SCENARIO/UNO

Il gigante Brasile deve vincere la sua sfida sociale

Per gli amanti del calcio il 2014 sarà ricordato come l’anno della "Copa do mundo" in Brasile, della prima vittoria di una squadra europea – la Germania – in America Latina, della pessima figura dell’Italia e della Spagna, delle bellissime spiagge tropicali di Rio, Cobacana, Ipanema, con il Cristo Redentore che guarda la stupefacente bellezza […]

di Patrizia Caiffa

SCENARIO/DUE

Il Califfato prova a modellarsi come realtà politica

Era il 29 giugno quando l’Isis, Stato islamico dell’Iraq e della Grande Siria, proclamava la restaurazione del Califfato islamico, con Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi come califfo. "Un sogno che vive nelle profondità di ogni credente musulmano", come annunciato dal suo portavoce, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami, che diventava realtà. Criticato da numerosi studiosi musulmani come anche da […]

di Daniele Rocchi

LITHUANIA

Euros in wallets

Euroland will grow larger after January 1, 2015, when another European country will be a member of the monetary union. It’s the turn of Lithuania, the third Baltic State to adopt the euro. Of the group of ten countries that joined the EU with Lithuania in 2004, with the great enlargement of the EU borders, […]

di Redazione

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Switzerland, France, Portugal

Switzerland: “Combating poverty and not the poor”  “In a country that has more millionaires than welfare recipients, it is unacceptable that the poor bear the burden of a fallacious tax policy. The absurd tax competition between Swiss Cantons and municipalities aimed at attracting super-rich taxpayers negatively impacts the competition to fend off welfare recipients.” The […]

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TAIZÈ COMMUNITY

Prague looks forward to the arrival of European youths

Tens of thousands of young people from all over Europe are expected in Prague December 29 to attend the 37th European meeting organized by the Taizé Community, ongoing until January 2. The event takes place on the invitation of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic and the Czech Bishops’ Conference. The program […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Spain, Czech Republic, Belarus

Spain: message for the Day of the holy family “The joy of the Gospel of the family” is the title of the message of the Spanish bishops, members of the Episcopal Sub-Committee for the family and the defence of life, ahead of the Day of the Holy Family, to be celebrated on December 28th. The […]

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GERMANY

Integration: Pegida’s lies

Dresden, a noble city, city of culture, a martyr-city of World War II, pulverised in 1945 by British Lancaster bombers that caused tens of thousands of deaths. Dresden capital of Saxony, the symbol of German reunification, today witnesses with concern, shared by a large part of the German population, the harsh demonstrations promoted by Pegida […]

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POLAND

Warsaw, children towards Christmas

It’s an ordinary day in December, at six in the morning. It’s still dark. Fortunately, it’s not biting cold: just three degrees below zero; a few flakes of snow are visible under the light of street lamps in the fog, scarcely illuminating the wet sidewalk. Approaching the church of Saint Andrew Bobola, in one of […]

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EDITORIAL

Under the same sky… The Europe to come

“We live under the same sky, but we don’t share the same horizon.” The concerned thought of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dates back to the beginnings of the common European path and it gains topical relevance, while the ongoing crisis accompanies the transition from one year to the next. Often an image encompasses and expresses […]

di Paolo Bustaffa

IN RISPOSTA ALLA LETTERA

Dal Medio Oriente” “il grazie a Francesco” “per la vicinanza

"Siete un piccolo gregge, ma con una grande responsabilità nella terra dove è nato e si è diffuso il cristianesimo. Siete come il lievito nella massa… La ricchezza maggiore per la Regione sono i cristiani, siete voi. Tutta la Chiesa vi è vicina e vi sostiene. La vostra testimonianza mi fa tanto bene. Grazie! Spero […]

di Daniele Rocchi