Redazione

PARLAMENTO UE

L’Unione europea è alla ricerca di risposte praticabili ed efficaci per superare la crisi che attanaglia il vecchio continente da quasi cinque anni. Il Consiglio europeo della scorsa settimana ha confermato alcune linee di azione (creazione della vigilanza unica bancaria, rafforzamento dell’unione economica e monetaria, controllo dei debiti nazionali, interventi per la crescita e l’occupazione), […]

EDITORIAL

"L’Europe n’a pas été faite, nous avons eu la guerre" (Europe wasn’t made. There has been a war). This is written in the famous Schuman Declaration of May 9 1950, which paves the way to a new Europe. That act founded the EU process, proposing to Countries that had just emerged from a tragic war […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Germania: istruzione ed equità di opportunitàMaggiore equità nelle opportunità: è l’auspicio del card. Reinhard Marx, arcivescovo di Monaco e Frisinga, sulla crescente divisione tra poveri e ricchi. “La carriera scolastica, le opportunità del mercato del lavoro e lo stato sociale dipendono spesso dall’origine sociale”, ha affermato il 17 ottobre l’arcivescovo a Berlino durante un convegno […]

UCRAINA

Il 15 ottobre, a Lviv, l’Istituto religione e società dell’Università cattolica ucraina ha organizzato una tavola rotonda su “Chiesa ed elezioni” con la partecipazione di rappresentanti delle organizzazioni pubbliche e delle istituzioni ecclesiali. L’evento si è tenuto in vista delle prossime elezioni parlamentari in Ucraina, in programma per il 28 ottobre. I partecipanti hanno discusso […]

EUROPE AND SYNOD

"The new evangelization isn’t only a temporary program. It’s a way of looking at the Church’s future". The statement, contained in the Relatio post disceptationem, has been the leitmotif of the reflections in the workshops collected by the speakers in the reports presented on October 19. Follow some of the reflections emerged in the documents […]

EUROPEAN COUNCIL

"This was a positive summit. After the agreements on banking union it is another step in the direction of economic and monetary union (EMU)". "We have examined the possible measures for growth and jobs. A lot remains to be done. The situation is still reason for concern, we need to act to give faith to […]

EU PARLIAMENT

The European Union is seeking viable and effective answers to overcome the crisis that has been holding the Old continent in its grips for the past five years. Last week’s European Council confirmed a set of lines of action (creation of single banking supervision, stepping up monetary and banking union, control of national debt, intervention […]

AUSTRIA

"72 hours without compromises" ("72 Stunden ohne Kompromiss") is the title of a successful campaign organized by the Austrian Catholic Youth and by the Caritas youth in the Country. Since Saturday, October 17, starting at 4.00 p.m. more than 5,000 young people have taken part in the initiative with the creation of 400 social projects […]

USA-EUROPE

In the US electoral campaign Europe has recurrently been mentioned, often in negative terms. The European Union and some of its Member states are taken as negative examples by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, as the result of the failure of "state policies". In order to understand what would change in transatlantic relations if Romney won […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: education and equal opportunitiesMore equality in opportunities: it is the hope of cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, underlining the growing gap dividing the rich and the poor. "School career, market and job opportunities often depend on social background", said on October 17 the archbishop of Berlin, during a conference promoted by […]