GIORNALI FISC

L’opinione del territorio

La situazione in Italia e nel mondo, la visita di Papa Francesco a Lampedusa, la Gmg di Rio de Janeiro, la morte di Margherita Hack… Sono alcuni degli argomenti di cui parlano gli editoriali dei settimanali diocesani aderenti alla Fisc (Federazione italiana settimanali cattolici) in uscita in questi giorni. Ne proponiamo una rassegna tra quelli […]

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L'INCHIESTA SULLE VIRTÙ

Il segreto di Van Thuân?” “Nella sua vita buona

È un pezzo di filo elettrico lungo qualche decina di centimetri e una croce intagliata nel legno, nascosta all’interno di un sapone, ad aver accompagnato per tredici lunghi anni di prigionia il cardinale vietnamita François-Xavier Van Thuân, di cui si conclude oggi l’inchiesta diocesana sulla vita, le virtù eroiche e la fama di santità. Ne […]

di Riccardo Benotti

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria

Sweden: "A more human immigration policy"The leaders of the member Churches of the Council of Churches in Sweden promoted on July 1st a manifesto "for a more human immigration policy". The document "marks the beginning of a process undertaken by the Churches in the areas of integration and migration, with a view to the national […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Polonia

Czech Republic: helping victims of floodsMore than 11 million CZK (440,000 EUR) has been collected by Caritas Czech republic (CCR) to help people affected by heavy floods that hit several regions of the country in April and May this year. "The aid provided by Caritas is for anyone in need, regardless of his or her […]

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ALBANIA AFTER THE VOTE

A dream come true

An unpredictable situation: the political elections of June 23 in Albania took place with unexpected results, which restore prospects of governability in the country. The scrutiny ended the evening of June 26. It never happened in such a short amount of time. All political forces – except for nationalists – have accepted the outcomes of […]

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EU PRESIDENCY

Lithuania, contagious confidence

It is the turn of Lithuania to take the lead of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. On July 1st the Baltic republic assumed the six-month presidency after Ireland. Although Lithuania is not a Euro zone member country and although it has been direly hit by the economic crisis, "it’s one of the […]

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EU PARLIAMENT

Ok to the budget, in spite of everything else

Focus on internal problems and international events. The plenary meeting of the European Parliament, held July 1-4, focused on the outcomes of the latest European Council and the multi-annual budget. MEPs welcomed their Croatian colleagues, they confronted the Lithuanian presidency-in-office of the Council, addressed the question of the respect of fundamental rights of the Union […]

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SCANDINAVIA

Faith in the Far North

The Catholic Church of Scandinavia has an unusual face. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland are the five nations that represent the Bishops’ Conference of Nordic Countries. Seven bishops are delegates to the plenary of the Conference. Four of them are "migrant" bishops. These are: Msgr. Burcher in Rejkiavick, Swiss national, the bishop of Tromso, […]

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EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

Provided that people return to be sovereign

To restore the central role of Politics, with a capital "P": in times of economic and social crisis, marked by citizens’ detachment from the public sphere and by the backwardness of democratic processes once guided by political parties, Strasbourg announced a strong, countertrend initiative. In fact, on July 4 the plenary session of the European […]

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CHIESE IN BREVE

Svezia, Germania, Lussemburgo, Austria

Svezia: “Politica immigratoria più umana”I responsabili delle Chiese che fanno parte del Consiglio delle Chiese in Svezia hanno lanciato il 1° luglio, un manifesto “per una politica immigratoria più umana”. La pubblicazione di questo testo “segna l’inizio di un percorso che le chiese faranno sui temi dell’integrazione e dell’immigrazione, in vista delle elezioni parlamentari in […]

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