Redazione

UE E NORDAFRICA

“L’obiettivo del mio intervento è quello di offrire alcune riflessioni a seguito dei recenti eventi drammatici che si sono svolti nel mondo arabo, in particolare nel contesto di un nuovo slancio dell’Islam sia in questi Paesi che in Europa”. Con queste parole padre Joseph Ellul ha aperto la sua relazione nel corso dei lavori annuali […]

EDITORIAL

Faith and religious communities in Europe: a theme that is frequently given major relevance in public discourse and which is also at the centre of political, cultural and ecclesial debate. "Political" Europe (at national and continental level) and religious communities (whose majority still is Christian, with increasing numbers of faithful from other religions) are engaged […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Ccee: plenaria vescovi su “le sfide del nostro tempo”“Le sfide del nostro tempo: aspetti sociali e spirituali” sarà il tema centrale dell’annuale plenaria dei presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali in Europa che si svolgerà a San Gallo (Svizzera) dal 27 al 30 settembre. L’introduzione all’incontro sarà affidata a tre relatori, che affronteranno la questione da altrettante […]

SVIZZERA

Il panorama religioso della Svizzera è sottoposto ad un profondo processo di trasformazione, che si ripercuote a diversi livelli della società. Principali tendenze sono il crescente pluralismo e individualismo nelle credenze e nelle pratiche religiose, la secolarizzazione, cioè la perdita di rilevanza della religione per la vita personale e per la società e l’apparire di […]

UKRAINE

Year 2012 has been proclaimed the Year of Laity by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). It also became the main topic of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, held on 9-15 September in Winnipeg. Canada was chosen as a place of the meeting intentionally, to mark the 100th anniversary of arrival of the […]

SURVEY OF IDEAS

"By continuing the reform process, Europe and the euro currency can emerge stronger from the crisis and assume an important role in a renewed world", wrote Jean-Dominique Giuliani, president of the Robert-Schuman Foundation, in an article published by the Catholic weekly "L’aurore du bourbonnais" on September 14. Giuliani analyzed "previous recipes, concerns and games" that […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

France: the bishops’ ad Limina visit to the Pope The family, "the foundation of social life", is "threatened in many places by wrong conceptions of human nature. Protecting life and the family in society is not retrograde, but rather prophetic, because it means promoting the values that allow the full development of the human person, […]

Citizens’ initiative "One of us": online information The website www.oneofus.eu is coordinated by the promoters of the citizens’ initiative ‘One of us’, aimed at extending "juridical protection of the dignity, the right to life and of the integrity of every human being from conception in the areas of EU competence in which such protection is of […]

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland’s religious landscape is undergoing a profound transformation process, which impacts society at various levels. Increasing pluralism and individualism in religious practice and belief; secularization, namely, religion’s loss of relevance at individual and societal level along with the emergence of new religious traditions (resulting from migration and disseminated by the media) are the country’s prevailing […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

CCEE: bishops’ plenary on the "challenges of our times" "The challenges of our time: social and spiritual aspects" will be the central theme of the annual Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences. The topic will be introduced through three interventions which will take the theme in different ways: These interventions have been […]