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The International Criminal Court has begun business. It came into force, and its provisional headquarters have been opened in The Hague, Holland, on 1st 1st July, only four years after the adoption in Rome of its founding UN Statute (signed by 139 States and already ratified by 74). On the same day, the USA – […]

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The Kingdom of Denmark has assumed the revolving Presidency of the EU, from 1st July to 31 December 2003. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen outlined the programme of his government for the next six months, which will be especially important because of the conclusion of the membership negotiations with the candidate countries and due […]

In violation of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a ceremony of “ordination to the priesthood of seven women – four Germans, two Austrians and one American – took place at Donau, in Austria, on Saturday, 29 June. The rite was officiated by Romulo Braschi, an Argentine citizen and self-declared “archbishop”. In the view […]

An appeal for the participation of Catholic electors in the forthcoming elections to the Bundestag was made in recent days by Hans Joachim Meyer and by Karin Kortmann, respectively president and spokesperson for political questions of the central committee of German Catholics (ZdK) in the course of a press conference held in Berlin. Many issues […]

There are 26 signatories of the final Declaration of the first Congress against the death penalty held in Strasbourg from 21 to 23 June 2001. They represent associations throughout the world involved in the defence of human rights. The objective of the joint action is the universal abolition of the death sentence. To this end, […]

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Last year 34 countries carried out 4,693 death sentences. Of these, 4,445 were in Asia, 161 in Africa, 21 in Europe (Chechenia) and 66 in America. These are the data of the 2002 Report on the death penalty drawn up by the association “Let no one touch Cain” and released in recent days. In the […]

The enlarged EU will comprise 75 million youth aged from 15 to 25. “Even if heterogeneous (in terms of access to the labour market, education, family life, income, etc.), the young claim their condition as citizens with all their rights and duties. Investing in youth means investing in the richness of our societies today and […]

Some 30 Turkish participants are expected to attend WYD in Toronto. That is a reduced number in comparison with those who flocked to Rome for the WYD there in 2000. But if the quantity is small, the quality is “quite respectable”, also in view of the ecumenical character of the delegation. Apart from representatives of […]

“Over twenty young people will travel from Greece to Toronto to participate in the 17th World Youth Day. They represent almost all the Greek dioceses and they have prepared for the event by reading and meditating on the Pope’s message to youth. For those unable to attend, plans are afoot to organize some meetings in […]

Aged between 20 and 25, in large part students, “few workers for holiday reasons”: that in short is the identikit of the French youth about to depart for Canada to attend the 17th World youth Day. Some 10,000 youth from all over France are expected to participate: 8,000 youngsters have already registered through the dioceses […]