Redazione

The annual meeting of the archbishops and bishops of the Anglican Community was held in Cambridge (England), from 10 to 16 April. It was the last such meeting under the presidency of the archbishop of Canterbury, George L. Carey, who is the spiritual leaders of 70 million Anglicans throughout the world. The first meeting goes […]

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“Not mere fortuitous coincidences”, but the suspicion of “an orgnized campaign against the Catholic Church”: the alarm was raised by Archbishop Tadzeusz Kondrusiewicz, metropolitan in Moscow and president of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Russia, who has denounced “the violation of the constitutional rights of Russian Catholics to freedom of conscience”. The archbishop’s […]

abortion

The promotion of “a series of measures in support of women and for the protection of families”, such as “social insurance on maternity, paid leave, child allowances, kindergartens, reduction of insurance premiums for illness, and tax relief”, combined with “a system of counselling and assistance for pregnant women, capable of offering practical help with the […]

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On the 23 and 24 April the thirteen cardinals of the United States will meet in Rome, together with the prefects of the Congregations for the Clergy, for the Doctrine of the Faith and for the Bishops to examine the problems that have arisen in the Church of the USA following recent scandals connected with […]

Those reported for criminal offences to the police authorities of some European states in 1999 comprised a significant percentage of juveniles. Common to all states was the progressive lowering of the average age at which adolescents enter the world of crime. In the UK juveniles represent 23.9% of those charged, 21.3% in France, 13.1% in […]

enlargement

Poland is one of the countries most advanced in the process towards European integration. “For a long time – declared the President of the Republic of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, on visiting Rome at the end of February (cf. SirEurope no. 8/2002) – unification was the prerogative of the free nations that lived on the western […]

Violence in schools; the phenomenon of “baby gangs”; youth alienation: these are some of the burning issues being addressed by the “Association Européenne des Parents d’Eléves”, a European association representing the parents of pupils. We interviewed its president, Dominique Bariller . Violence in schools: is it the responsibility of the family, of the school environment, […]

Electronic tags to be worn 24 hours a day; curfew prohibiting adolescents from circulating after nine o’clock at night; compulsory special courses for parents of delinquent children who have been arrested for violating the law: these are just some of the measures by which the UK is trying to come to terms with a chronic […]

"baby gang"

We continue the reflection on youth in Europe that we began in recent numbers of SirEurope (cf. nos.11,13 & 14 of 2002) in preparation for the tenth Symposium of European Bishops, scheduled to be held in Rome from 24 to 28 April on the theme “Youth of Europe in a period of change. Laboratories of […]

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The 10th Symposium of the European Bishops, promoted by the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), will be held in Rome from 24 to 28 April. The venue is the Salesianum, Centre of spirituality and culture – Via della Pisana 1.111 – Tel 0039-06-656121). Theme of the Symposium is: “Youth of Europe in […]