EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL" "

Europe’s Caritas in action

There once was a beautiful and kind Country, a sort of minor India, where all religions lived in peace, enlightened by the dreams of its people, poor but dignified, by the astonishing splendour of its Buddhist and Hindu temples, by its monuments, mountains, spectacular. Today in Nepal there are tears, corpses under the rubble or […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF" "

Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Denmark” “

Spain: CEE, the Church’s commitment for the Country On April 20-24 took place the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE). On Friday 24 the bishops travelled to Avila on the occasion of the fifth centenary of the birth of Saint Theresa de Jesús. The prolusion by the Archbishop of Valladoid, CEE President, Cardinal […]

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FINLAND" "

Uncertain future after the vote

Future Finnish premier Juha Sipilä, leader of Keskusta, announced a month’s time to develop the new government’s working programme and its formation. The outcomes of the polls, past April 19, reversed the political landscape. Centre party (Keskusta) won the elections (with 21.2%, 5.3% more compared to 2011) gaining 49 seats in Parliament out of a […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Violated and alleged rights

Migration in Europe and tragedies in the Mediterranean, humanitarian consequences of ISIS actions, mass surveillance and human rights, corruption, minors, transgender: these are the major themes addressed during the Spring plenary meeting of the spring Plenary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), held April 20-24 in Strasbourg. In the framework of the Belgian presidency […]

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SS. CIRYL AND METHODIUS

A “plural” yet united Church

  The multifaceted mosaic of languages, nationalities and traditions intertwined in the Balkans is reflected also in the life of the Catholic Church and in the respective ecclesial structures. The International Bishops’ Conference of the Saints Cyril and Methodius, that includes four Countries of ex-Yugoslavia and nine bishops with six different nationalities. How does this […]

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AHEAD OF THE SYNOD

Family and love, social “engines”

In Portuguese, his mother tongue, it is “Só o amor gera vida – Pessoa, Família e Sociedade”. Namely, “Only love generates life – the Human Person, the family and society”. It is the title of a weighty volume that brings together years of studies, experiences, encounters, first in Portugal and now on the European scene, […]

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EDITORIAL

Scotland and surveys: ” “London on a tightrope

Next May 7 England will go to the polls to renew its parliament and the surveys are driving mad the staff of outgoing Premier David Cameron, and Ed Miliband, his Labour opponent. According to electoral projections the two majority parties are at 33%, while for other surveys Cameron’s Conservatives should still manage to be the […]

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CHIESE IN BREVE

Spagna, Portogallo, Slovacchia, Danimarca

Spagna: Cee, l’impegno della Chiesa per il Paese Si è svolta, dal 20 al 24 aprile, l’Assemblea plenaria della Conferenza episcopale spagnola (Cee). Venerdì 24 i vescovi sono andati ad Ávila in occasione del quinto centenario della nascita di Santa Teresa de Jesús. Ad aprire i lavori è stata la prolusione dell’arcivescovo di Valladolid e […]

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TERREMOTO IN NEPAL

Si muovono le Caritas d’Europa

C’era un Paese bello e gentile, una sorta di India minore dove convivono pacificamente tutte le religioni, illuminata dai sorrisi del suo popolo, povero ma dignitoso, e dallo splendore stupefacente dei suoi templi buddisti e induisti, dei suoi monumenti, delle sue montagne e della natura spettacolare. Ora in Nepal ci sono lacrime, cadaveri sotto le […]

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FINLANDIA

Futuro incerto dopo il voto

Si è dato un mese di tempo il futuro premier finlandese Juha Sipilä, leader di Keskusta, per definire il programma di lavoro e la composizione del nuovo governo. Le urne, lo scorso 19 aprile, hanno ribaltato il panorama politico. Il Partito di centro (Keskusta) ha vinto le elezioni (21,2% delle preferenze, 5,3% in più rispetto […]

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