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CHIESE IN BREVE

Germania: superare il tabù della morteEliminare il tabù della morte: è quanto ha auspicato il 15 novembre mons. Robert Zollitsch, presidente della Conferenza episcopale tedesca (Dbk), valutando positivamente l’iniziativa dell’emittente tedesca Ard, che dedica la settimana dal 17 novembre alla “Vita con la morte”. “Abbiamo urgente necessità di confrontarci in maniera profonda con il tema […]

CROAZIA

Chi pensa che la Croazia entrerà ufficialmente a far parte dell’Unione europea solo il 1° luglio 2013 potrebbe rimanere sorpreso di come l’Europa sia, invece, già arrivata da queste parti. Ad esempio a Trogir, una cittadina a 28 chilometri da Spalato, si respira da tempo un’atmosfera internazionale. Questo perché l’amministrazione comunale ha siglato negli anni […]

EUROPA

“Se unita e determinata”, l’Europa “conterà anche solo per il suo peso demografico”; se invece “divisa ed esitante, essa non potrà, sui temi sensibili, che fare la politica dello struzzo”. Ne è convinto il gesuita Henri Madelin (Ocipe – Centre Sèvres). Nel suo intervento al Colloque annuel “Une crise chrétienne de l’Europe? L’urgence européenne”, promosso […]

COMECE

Tornare ad avere fiducia nell’Europa. È il messaggio lanciato il 21 novembre a Bruxelles dai relatori intervenuti alla tavola rotonda organizzata dalla Commissione delle Conferenze episcopali della Comunità europea (Comece) con il sostegno del ministro di Stato per gli Affari federali ed europei della Baviera, Emilia Müller. Nel corso dell’incontro dal titolo “Il Nobel per […]

END OF LIFE IN EUROPE

"The constitution of juridical frameworks on end of life treatment, the accent of palliative treatment, strengthening the expression of the will of the patient, preserving the prohibition of euthanasia": these are the contents of end of life legislation in Europe as in 2005 underlined by French jurist Yves Marie Doublet, during the joint Congress coordinated […]

EU COUNCIL

"You know when it starts, but you don’t know how and when it ends. "This joke was circulating in Brussels on the eve of the European Council called for November 22, aimed at reaching a political-prior to an accounting- decision on the Multiannual Financial Framework. But distant stands on 2014-2020 budget were confirmed between Member […]

EU PARLIAMENT

With a focus on the conflict in the Holy Land and on internal problems, which range from the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework to financial support to Greece, the plenary session of the European Parliament (November 19-22) was marked by "major events", but it also dealt with ordinary legislation and concrete issues such as […]

THE CHURCH AND EUROPE

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, (COMECE) promoted a debate in Brussels November 21, titled "The Current Challenges for the EU and the contribution of Christians". The prolusion, "The Nobel Prize for Peace: a wake-up for all citizens?" was delivered by COMECE president Cardinal Reinhard Marx.Hope and scepticism. Cardinal Marx carried […]

COMECE

Returning to have faith in Europe. The message was launched in Brussels on November 21st by the speakers at the round table organized by the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) with the support of the minister of State for Federal and European Affairs of Bavaria, Emilia Müller. During the meeting, titled […]

CROATIA

Those who are convinced that Croatia will officially join the EU only July 1st 2013 could be surprised by the fact that Europe is already here. In fact, in Trogir, a city 28 km away from Spalato, has been marked by an international atmosphere for a long time. This is because the municipal administration over […]