REGOLE FERME AL 1929 " "

Libertà religiosa È il momento di voltare pagina” “

Una legge vecchia, risalente all’età fascista, più esattamente al 1929. È la normativa che contiene le disposizioni sull’esercizio dei "culti ammessi" nello Stato. Ma nell’Italia e nell’Europa del 2015, alle prese con società sempre più multi-religiose e multi-etniche, è arrivato il momento di dare una svolta decisiva ai lunghi dibattiti parlamentari e varare una nuova […]

di Maria Chiara Biagioni

LE CENERI CI RICORDANO

Non possiamo barare il peccato è dentro di noi

Implacabile il calendario. Immersi in mille faccende "ruit ora", scorre il tempo come sta scritto davanti a una statua maestosa nella scalea d’ingresso di un grande monastero benedettino, a Praglia, sui colli Euganei, nei pressi di Padova. L’affanno del nostro tempo, i minuti sempre contati, i giorni che paiono più corti delle già impegnative 24 […]

di Bruno Cescon

NEW CARDINALS

Ready to love “without limits”

The warm, friendly meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict, is an image that will be engraved in the memory of the consistory of February 14, when Bergoglio imposed the biretta, consigned the ring and assigned the title or diaconate church to 19 new cardinals in St. Peter’s. The twentieth new Cardinal, Jose de […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland

Slovakia: every day, Masses for life and the family Masses will be celebrated every day in all the dioceses in Slovakia during the entire course of 2015 in order to “spread the culture of life, bless and strengthen married couples and families.” Every month a different diocese will be responsible for the project. In January […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Austria, Portugal, Sweden

Austria: with YoungCaritas solidarity coffee and pie YoungCaritas, the youth association of Caritas Austria, renewed a set of charity activities and to ensure assistance and missionary needs in national dioceses during the winter and throughout Spring 2015, whilst prompting a natural way of involving people in acts of solidarity. Convivial meetings in cooperation with the […]

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JEWS IN EUROPE

“This is our home”

Fear shock rage but no surrender: European Jews feel under threat but they shall not give up. Europe is their home and they have no intention of leaving. However they call upon authorities to step up protective measures along with a stronger commitment in the fight on terrorism. The news is unfortunately alarming. In a […]

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SPAIN

Family, forgotten promises

The Family Policy Institute (FPI) launched a signature collection asking Spanish minister Mariano Rajoy to focus his election program on family and life-related issues. Over one thousand signatures were collected in the first twenty-four hours of the campaign. Now IPF hopes to collect 10 000 signatures in one week. The petition can be signed on […]

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ALBANIA

Corruption, struggle on the Internet

A new national platform for the fight against corruption: a few days ago the Albanian government presented the website www.stopkorrupsionit.al to “fight” corruption, asking for citizens’ cooperation. The portal contains 11 windows corresponding to 11 key areas that could cause corruption, ranging from justice to health, from education to police forces, from customs to taxes, […]

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EDITORIAL

If it’s war that deals with us

The Islamic State advances on Libyan territory. The violence is escalating: the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts it is a tragic, blatant evidence of it. The Libyan government and the Egyptian armed forces are trying to fight back while in Europe there are questions about what to do … while an international armed intervention has […]

di Stefano Costalli

NUOVI CARDINALI

Pronti ad amare “senza confini”

L’incontro, amichevole, caloroso, tra Papa Francesco e il pontefice emerito Benedetto, è una delle immagini che rimarranno scolpite nel ricordo del Concistoro del 14 febbraio, durante il quale Bergoglio ha imposto in San Pietro la berretta, consegnato l’anello e assegnati titoli e diaconie a 19 nuovi cardinali. Il ventesimo prescelto, il cardinale Pimiento, 96 anni, […]

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