MALTRATTAMENTI E ABUSI

Proteggere i bambini” “Anche in Italia” “è un’emergenza

"Sono quasi 100mila i bambini in Italia vittime di maltrattamenti e abusi, e più della metà sono femmine": è quanto emerge dalla prima indagine nazionale quali-quantitativa sul maltrattamento dei bambini ad opera di Cismai (Coordinamento italiano dei servizi contro il maltrattamento e l’abuso all’infanzia) e Terre des hommes, presentata il 17 settembre, a Roma. Alla […]

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PROFUGHI SIRIANI/1

Già nei campi libanesi” “comincia l’assistenza” “dei cristiani di Austria

La crisi internazionale in Siria e il continuo flusso di profughi e richiedenti asilo per cause umanitarie legato anche ad altri conflitti in corso, sottopongono alcuni Paesi europei a uno sforzo di notevoli dimensioni: di accoglienza, di gestione dell’emergenza medica e sociale. Il tutto con costi economici non trascurabili. L’Europa unita non ha ancora trovato […]

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PER NON DIMENTICARE/3

La “bufera dell’odio”” “non la ebbe vinta” “sui “ribelli per amore”

Sono beati e santi cattolici, decorati al valore militare e civile per la partecipazione alla Resistenza, inclusi in Israele fra i "giusti delle nazioni" per aver salvato ebrei. Parliamo di religiosi italiani. Vanno ricordati in questi settant’anni dalla caduta del fascismo il 25 luglio 1943 con il successivo armistizio dell’8 settembre, seguito dall’occupazione nazista del […]

di Angelo Paoluzi

CHURCHES IN BRIEF" "

Portugal, Spain, England-Wales

 Portugal: the bishops’ voice on employmentPortuguese bishops announced the presentation of a document regarding the labour market during their next plenary meeting, due to take place in Fatima November 11 to 14. The purpose of the document is to “analyse the situation of unemployment along with the serious economic crisis afflicting the Country”. At the […]

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POLAND" "

The first school of social life ” “

  The thirteenth international Conference on the Role of the Church in European integration, held Sept. 13-14 in Tomaszowice, near Krakow, Poland, focused on the role of the family. The meeting, promoted by Pontifical University John Paul II in Krakow, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Robert Schuman Foundation in Luxembourg, COMECE and MEPs, was attended by a large […]

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EDICT OF MILAN " "

To be free today” “

 Thousand of Catholics will meet in this part of Europe, at the intersection of the Eastern and Western worlds, in the hometown of emperor Constantine, Niš (Serbia), to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan. Thousands of pilgrims from Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy and Austria are expected to attend the […]

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CCEE" "

Living realities in the heart of Europe ” “

The latest issue of “Litterae communionis”, the periodical of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) with news and facts regarding the life of European Churches in recent months, features an editorial devoted to John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation “Ecclesia in Europa”. “Ours is a time of promises, and often also of illusions leading to […]

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''ONE OF US'' CAMPAIGN" "

Nearing Click day” “

 “The minimum target of one million signatures was reached last week: we collected over one million and fifty thousand, but our commitment goes on. We can’t stop now. Our next targets are: collecting many more than one million signatures and making sure that all 28 European countries reach a minimum number of endorsements”. Italian MEP […]

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ITALY" "

The family and the Country, growing together ” “

    “Courage, along this road with the families!” It is the greeting, full of enthusiasm and affection, addressed by Pope Francis at the end of the Angelus prayer of September 15 to some thirteen-hundred participants in the 47th Social Week in Turin, that opened with the Pope’s message and continued with the prolusion by cardinal Angelo […]

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EDITORIAL

Memory overcomes barriers

Eight months to go to the European elections of May 22-25 2014. Even though there have been – rather unsettling – signs hovering on the horizon (abstention-risk and ‘populist’ votes), the silence surrounding the upcoming deadline is understandable. But changes are in store after September 22, the scheduled date of Germany’s national elections. The political-cultural […]

di Paolo Bustaffa - Sir Europe