ELEZIONI VICINE

Indonesia, i cattolici” “(minoranza del 3%)” “si preparano al voto

Il 2014 definirà il futuro, non solo politico, ma anche sociale ed economico, dell’Indonesia. Sono due gli appuntamenti elettorali: il 9 aprile le elezioni generali e il 9 luglio quelle presidenziali, con le quali saranno scelti il capo dello Stato e il suo vice. Gli appuntamenti elettorali cadono in un periodo estremamente difficile per il […]

di Umberto Siro

Venti anni fa fu ucciso

Una roccia per altare la messa di don Diana con i suoi scout

Venti anni fa, il 19 marzo 1994, veniva ucciso don Peppe Diana, mentre si accingeva a celebrare la messa nella parrocchia di San Nicola, alle 7.30, a Casal di Principe. Stamattina il vescovo di Aversa, monsignor Angelo Spinillo, alla stessa ora e in quella parrocchia, ha presieduto la messa che don Peppe non poté celebrare. […]

di Gigliola Alfaro

CAUSE CIVILI E COMMERCIALI

Seicento giorni? Giustizia decadente

Siamo abituati a considerarlo sotto il profilo politico. Perché in Italia tutto finisce in politica, in quella snervante contrapposizione che – da Tangentopoli in poi – ci ha logorato per decenni, intorno alle vicende giudiziarie di questo o quel personaggio, Berlusconi ovviamente in particolare. Invece il problema della giustizia, l’emergenza giustizia è una grande e […]

di Francesco Bonini

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany, Czech Republic, France

Germany, the Church and “missionary progress” The election of the archbishop of Munich-Freising Cardinal Reinhard Marx, as the new president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) was the event and probably the most anticipated result of the bishops’ recent spring assembly held in Münster from 10 to 13 March. The assembly was characterized by in-depth […]

di Redazione

UKRAINE AND CRIMEA

Ever more uncertain future

“Moscow panicked at the escalation of events in Ukraine, where the people overthrew a totalitarian regime”. The Kremlin “is afraid of a democratic, European and prosperous Ukraine. That’s the reason for its aggression”. Ukraine’s ad interim president Oleksandr Turchynov, gave his version on the developments in Eastern Europe, a region in the limelight of the […]

di Redazione

SERBIA

Vucic: votes and hope

For political analysts the electoral success of the Progressive Party (conservatives) that won over 50% of Parliament seats, shattering the opposition, is an excessively dangerous concentration of power. The Catholic Church warned that in the electoral campaign there was no mention of important values, nor of the theme of Serbia’s identity. The victory of the […]

di Redazione

TURKEY" "

Still on the borders of Europe

An ever more strategic country in terms of regional and international balances, with a foot inside and a foot outside Europe, Turkey is approaching the national elections of March 30 in a heated-up atmosphere after the Taskim revolt, the episodes of corruption, human rights violations. In the long-term, August presidential elections and the G20 presidency, […]

di Redazione

ICELAND" "

Catholics among glaciers

They are more than 11.500 and they represent 3.4% of 320thousand icelanders. It’s the highest rate of Catholics in Nordic countries. But the large majority are Polish migrants, followed by Filipinos. Lutherans in Iceland amount to 250 thousand, while very few people belong to other religious groups. Although a minority, the Catholic Church is very […]

di Redazione

POLAND

A People’s faith: history’s role

On March 12 the archbishop of Poznan, Monsignor Stanislaw Gadecki, was elected at the head of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The bishops, encouraged by the encounter with Pope Francis in the framework of the recent Ad Limina visitation, anticipate with the faithful the canonization of John Paul II scheduled for April 27, as well as […]

di Redazione

EDITORIAL

The point of non-return ” “has been crossed

It might seem obvious, but it’s worthwhile repeating it every now and then: the European Union isn’t a fully structured community from which a linear policy can be expected, as is the case of other great powers that can rely on a fully-defined history. Critics often overlook this aspect. It’s not the case of expecting […]

di Thomas Jansen - Sir Europe (Germany)