MEDICINA NARRATIVA

Raccontare” “la propria malattia” “migliora la cura

Florence Nightingale, vissuta nell’Ottocento e considerata la fondatrice dell’assistenza infermieristica moderna, sosteneva che i pazienti soffrono spesso per cause diverse da quelle indicate nella loro cartella clinica, e se si tenesse conto di questo, molte di queste sofferenze potrebbero essere alleviate. Perché il paziente è una persona, non un caso da risolvere, e oltre alla […]

di Giovanna Pasqualin Traversa

PROVE DI RIAVVICINAMENTO

Le suore americane ascoltano… ma non indietreggiano

Il recente incontro a Roma fra le rappresentanti di un gruppo di suore americane, la Leadership Conference of Women Religious (Lcwr), e il cardinale Gerhard Müller, prefetto della Congregazione per la dottrina della fede, è solo l’ultimo passaggio di un dibattito le cui differenze di posizione sono spesso state messe in risalto dai media americani, […]

di da New York, Damiano Beltrami

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

CCEE, Spain” “

CCEE: forum on Catholic teaching “Christian formation and the spiritual accompaniment of Catholic teaching in schools” is the theme of the Congress to be held from May 15-18 in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, organized by CCEE (Council of European Bishops’ Conferences) and by CEEC (European Committee for Catholic teaching). It will be attended by some […]

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA" "

Vijecnica recovers its splendour

“Blazes raise to the sky, blazes raise in gloomy flames… Suddenly the night comes, a biting cold roughly pierces through the town thrills, like a living being, the library is burning, the handwritten and copied books…”. Perhaps there is no better time to listen again to “Cupe Vampe” (Gloomy Flames) a song by the Italian […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

France, Ukraine, Poland

France: The bishops invite Europeans to go to the polls An veritable information campaign to encourage European citizens to go to the polls on May 25 and take part in the building of Europe was launched by French bishops. “This vote is crucial- states a long document released by the French Bishops’ Conference titled ‘Europe […]

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STATE OF THE UNION

Seeking new avenues

Europe is torn between those advocating its break up and those supporting its development. It is the primary feature of the debates involving candidates running for the presidency of the European Commission such as those held in the framework of the meeting in Florence past May 9, highlighted on national press reports on the European […]

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GERMANY

Katholikentag, a time for the laity

The diocese of Regensburg (Ratisbona), Bavaria, is ready: over 20 thousand faithful from all over Germany will take part in the 99th Katholikentag, the “Day of German Catholics”. More than one hundred thousand people are expected to take part in the various events held on the occasion of the initiative that opens Wednesday 28 May […]

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EDITORIAL/2

Wojtyla, a true European ” “son of Polish land

In 1980, at the UNESCO seat, Saint John Paul II said: “I am the son of a Nation which has lived the greatest experience of history, which its neighbours have condemned to death several times, but which has survived and remained itself. It has kept its identity, and it has kept, in spite of partitions […]

di Piotr Mazurkiewicz - Sir Europe (Poland)

EDITORIAL/1

European elections ” “”Gray zones”

The European Parliament elections of May 22-25 are marked by well-defined features, along with open issues and some “gray zones”. It’s clear, for example, that 400 million voters, in one of the world’s most challenging tests in democracy (maybe second only to Indian elections), will elect 751 MEPs who will animate the European Parliament, an […]

di Gianni Borsa - Sir Europe (Brussels)

CHIESE IN BREVE

Francia, Ucraina, Polonia

Francia: i vescovi invitano al voto europeo Una vera e propria campagna d’informazione per incoraggiare i cittadini a non disertare le urne il 25 maggio e partecipare con il voto alla costruzione dell’Europa. A lanciarla sono i vescovi francesi. “Questo voto è determinante – si legge in un lungo documento diffuso dalla Conferenza episcopale francese […]

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