VERSO IL 10 MAGGIO

”Sprovincializzarsi per apprezzare la scuola paritaria”

"Se uno Stato dimentica l’importanza decisiva della scuola, rischia di non preparare il futuro della stessa società". Parte da questa affermazione monsignor Gianni Ambrosio, presidente della Commissione episcopale per l’educazione, la scuola e l’università, nella sua analisi sui passaggi della prolusione del cardinale Angelo Bagnasco al Consiglio permanente, dedicati alla questione dell’educazione. Inevitabile anche un […]

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LOMBARDIA

Curarsi è un diritto

I bambini stranieri fino ai 14 anni di età, anche se figli di genitori presenti in Italia senza permesso, hanno finalmente diritto all’assistenza sanitaria in Lombardia. Lo stabilisce una circolare diramata il 21 gennaio scorso dalla Direzione generale regionale della Salute, in attuazione di una decisione presa dalla Giunta a fine 2013. In via sperimentale, […]

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Spiritualità

Beatificazione a Napoli: la “Reginella santa”

Una “Reginella santa” che mette d’accordo notabili e persone semplici. Sabato 25 gennaio alla beatificazione di Maria Cristina di Savoia, sposa di Ferdinando II di Borbone, morta a 23 anni il 31 gennaio 1836 dopo aver dato alla luce il figlio Francesco tanto desiderato dopo 3 anni di matrimonio, a gremire la basilica di Santa […]

di Gigliola Alfaro

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany, Belgium, Spain/Poland” “

Germany: protection of life, hospice and palliative treatment “The life of every individual must be protected at all costs”: it is the warning of the permanent Council of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), that convened January 27 in Würzburg, Bavaria. The bishops addressed a set of themes that include, inter alia, the ongoing debate on […]

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TOWARDS MAY ELECTIONS/1

Populist winds, questions to the EU” “

Populism marches in the direction of the European Parliament. May’s 22-25 elections on the new Assembly in Strasbourg may deliver unexpected results. At a time when the EU gets a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel, after six years of severe economic downturn, the movements announcing their “no” to politics, to […]

di Gianni Borsa - Sir Europe (Brussels)

BULGARIA

The Country is ageing ” “

The number of Bulgarian citizens is decreasing. Fewer children are being born, young people leave the country or move to the city; thereby depopulating small towns and hamlets. Worrying trends emerge from a report presented by the Centre for demographic policies. Such trends lay the grounds for future inequalities and call into question the economic […]

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EU

Languages and dishes for Europe” “

How many times have we wished we could do two things at the same time? Countless men or women must have wished to combine cooking and household work, or cooking and looking after their child at the same time, or baking a cake while learning a foreign language. This is precisely the idea launched by […]

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SLOVAKIA

Caritas, results and new horizons ” “

Humanitarian and development aid provided abroad in total amount almost 700,000 EUR, domestic charitable services in over 200 social, healthcare and educational institutions, engagement in the fight against unjust financing of social services – all this represents a part of the last year’s balance of Caritas Slovakia. Danka Jaceèková has interviewed Radovan Gumulák, general secretary […]

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ITALY

Choosing the culture of “us” ” “

To say “a word of closeness” that may help the growth of the “good and silent forest” that is “simple and humble faith”, so that it “may make more noise than trees falling”. It is the choice of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, who in the opening address to the Permanent Council of the Italian bishops, held […]

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EDITORIAL

Ukraine, three possible scenarios

The crisis in Ukraine is at a crossroads. Demonstrations in Kiev against President Yanukovych have been ongoing for the past two months and now violence has erupted on the streets of the capital. To the many arrests occurred over the past weeks must be added hundreds of casualties and at least five deaths among the […]

di Stefano Costalli - Sir Europe