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How can closer collaboration between the Churches of Europe and of Latin American be fostered? Through the exchange of priests and the support of vocations, through material aid for seminaries and pastoral activities in Latin America, through the training of European volunteers for service in Latin America, and through the exchange of materials and experiences: […]

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Convinced and repeated support of the Pope’s appeals in defence of peace has come from the European episcopates in recent months. The new evangelization, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue also remain at the forefront of the Churches’ activities in the continent. Other central issues are the common commitment to the process of the reunification of Europe, […]

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The debate continues on the lack of any reference to Christianity in the draft European Constitution. At the recent session of the Convention in Brussels, Giscard d’Estaing, president of the European Convention, presented his amendments on the question of religion. We have gathered some views on the matter. “May secularism not be the religion of […]

“European integration is from various aspects the greatest political and institutional innovation of the last century. And now we are faced by another crucial transition: the Convention on the future of Europe is working on the draft of the future Constitution, which could be a turning point for the Union”. Alberto Quadrio Curzio , professor […]

The Michalski Group was set up in the second half of 2002 on the mandate of the President of the Commission, Romano Prodi, with a view to discussing the fundamental values of Europe. The Group – named after its Polish chairman Krzysztof Michalski, professor of philosophy at Warsaw and Boston, and Rector of the Institute […]

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The session of the Convention on the future of Europe that ended last Friday was the occasion formally to begin the discussion on the question of the reference to God and to religion in the future European Constitution. The controversy arose after it emerged that article 2 of the draft presented by the Presidium, dedicated […]

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The appeal launched by John Paul II to fast and pray for peace on Ash Wednesday, 5 March, has been favourably received all over the world. The Episcopal Conferences of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France have also given their support to the Pope’s invitation, together with other confessions and associations. France. Pray and fast for […]

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Il problema delle “radici cristiane” dell’Europa coinvolge anche ruolo e compiti della scuola. La “dimenticanza”, nella bozza di Costituzione dell’Unione europea, del riferimento a Dio e all’elemento religioso la dice lunga sul rischio che corre la generazione attuale di perdere contatto con un patrimonio ricco e fecondo di cultura, che pure ha bisogno di misurarsi […]

Scade oggi, 28 febbraio, il termine fissato dall’Unione europea per la riunificazione dell’isola di Cipro. Fallita l’intesa tra Grecia e Turchia al vertice di Copenghen si tenta di trovare un compromesso entro oggi: se, infatti, i turco-ciprioti e i greco-ciprioti firmeranno un’intesa sulla base del piano Onu l’intera isola potrà entrare nell’Ue nel 2004. In […]

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“La Turchia è chiaramente in Europa”. Per il Patriarca Bartolomeo I° di Costantinopoli, l’adesione della Turchia all’Unione europea permetterà un rispetto maggiore della libertà religiosa. In un’intervista al quotidiano cattolico francese “La Croix” (20 febbraio 2003), il Patriarca, vera e propria autorità spirituale per circa 300 milioni di ortodossi nel mondo, definisce la Turchia “un […]