboration with the Office for university apostolate of the diocese of Rome. The Day is due to […]

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A firm rejection of “any form of terrorism, of the conflicts in course and of the feared war in Iraq” was reaffirmed by the presidents of the seven Episcopal conferences of the regions of the Balkans and South-East Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Turkey), who met at Scutari, in Albania, on […]

CCEE - CELAM" "

A meeting between the presidency of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) was held in Bogotà (Colombia) in recent days. The aim of the meeting was to promote closer collaboration between the Churches of Europe and Latin America (cf. SirEurope 17/2003). We discussed it with […]

Representatives of various Christian organizations operating at the side of women victims of prostitution in Europe met in Germany from 26 February to 2 March at the invitation of the KEK’s Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and Caritas Europe, which together have launched a joint project (called CAT) to relieve this problem. During the […]

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“Is it the right of families to be able to live together, or is it the right of member states to derogate from human rights?”: that’s the critical question posed by the European Christian organizations active in the field of immigration – including Caritas Europe, COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union), Jesuit […]

Various projects aimed not just at assisting, but enhancing the elderly are being run by the European Catholic Churches and Institutions. Some examples: Poland “In Poland great respect is shown for the elderly and attempts are being made to enhance their role, at the ecclesial level, in the various parish activities, in aid to the […]

In its session of 15 January the European Parliament adopted a Resolution concerning access to the health services by the elderly with the aim of developing cooperation between member states in this sector in the years ahead. The European Parliament considers it essential to guarantee access to the health services by the elderly, not only […]

The structure of the global population will undergo a radical shift in the next few decades: exponential growth in the developing countries and substantial decline in Europe, America, Japan and Oceania. The data published by Eurostat (the EU’s statistics bureau) paint a detailed picture of the demographic changes about to take place in Europe: the […]

the elderly" "

The question of the ageing of the population and its consequences on public finances (pension systems, social security, welfare) is slowly capturing the international spotlight. In collaboration with the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, the General Directorate of Economic Affairs of the European Commission held a conference on “The economic and […]

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L’Unione Europea ha proclamato il 2003 anno delle persone con disabilità. Mediante iniziative e progetti di varia natura l’attenzione si rivolge verso coloro che si trovano a vivere situazioni di difficoltà. (cfr. SirEuropa n.7/2003). All’inizio della Quaresima, mons. Wilhelm Egger, vescovo di Bolzano Bressanone, dedica a queste persone la sua riflessione richiamando in proposito le […]