Redazione

L’incontro del 14-16 gennaio 2003 a Gerusalemme, che ha visto la partecipazione di 25 tra vescovi e rappresentanti degli episcopati europei e nordamericani e di alcuni delegati del Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee) e della Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea (Comece) rappresenta l’appuntamento principale del Coordinamento delle Conferenze episcopali a sostegno della Terra […]

“Dal settembre del 2000, da quando, cioè, è iniziata la seconda Intifada, i morti palestinesi sono stati 1918, di cui il 19% sotto i 17 anni, i feriti 41 mila di cui 2500 affetti da disabilità permanenti, 720 le abitazioni demolite e 11553 quelle danneggiate, 185 gli attivisti palestinesi passati per le armi, 6 mila […]

terra santa" "

Rappresentanti degli episcopati dell’Inghilterra e del Galles, Canada, Germania, Italia, Spagna, Stati Uniti, del Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee) e della Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea (Comece) si sono incontrati, dal 14 al 16 gennaio, a Gerusalemme con il patriarca dei Latini, Michel Sabbah, il Nunzio Apostolico in Israele, Pietro Sambi e i […]

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Il 24 gennaio la Chiesa celebra la memoria di San Francesco di Sales, patrono dei giornalisti. Nato nel 1567 in Savoia, Francesco si laurea in diritto civile ed ecclesiastico a Padova, e in teologia a Parigi. Divenuto sacerdote, a 26 anni, si impegna a ricondurre lo Chablais calvinista al cattolicesimo, e dopo vari tentativi vi […]

“Our application to join the European Union must not become a contest of political rivalry. It concerns the common good and our future, in particular the future of our children and young people”. So said Archbishop Josip Bozanic of Zagreb, in an interview published in recent days by the Croat daily “Vecernji list” and disseminated […]

Following the elections of 22 January, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats once again hold the majority in the Dutch Parliament. The relative majority of seats, 44 out of 150, goes to the Christian Democrat and outgoing premier Jan Peter Balkenende, thus blocking the strong recovery of the Social Democrats of Wouter Bos, which have jumped […]

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In a solemn celebration in Paris on 22 January, France and Germany commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, signed by De Gaulle and Adenauer in 1963 to sanction a closer union between the two States after centuries of wars and conflicts. The solemnity of the celebrations, however, did not prevent French president Jacques […]

Albania " "

“During my pastoral visit in February 2001-2002 I was able to experience for myself the spiritual, human and economic progress of the population. But I also personally witnessed situations of chronic and widespread poverty of every type”: these are the first words of the open letter of the archbishop of Scutari and president of the […]

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Cloning: an issue of the day, and given added urgency by the presumed birth of the first cloned baby under the auspices of the Raelian sect. The issue has long been discussed both at the international level and in individual countries, though hitherto without reaching any uniform position, also in view of the differentiation between […]

The European Court of Human Rights has declared acceptable six suits brought against Russia for grave violations of human rights committed by Russian troops in Chechnya in 1999 and in 2000. The appellants are all Chechen civilians. Denounced in the suits are the torture and summary executions committed by Russian soldiers in Grozny, capital of […]