SCUOLA/BUONE PRATICHE

Famiglie più attente” “alla formazione” “professionalizzante

"Sono circa 150mila i giovani che frequentano i corsi di formazione professionale. Sono i giovani propensi ad apprendere dall’esperienza, che sentono di avere doti creative e abilità pratiche da coltivare per realizzare la loro vocazione professionale e umana. Il numero è cresciuto enormemente in questi ultimi anni, indicando con chiarezza un orientamento delle famiglie più […]

di Riccardo Benotti

ORRORE IN PAKISTAN

Ogni anno mille ragazze cristiane e indù stuprate da musulmani

Secondo un rapporto elaborato dal "Movimento per la solidarietà e la pace", coalizione di Ong, associazioni ed enti fra i quali la Commissione "giustizia e pace" dei vescovi pakistani, ogni anno circa mille ragazze delle minoranze religiose cristiane e indù vengono rapite, stuprate e costrette a nozze islamiche. Sette anni, cristiana, stuprata. Ha sette anni […]

di Umberto Sirio

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Spain, Belarus, Portugal

Spain: National diocesan Caritas meeting Episcopal delegates from the 70 diocesan Caritas members of Caritas Spain Confederation gathered in Madrid for their ninth National Meeting. “Parish Caritas and evangelization. The Christian community evangelizes in the exercise of charity” is the theme chosen for this year’s event. The panels, coordinated the Episcopal Delegate of Caritas Spain, […]

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The EU in Brief” “

Protecting children, online consultation In the European Union “one in four children live in poverty and are at the greatest risk of harm” (affection, security, health, education). “Children make up one quarter of new asylum seekers every year”; they represent 15% of identified victims of trafficking”. More than one million children live in institutional care […]

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UKRAINE/KHARKIV

Poverty and fear

The poor are increasing in Ukraine. The ad interim government that took the lead of the Country after the fall of the regime of Viktor Yanukovich in February found empty state coffer. The Country is facing burdensome budgetary recovery demanding austerity measures and sacrifices that weigh heavily on the population. The price of petrol has […]

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EU ELECTIONS

Europe, discussed of at last

Ninety minutes of hot debate opened Monday, April 28th, the series of meetings between the candidates in the running for the presidency of the European Commission. Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP), Martin Schulz (Socialists and Democrats), Guy Verhofstadt (Democrats and Liberals) and Ska Keller (Greens) met to discuss “a first for European politics”. The candidate of the […]

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BULGARIA

Coming to terms with the past

25 years have passed since the fall of Communism, but it still casts a dark shadow over some societies of Central and Eastern Europe, and notably in Bulgaria, one of the countries that was most loyal to the USSR, where the process of revision of the past began later compared to other countries that belonged […]

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TWO POPE SAINTS

A feast of faith

The fraternal embrace between Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI; an intense, heartfelt liturgical celebration; the prayers and the vibrant applause of the crowd: 800 thousand faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, arrived from all corners of Europe and world countries. It was the first time, in the Church’s 2000-year history, that two Popes […]

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EDITORIAL

Ever-fragile peace ” “and the lesson of Ukraine

“A united Europe was not achieved. And we had war”. It is one of the “shocking” statements contained in the renowned Schuman Declaration of May 9 1950, considered the cornerstone of European integration. The establishment of peace, of a long-lasting peace in Europe, was one of the main reasons underlying the commitment of the French […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand - France

CHIESE IN BREVE

Spagna, Bielorussia, Portogallo

Spagna: incontro nazionale Caritas diocesane Delegati episcopali provenienti dalle 70 Caritas diocesane che fanno parte della Confederazione Caritas spagnola si sono riuniti a Madrid in occasione del nono Incontro nazionale. “Caritas parrocchiali ed evangelizzazione. La comunità cristiana evangelizza nell’esercizio della carità” il tema scelto per questa edizione. Con il coordinamento del delegato episcopale di Caritas […]

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