FENOMENO ANCORA LIMITATO

Chiese dismesse?” “Gli italiani hanno” “una memoria buona

Fa un certo effetto sapere che una chiesa, magari costruita due o tre secoli fa, è divenuta sala per conferenze, un’altra teatro, una terza museo, una quarta galleria d’arte, una quinta biblioteca. Il fenomeno non è nuovo e, per fortuna, in Italia non è massiccio. Ma va, comunque indagato. Riguarda per lo più luoghi di […]

di Luigi Crimella

SERBIA BEYOND THE FLOOD

Catholics and Orthodox are closer ” “

In the Balkans, 2014 will also be remembered for the tragic floods that have hit different countries, especially Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: unprecedented natural disasters in terms of the violent, serious outcomes, with dozens of victims, entire villages and rural areas under water, thousands of uninhabitable homes, interrupted transport… Yet, months since the “tragic spring”eyewitness accounts […]

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SPAIN

Sharp cut in religious education” “

A new attack on the teaching of religion in Andalusia, Spain: the Technical Secretariat on Education of the bishops of southern Spain denounced the Andalusian government’s intention to cut the current teaching hours of Catholic religion in schools and its proposal of social values. In fact, the administration of the Government of Andalusia drew up […]

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EUROPEAN YOUTHS IN PRAGUE

The small seeds of Taizè” “

“Our purpose is not success. But at a time when the world is marked by tensions, many European youths wish to be harbingers of hope in the places where they live. Meeting such as the one in Prague are not an end in itself, in fact they support young people in this deep aspiration”. It […]

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THE AGENDA OF THE POPE

Tight schedule for Francis

A year rich in events: 2015 has just begun, the third of the Pontificate of Pope Francis, and a long list of commitments, including travel, the Concistory to create new cardinals, the Ordinary Synod on the Family – that will complement the work of the extraordinary Synod, held last October – are already on the […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

COMECE, Sweden, England and Wales

COMECE: Europeinfos on nuclear disarmament and climate 2015 might be propitious “for action concerning nuclear disarmament”: it is one of the themes on which European bishops raise public attention in the latest issue of Europeinfos, monthly magazine of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), now online. With the Review Conference […]

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ITALY

“Thinking out of the box”

“Corruption is a problem that grows in all democracies, especially in those with strong social imbalances. Not to mention totalitarian systems, where the phenomenon is prevalent. What does this situation show? A deficiency in control but mostly, ultimately, a deficit in personal responsibility. In Italy there are historical reasons that fuel an anti-State mindset according […]

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AFTER THE ATTACK" "

United Europe against terror

“The strongest condemnation for the horrific attack that marred the city of Paris”, “sowing death, throwing into dismay the whole of French society, deeply disturbing all peace-loving people”, well beyond the borders of France. These were the first words of Pope Francis, on January 7, upon the news of the attack on the offices of […]

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EDITORIAL

Vilnius and Athens ” “divided by the euro

Along the streets of Vilnius many are enthused over the entry, from January 1, of their country in the eurozone, but two thousand kilometers further south, in Athens, many citizens are looking forward to the general election of January 25 to cast their votes for the radical left party Syriza which, in case of victory, […]

di Gianni Borsa, Sir Europe (Brussels)

CHIESE IN BREVE" "

Comece, Svezia, Inghilterra e Galles, Spagna” “

Comece: Europeinfos su disarmo nucleare e clima Il 2015 come anno propizio per “intervenire nell’ambito del disarmo nucleare”: questo è uno dei temi che con il nuovo numero di Europeinfos, mensile della Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità europea (Comece), ora on line, i vescovi europei pongono all’attenzione dell’opinione pubblica. Con la Conferenza d’esame del trattato […]

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