Redazione

A social project in favour of the youth of Zurich and a Caritas project in aid of the unemployed: these are the two projects that received the “Social Prize of the Churches for 2002”. The award is promoted by the Christian Churches of Switzerland as part of “Expo.02” and on the occasion of the “Federal […]

The island of Malta now has an Association of parents of children at Catholic schools (APCCS). The initiative was promoted by the Education and Culture Department of the diocese of Malta to “relaunch – says a communiqué issued in recent days – the spirituality of the founders of Catholic schools and the values of the […]

Slovakia

For the third time since the declaration of the birth of the autonomous Slovak Republic (1st January 1993) the people of this country are gearing up to vote in another general election. The elections to be held on 20-21 September contrast with those of four years ago, which were characterized by great confusion. Then the […]

Russia

“An urgent request for help” to the international community and to all “men of good will” to do all in their power to “stop the violation of religious liberties and human rights” in Russia. The appeal is made by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Moscow, president of the Russian Episcopal Conference, a few days after the […]

The “yes” of the Congress to the provision which declared illegal the Basque separatist party Batasuna obtained 295 votes in favour, 10 against and 29 abstentions. The debate only underlined the division of opinion between MPs on the matter. The leader of the PNB (Basque Nationalist Party), Iñaki Anasagasti, is of the view that to […]

Spain

In Spain the Basque separatist political party Batasuna – considered the political wing of the terrorist group ETA – has been banned since 26 August by order of the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón and by parliamentary decision. The Congress has declared Batasuna illegal, by a provision voted by a large majority. On 17 September, the […]

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Ever since the “sans-papier” (irregular immigrants) occupied the churches of Saint-Ambroise and Saint Bernard in Paris in 1996, the Catholic Church in France like others in Europe has been daily confronted by this problem for which a solution has still to be found; the problem is how to reconcile the needs of charity with the […]

investiments

The UN Conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) published its 2002 Report on investments in the world in recent days. The Report calculates the flows of direct foreign investment (DFI) of which the various countries are the beneficiaries and, at the same time, the ability of national economies to attract such investments, with particular attention […]

European bishops" "

“As Christians we must have the faith and the strength to affirm that frontiers must not become the cause of new conflicts, discrimination or exclusion”: that was the conclusion of the annual summer university promoted by the Commission of the European Community (Comece) and held at Celjie in Slovenia from 7 to 11 September. 35 […]

The European Community intends, with its new Regulation on support for policies and actions concerning reproductive and sexual hygiene, “to promote the recognition of reproductive and sexual rights, safe maternity and access for everyone to reliable services in the field of reproductive and sexual hygiene”. In fact, this commitment has already been assumed by the […]