Patrick H. Daly - Comece (*)

EDITORIALE

Uno dei miei primi ricordi autunnali nella nativa Contea di Sligo, sulla frastagliata costa atlantica dell’Irlanda nord-occidentale, sono le rondini che si riunivano sui cavi elettrici fuori dalla nostra casa di famiglia. Stavano lì, a centinaia, per giorni e giorni. Improvvisamente, se ne andavano. Gli uccelli migratori, profeti dell’inverno nordico, quando tornavano, dopo sei mesi […]

UNITED KINGDOM" "

The formula is a “Sunday assembly”, a kind of “lay Mass” that enjoys a remarkable degree of popularity in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world. Its secret is to stir relations in a Country where some 50% of the population, according to a recent survey, suffers from loneliness. Sermons, chants and lectures. […]

ECONOMIA UE

In questi anni di crisi – almeno cinque ormai – le Previsioni economiche della Commissione di Bruxelles hanno abituato a toni molto prudenti. Le affermazioni che segnalano elementi positivi sono subito seguite da affermazioni dai toni interrogativi o negativi. Per cui, come accade per il documento previsionale diffuso il 5 novembre, si spiega che la […]

EDITORIAL" "

One of my earliest memories of autumn in my native Co. Sligo on the rugged Atlantic seaboard of Ireland’s north-west, was of the swallows congregating on the electric cables outside our family home. They were there, hundreds of them, for days on end. Suddenly, they were gone. Migratory birds, prophets of the northern winter, when […]

FRANCE" "

To accompany people along the most painful part of life: the loss of a dear one and organizing the funeral. It is a delicate task that requires skill, closeness, along with a great degree of maturity. The Catholic Church in France has decided to meet this task already a few years ago by establishing “Catholic […]

DENMARK" "

Denmark is among the countries that throw away the largest amounts of food (an average of 105 kilos a year for a family of four.) Over the past years a set of initiatives aimed at curbing this waste, such as the campaign Stop Wasting Food or the restaurant Rub&Stub, which opened in Copenhagen in September. […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF " "

Spain, catholic university students at the Pilar A few days ago two hundred university students from all over Spain undertook their first university pilgrimage to the Pilar, the so-called “Pilarada”, in Zaragoza. They walked for 18 km, the distance separating Sand Jorge University (Usj) from the cathedral-basilica of Pilar, where a Eucharistic celebration and a […]

REGNO UNITO

La formula è quella della “Sunday assembly”, una sorta di “messa laica” che sta avendo un certo successo nel Regno Unito e in tutto il mondo. Il segreto è la capacità di generare relazioni in un Paese e in una società dove ormai metà delle persone, secondo uno studio di questi giorni, soffre di solitudine. […]

BULGARIA" "

A few days ago the students manifesting their concerns and their indignation for the situation at national level occupied the University of Sofia, the most important College in Bulgaria. They occupied classes and corridors staying there day and night, obstructing regular didactic activity. The youths are calling for “a new ethical code” in politics, as […]

EU ECONOMY" "

During the years of the crisis – at least five since its onset – we have learnt that EU economic forecasts should be read with good judgment. Positive, hopeful statements are followed by question marks or negative tones. In fact the forecasts issued November 5 highlight that recovery is not around the corner, although a […]