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ECONOMY

In the coming years 90% of the world demand will have come from outside the EU. A fundamental priority, according to the European Commission is “to create market opportunities for European companies negotiating new free trade agreements with the main world countries”. If all the ongoing Free Trade negotiations were completed – the Commission argues […]

VLADIMIR GHIKA

“In the martyr shines the face of the true human being: in the executioner lies the  disfigured face of the sinner”. The words of cardinal Angelo Amato, pronounced in the homily of the Mass celebrated August 31st in Bucharest, invite us to gaze at the large portraits of Blessed Beato Vladimir Ghika, showcased in a […]

ONE OF US

In Germany signatures are being collected for One of Us, while the country’s federal elections are upcoming. The European citizens’ initiative for the protection of life in all fields of action of the European Union is supported by a large number of movements and associations. Nonetheless, the national quorum has not been reached yet. The […]

EDITORIAL

Fifty years ago, precisely on September 4 1963, Robert Schuman, the founding father of the European Community, died. In his capacities as French Minister for Foreign Affairs five years after the end of World War II, he had the courage and the far-sightedness to provide a joint reconciliation plan for a future of peace with […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia/Czech republic/Poland: pilgrimage of three nationsThe faithful from three neighbouring countries – Slovakia, Czech republic and Poland met at the boundary on 24 August to participate at the holy mass celebrating good relations and mutual cooperation of their inhabitants. 1500 pilgrims were led by three bishops – Mons. Tomás Galis from Zilina (Slovakia), Mons. Frantisek […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Slovacchia/Rep.Ceca/Polonia: radici comuniI fedeli di tre Paesi confinanti – Slovacchia, Repubblica Ceca e Polonia – si sono incontrati sul confine, il 24 agosto, per partecipare a una messa che celebrava le buone relazioni e la cooperazione reciproca fra gli abitanti. I 1.500 pellegrini erano guidati da tre vescovi – mons. Tomás Galis di Zilina (Slovacchia), […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: an invitation to vote from Msgr. Zollitsch (DBK) The president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) Msgr. Robert Zollitsch, called upon the faithful to go to the polls in the Bundestag elections scheduled for September 22. On September 2, during the traditional annual St. Michael-Jahresempfang ceremony, organized by the Katholisches Büro in Berlin, the […]

CCEE

A small wooden cross with a child on it with open arms and a smiling face: “you must always smile, even when you’re suffering”. This is the gift and the message that Vasile, 11, an orphan child from the Moldovan Republic, will hand over on September 4 to Pope Francis on behalf of all the […]

LA CAMPAGNA ''UNO DI NOI''

A meno di venti giorni dal "Clic day" del 22 settembre e a due mesi dalla "dead line" del primo novembre, ultimo giorno utile per la raccolta delle firme, la petizione europea "One of Use" (Uno di noi) è arrivata al rush finale. Sono 969.453, infatti, le firme finora raccolte dai 28 Paesi membri dell’Unione […]

PROVE DI RIPRESA

Che "industriali" e "lavoratori" si trovino dalla stessa parte della barricata e non su fronti contrapposti a farsi una sterile guerra in tempi di economia stagnante, è indubbiamente una buona notizia. Confindustria e sindacati confederali hanno infatti siglato un documento comune che, di per sé, segnala la volontà di combattere assieme la crisi. Lascia qualche […]