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Metropolitan Jérémie is leaving the guidance of the Greek Orthodox Church in France to replace Metropolitan Damaskinos of Switzerland, who has resigned his post as bishop for reasons of health. The move was decided by the Holy Synod of the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople meeting in Istanbul under the presidency of Patriarch Bartholomew I. To […]

There are 48,690 women and 15,445 men consecrated to God in Spain, a number that is declining but that still remains high. Among the European countries with the highest number of religious, Spain is in fact second only to Italy. On the occasion of the Day of the Consecrated Life, collaboration was intensified between the […]

In Bulgaria the difficult situation of transition that the country is going through is also reflected in that of the handicapped, who receive very low disability allowances and have huge difficulties in finding someone to assist them. A disabled women in Plovdiv denounced the Bulgarian state because the pavement in front of her home was […]

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With some 1000 cases per year, suicide represents the second main cause of the death of young people between the ages of 15 and 20 in France, immediately after road accidents. To this tragedy the episcopal Committee for health has dedicated a pastoral reflection with the title “Prevention of Suicide in Adolescents”. It was published […]

christian roots

European Constitution: deadline for amendments expires. The deadline for the presentation of amendments to the first sixteen articles of the draft European Constitution expired on 17 February. A total of 225 amendments have been received. Over a quarter of them concern the first three articles: Institutions of the Union, Values of the Union, Objectives of […]

France

The French Church has decided to focus on catechesis and has distributed a document with the title “Going to the Heart of the Faith” in religious bookshops throughout the country”. In the document, the bishops invite Catholic communities to respond to the provocations offered at the end of each paragraph and to send in their […]

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Following the Executive’s adoption, on 12 February, of the “Third Annual Report on the situation of the EU’s social policy Agenda”, SirEurope has gathered the views of trades unions and industry, in particular the general Secretary of the European Trades-Union Confederation, Emilio Gabaglio, and the Union of Industries of the European Community (UNICE). Commission: the […]

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Africa and Europe united in an exchange of values and a partnership built on new foundations, also at the economic and cultural levels: that’s the hope of Eugenio José da Cruz Fonseca, president of Caritas Portugal and representative of Caritas Europe, who will participate in the meeting on “Africa and the European Union: partners in […]

“The Sandbaek Report signals a new regulation that will determine the EU’s aid policies abroad over the next five years. It obliges the EU to use its own funds to assist the promotion of the recognition of the rights of reproductive and sexual hygiene” through a series of health services that, according to the World […]

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“The funds of the European Union (EU) should not be used to finance abortion in the developing countries”. That’s the position emphasized by the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community (Comece), in a press release following the European Parliament’s adoption, on 13 February, of the Report of Mep Ulla M. Sandbaek, modifying the […]