Maria Rita Saulle" "professor of international law" "university of rome "la sapienza"" "" "" "

editorial" "

In an era bombarded from all sides by messages – not least those of the media – it is possible that some of them, even of exceptional importance, may tend to be smothered and disappear, superimposed by novelties that are not always equally constructive and significant. This is one of the reflections that occurred to […]

Three weeks since the beginning of the air strikes on Afghanistan, Europe is beginning to question the military strategy that the USA and Great Britain have adopted. The foreign ministers of the Fifteen met in Luxembourg on 29 October to review the international crisis. French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine recognized that the Europeans have given […]

“Globalization is an opportunity if we succeed in channelling the efforts aimed at a better world order, the protection of the environment and aid to the poor and the disadvantaged”, affirmed Michel Camdessus, former director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on recently presenting, in Brussels, the Report of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopal Conferences […]

European Union" "

A new chapter has been opened in the institutional promotion of Euro-African dialogue between the European Union and the five African countries responsible for promoting the action programme for the development of the entire continent: South Africa, Senegal, Algeria, Egypt and Zambia. The dialogue begun between the representatives of the EU and the African heads […]

“The go-ahead given by the authorities to the opening of this Christian bookshop at Adana, a city of two million inhabitants in eastern Turkey, is almost a miracle”. So says Baptist pastor Kaya Essen, who has followed the saga of the initiative ever since 1993. Following the devastating effects of the 1999 earthquake on the […]

An international delegation of the Christian Churches will visit the United States from 7 to 14 November. The initiative is being promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), representing 342 Christian churches (Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox) spread in more than 100 countries throughout the world. The delegation will visit the community of the Greek […]

ecumenism" "

No to the military intervention in Afghanistan of which “the objectives and above all the consequences are not yet known”. Yes to the international fight against terrorism, though it requires “extremely complex” methods of investigation and networks of intervention. But, first and foremost, giving the final go-ahead to the “creation of an international penal tribunal”. […]

The Austrian bishops will meet in Vienna from 6 to 8 November, under the presidency of Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, for their autumn assembly. According to the press agency of the Austrian Church, Kathpress, the main themes on the agenda are the “year of vocations” proclaimed for 2002, the major ecclesiastical “mitteleuropa” gathering planned for 2003 […]

The French Episcopal Conference will meet in plenary assembly at Lourdes from 4 to 10 November with two central themes on the agenda: marriage and catechesis. Msgr. Louis-Marie Billé, archbishop of Lyons and President of the Episcopal Conference over the last five years, has announced that he will present his resignation, a year before the […]

United Kingdom" "

Two popular festivities are annually celebrated, the one hard on the heels of the other, during these early days of November in Great Britain: Halloween and Guy Fawkes. The first is typically American, the second more traditionally British. Halloween is celebrated on 1st November, Guy Fawkes Day on 5 November. Both have by now become […]