Redazione

ISRAELE

Netanyahu vince ma perde: si potrebbero sintetizzare così i risultati del voto di ieri, in Israele, che ha visto un’affluenza del 66,6%, la più alta delle due precedenti tornate elettorali del 2006 e 2009. Un voto anticipato, voluto dal premier Netanyahu, guida del partito di destra Likud, che per l’occasione si era alleato con Yisrael […]

CRISI SOCIALE

Otto milioni di italiani fanno fatica a campare; quasi la metà di questi non ce la fa proprio e ha bisogno di una mano. I numeri snocciolati dall’Istat non potranno essere ignorati da nessuna forza politica che chiederà il voto per governare un Paese che si sta impoverendo. Non ci sono vaste bidonville, qui; non […]

SHOAH

Un cippo, un monumento, una lapide e chissà quant’altri segni o simboli possono rievocare un evento del passato e riproporlo a chi li osserva, suscitando così emozioni, sentimenti, pensieri.Viene, in modo diverso, sollecitata la nostra memoria perché non si perda un frammento del passato, peraltro importante per il presente.Nulla si dovrebbe perdere, forse soltanto smarrire […]

EBREI-CATTOLICI

La lettura della Bibbia è "fondamentale" non solo per il dialogo tra ebrei e cristiani ma per dare all’Italia di oggi "un faro di riferimento". Lo afferma il Rav. Giuseppe Laras, presidente del Tribunale rabbinico del Centro-Nord Italia, a poche ore dalla "lectio magistralis" che terrà oggi a Milano insieme con l’arcivescovo Angelo Scola su […]

EDITORIAL

The Elysée Treaty that sealed German-French reconciliation, signed on January 22 1963, celebrates its 50th anniversary. Follows the integral version of the joint statement released on Friday, January 18, by the German and French Bishops’ Confereces.The statement is signed by Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, President of the French Bishops’ Conference, and by Msgr. […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: the family, a "faith community" The German Catholic Church celebrated Family Sunday yesterday. The event was launched in Germany back in 1976 to raise the awareness of the Church and society about the roles and purposes of marriage and the family. This year, the event focussed on the family as a place of faith. […]

CHRISTIAN UNITY

On January 22 the Bulgarian Embassy to the Holy See promoted the screening of "My Ministry", the autobiographic film on Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Maxim, in the seat of the Vatican Radio. The event falls within the framework of activities for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Patriarch Maxim passed away in 2012 at 98 […]

GERMANY

"The growing number of adults who ask to be baptized and the ensuing need to guide them in their progress towards Christian faith and the Catholic Church fifteen years ago have led German dioceses to set up pastoral centres, called "Catholic religious Guidance" or "Information on Catholic religion". The centres have brought together the traditional […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The stakes are high: no less than 340 billion euro for seven years in support of farming, rural enterprises, activity and employment, and rearing. Not to mention the protection of the land, woods and forests, rural landscapes … The Common Agricultural Policy is the first fully communitarized sector at European level. It is now subject […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Kosovo: no violence and intolerance"We firmly denounce any kind of violence or intolerance, asking both parties to put an end to extremism". Father Lush Gjergji, Vicar General of the Apostolic Administration of Prizren speaks to SIR Europe from Pristina, after the tensions involving the city of Mitrovica and several municipalities in Kosovo, where a few Orthodox […]