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LA CRISI IN FRANCIA " "" "

La via del dialogo sociale tra tutte le parti coinvolte per uscire dalla crisi socio-economica che si sta abbattendo anche in Francia. È quanto propongono i vescovi d’oltralpe che alla recessione e ai piani di ristrutturazione, avviati dalle grandi aziende, hanno dedicato un documento presentato il 17 aprile a Parigi, durante l’assemblea plenaria. Negli ultimi […]

UCRAINA" "

La comunità religiosa dell’Ucraina si oppone alla "diffusione di un atteggiamento tollerante che si spinge fino all’approvazione dei rapporti sessuali fra persone dello stesso sesso, promosso con il pretesto della lotta a favore dei diritti umani e della democrazia". È la reazione della gerarchia delle Chiese e dei credenti ucraini nei confronti del progetto di […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Portogallo: nota pastorale dei vescoviLa Conferenza episcopale portoghese (Cep), riunita la scorsa settimana in Assemblea plenaria a Fatima, ha diffuso un documento intitolato "Promuovere il Rinnovamento della Pastorale della Chiesa in Portogallo", mediante il quale propone "una nuova mentalità nell’azione ecclesiale". "La nostra testimonianza deve essere credibile, e non apparire meramente strategica: deve essere umile, […]

IRELAND

Since December 2012 the works of the Convention on the Constitution, established by the Upper and Lower Chambers of Ireland, are in progress. The Convention is "a new venture in participative democracy", is explained on the website, in which 100 people, (66 citizens; 33 parliamentarians, and an independent president, Tom Arnold) are tasked with addressed […]

THE CRISIS IN FRANCE

In a document on the ongoing recession and business restructuring, presented during the French Bishops’ Plenary Assembly in Paris on April 17, the bishops highlighted the path of social dialogue as a way to recover from the social and economic crisis in France. Indeed, dark clouds are hovering over France, especially after large companies such […]

UKRAINE

The religious community of Ukraine objects to "the propagation of a tolerant and even approving attitude towards same-sex sexual relations, which is being done under the guise of fighting for human rights and democracy". This is the reaction of the hierarchy of the Churches and Ukrainian believers toward the government’s Bill No. 2342 from 19 […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: the bishops’ pastoral note During last week’s Plenary Assembly in Fatima, the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference (CEP) released a document titled "Promoting the Renovation of the Pastoral Care of the Church in Portugal", which proposes "a new mentality in ecclesial action". "Our witness should be credible, it shouldn’t appear merely strategic. It should be humble, […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Hungary: amendments to church lawThe Hungarian government submitted to parliament on Friday a proposal which would amend church laws so that any religious community could use the term "Church" in its operations, the state secretariat responsible for church affairs at the Human Resources Ministry reported. According to the news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda, minister Zoltan […]

EUROPEAN UNION

He’s a "rising star", and perhaps more, in European politics. Jyrki Katainen, Finnish, from Siilinjärvi, a town in the heart of the region of the lakes, leads Helsinki’s government since 2011 with a centre-right coalition. He’s 42, married, with two children, marathoner for passion. In politics since the beginning of the 1990s, national MP in […]

EDITORIAL

None of the smaller Countries has ever expected to take the lead of the European Union. That doesn’t mean that even a small Country wouldn’t be capable of guiding the Union in moral and concrete terms. A lot depends on the leaders available at that moment. Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourg), is an example of what can […]