Marco Doldi - theologian (Italy)

EDITORIAL

"The path to the attainment of the common good and to peace is above all that of respect for human life in all its many aspects, beginning with its conception, through its development and up to its natural end". These words by Benedict XVI are contained in the message for the World Day of Peace […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Repubblica Ceca: un libro sulla Chiesa cattolicaLa Conferenza episcopale ceca, in collaborazione con la casa editrice “Karmelitánské Nakladatelství”, ha recentemente pubblicato un libro sulla Chiesa cattolica nella Repubblica Ceca che offre ai lettori informazioni aggiornate sulla vita della Chiesa nel Paese. “Questo opuscolo non intende convincere i lettori dei successi della Chiesa, ma dare testimonianza […]

EUROPEAN UNION

"The Internet has become an integral part of our society and economy. 80% of young Europeans communicate via social networks. But cyrbercrime increases at the same pace of our online communications". The EU Commission thus announced the creation of the European Centre for the fight against cybercrime (European Cybercrime Centre, code EC3), inaugurated on January […]

COMECE

The January issue of Europe Infos is mostly devoted to economic and fiscal issues, with the op-ed by Frank Turner and the news report by Jean Letitia Saldanha (CISDE) on FTT (Financial Transactions Tax). Anna Echterhoff reports on the Directive on the representativeness of women on Boards of major enterprises, while Fr. Alois Riedlsperger provides […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Portogallo: dialogo tra le parti socialiIllustrando le conclusioni del Consiglio permanente, riunitosi l’8 gennaio a Fatima, il portavoce della Conferenza episcopale portoghese (Cep) ha affermato che “considerate le gravi difficoltà nel creare consensi, l’attuale crisi economica e sociale del Paese esige un urgente rafforzamento del dialogo tra le parti sociali”. Mons. Manuel Morujão ha aggiunto […]

Più imprenditori per rilanciare la crescitaNuova “educazione” e “cultura” d’impresa; ambiente favorevole all’avvio di piccole e medie aziende; sostengo ad alcune categorie specifiche dalle quali possono emergere nuovi imprenditori. Si basa su queste tre direttrici la strategia proposta il 9 gennaio dalla Commissione Ue per “liberare le potenzialità imprenditoriali dell’Europa”, contribuendo a “ripristinare la crescita […]

FRANCIA

Le previsioni parlano addirittura di 500mila persone: domenica 13 gennaio, a Parigi, in tanti saranno a manifestare contro il progetto di legge, che dal 29 gennaio sarà dibattuto e votato dall’Assemblea nazionale, volto a introdurre in Francia il matrimonio fra persone dello stesso sesso con diritto all’adozione. A promuovere la manifestazione – conosciuta in Francia […]

More entrepreneurs to boost growth Ensuring entrepreneurial "education" and "culture"; creating an environment in which entrepreneurs can flourish and grow; promoting entrepreneurship in specific segments of the population are the key elements of the action plan presented January 9 by the EU Commission to "unleash Europe’s entrepreneurial potentials", thus contributing to "bringing back economic growth". […]

HOLY LAND

Since the Bishops of the Holy Land Co-ordination gathered in January 2012, the people in this region have lived through dark and dramatic events: conflict in Gaza and southern Israel; civil war in Syria, which has resulted in huge numbers of refugees pouring into other countries and putting on an enormous strain on their resources; […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: dialogue between social partners Illustrating the conclusions of the Permanent Council, convened on January 8 in Fatima, the spokesman for the Portuguese Bishops Conference (CEP) said that "given the serious difficulties in creating consensus, the current economic and social crisis in the country requires urgent strengthening of dialogue between social partners". Bishop Manuel Morujão […]