Jean-Dominique Durand" "lecturer in contemporary history, University of Lyons¤" "

editorial" "

The world has changed very rapidly and is changing every day. The twentieth century opened under the impetus of Futurism, with the triple deification of speed, science and violence. It closed after so many tragedies linked to the denial of God and of the human person created in his image: from the futile bloodbath of […]

CIVIL PROTECTION – Invitation to present proposals in the field of Community cooperation in the field of civil protection – Programme of action – Mechanism/Training – Exercises in the nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical sectors. Deadline for the presentation of bids: 30/4/2002. For further information, contact the European Commission, GD Environment, Mr. Guendouz, BU-9 04/195, […]

The European Court of Justice presented its report on its activity in 2001 at a press conference in Rome on 2 April. The statistics presented at the end of the report show that the activity of the Court and of the Tribunal remained quantitatively high in 2001 and in large measure comparable to the results […]

The EP will meet in plenary session in Strasbourg from Monday 8th to Thursday 11 April 2002. The main points on the agenda are as follows: · Joint discussion on security and penal law; · Joint discussion on immigration, frontiers, asylum and visas; · Joint discussion on defence and armaments; · Declaration of the Council: […]

agenda" "

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Proposed decision of the Council concerning guidelines for the policies of member states in favour of employment for 2002 (OGEC 75E/1, 26/3/2002); · Proposed decision of the Council regarding the approval, in the name of the European […]

press review" "

The UN resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories, the intensification of the military operations in Bethlehem and Ramallah, the massacres committed by suicide-bombers: these are the most recent events in the tragic escalation of death and violence in the Middle East that continues to monopolize the attention of the international dailies. […]

ccee" "

The reflections and activities of the various European Episcopal Conferences in recent months have been linked by a connecting thread: challenged by the grave facts of 11 September and the Middle-Eastern conflict, the Episcopal Conferences have multiplied their efforts to develop ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and promote an authentiic reconciliation among peoples. We report below […]

academies" "

“Not only centres for research or for the promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge, the academies are currently called to lend their ear to society, to feel its pulse with the instruments at their disposal, working in synergy on a European scale”. So said the president of Italy’s scientific academy, the national Accademia dei Lincei, […]

Norway" "

A minority Church in a country where out of a population of 4,500,000 only 45,000 are Catholics. Yet it is an international and youthful Church due to the presence of faithful from some 80 countries throughout the world who have come to Norway as immigrants. A community open to constant dialogue with Christians, with the […]

France" "

In France, 2,335 adults were baptized during the Easter vigil this year: 9,205 catechumens against 8,945 in 2001. The figures are slightly but constantly increasing, year after year. “Today, the catechumenate is one of the jewels of the Church of France”, declares Msgr. Michel Dubost, bishop of Corbeil-Evry and president of the episcopal Commission for […]