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LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

First came Greek, his mother tongue. Then English, German, French and Italian, as well as Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Swedish, Bulgarian, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Serbian-Croatian, Jewish, Kurdish, Armenian, not to mention ancient languages, from Latin to Urdu, including Sanskrit, and the idioms of ancient Persia. The list could continue further, to include 32 languages. Such is […]

EUROPE AND SYNOD

The Synod fathers drew a positive balance of the Bishops’ Synod on the new evangelization that closed on Sunday October 28 with a solemn Mass in St. Peter’s Square. SIR Europe collected reflections and impressions of participants, providing an overview of the perspective on the proclamation of the Word of God in the Year of […]

SYNOD OF THE BISHOPS

Between 7th and 28th October 2012, the representatives of the Catholic Church from every corner of the world, under the leadership of Pope Benedict XVI, gathered in the city of Rome to discuss what new evangelization paths the Church could find for the transmission of the Christian faith. During these three weeks the Synodal Fathers […]

SYNOD MESSAGE

"There is no man or woman who, in his/her own life, would not find him/herself like the woman of Samaria beside a well with an empty bucket, with the hope of finding the fulfillment of the heart’s most profound desire, that which alone could give full meaning to existence". The final message of the Synod […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ukraine: protecting the rights of religious organizations The Committee for Realization of Rights of Religious Organizations of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CRRRO), headed by Deputy Prime Minister Raisa Bogatyriova, held its first session under the present Government on 22 October. The agenda of the meeting included questions regarding the newly passed alterations to […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia: Bishops against the law on registered partnershipsThe Council for the Family of the Bishops’ Conference of Slovakia has published a statement regarding the proposal of the Law about registered partnerships. The president of the Council, bishop Milan Chautur, criticizes that the proposal puts homosexual partnership on the same level as marriage with its privileges […]

EUROPEAN UNION

The recent confrontation that saw the opposition of the European Parliament and the EU Council (representing the 27 member governments) regarding the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the ECB, is not the first and will not be the last. However, the risk of a "summit clash" conceals interesting signs of innovation.Tug […]

MOLISE

Il Consiglio regionale del Molise ha approvato la proposta di legge sulla riduzione dei consiglieri regionali e degli assessori. “Disposizioni urgenti di adeguamento all’articolo 14 del decreto legge 13 agosto 2011, n.138, convertito con modificazioni, dalla legge 14 settembre 2011, n.148”: questo il titolo del provvedimento, con il quale è stato ridotto da trenta a […]

PUGLIA

È partita a ottobre la promozione del progetto “Sbam! (Sport, benessere, alimentazione, mobilità, scuola)”, un programma triennale per la corretta alimentazione e l’attività motoria che ha per destinatari intermedi le famiglie e i docenti e, per destinatari finali, i circa 12.500 alunni pugliesi di terza elementare. L’iniziativa rientra nel programma regionale “Educazione ai corretti stili […]

ELEZIONI IN SICILIA

In estrema sintesi le incognite delle elezioni siciliane erano due: quanto avrebbe ottenuto il Movimento 5 stelle e quanto avrebbe perso il Pdl. La risposta alle due domante è: parecchio. Non che il travaso sia stato automatico, ma il dato è chiarissimo. Il movimento di Grillo ha ora i consensi di un siciliano elettore su […]