DOPO IL TORNADO

“Vi staremo vicini” Parola di vescovo

"Staremo vicini alla gente dell’Oklahoma non solo in questi giorni di dolore ma anche nelle settimane e negli anni a venire, per tutto il tempo che servirà alla ricostruzione". Sono le parole di monsignor Paul S. Coakley, arcivescovo di Oklahoma City, all’indomani del violentissimo tornado che ha colpito la città statunitense e i suoi sobborghi, […]

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FRANCIA TURBATA

No alla violenza Sì alla vita. Sempre” “

Parigi sotto choc per il suicidio dello scrittore e storico Dominique Venner: si è sparato sull’altare della cattedrale di Notre-Dame per protestare in maniera estrema contro la legge sui matrimoni gay che, dopo il varo delle due Camere del Parlamento, venerdì scorso ha ricevuto anche il via libera del Consiglio Costituzionale. Il personale della cattedrale […]

di Maria Chiara Biagioni

CARITAS MEDITERRANEO

Immigrazione e asilo” “abbassare i toni

Non servono "allarmismi" né "toni accesi" in materia di sbarchi, immigrazione e diritto d’asilo. Occorre gestire il fenomeno con "senso di responsabilità", mettendo a punto un sistema "più strutturato", per evitare ogni volta di "ricominciare da zero" e trovarsi a dover gestire "l’emergenza". È l’invito che la presidente della Camera dei deputati Laura Boldrini ha […]

di dall'inviata Sir a Otranto, Patrizia Caiffa

CHURCHES IN BRIEF " " " "

Switzerland, Lithuania, Germany

Switzerland: 150th of the Bishops’ Conference Next June 2 in Einsiedeln we will jointly celebrate 150 years marking the foundation of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (CVS) and the internal Mission (IM). “Both bodies were established in 1863 to promote the life of the Church in Switzerland”, states a release by the bishops announcing the celebrations. […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia

Czech republic: Churches support rural areasA memorandum about the support of rural areas was signed on 18 May in Prague by the representatives of Churches and institutions dealing with the issues of regional development in the Czech republic. “The aim of activities in rural areas should be a liberation of their inhabitants from the feeling […]

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The EU in brief

EU Parliament, protecting women in the Balkans The European Parliament “Considers that women play an essential role in stabilisation and conflict resolution, which is crucial to reconciliation in the [Balkan] region as a whole”. The resolution equally “underlines the importance of access to justice for women victims of wartime crimes, in particular rape”. The resolution […]

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EU COUNCIL

Energy and taxes, leaders in conclave

Europe “will be born through concrete achievements which first of all create a de facto solidarity”: perhaps it is too much to refer to Robert Schuman, “father” of integration, and his Declaration of 9 May 1950, on the occasion of the European Council of 22 May. But the “cornerstone” of the process of European construction […]

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ONE OF US" " " "

Germany, open debate

Physician, a doctorate in human genetics at Bonn University, member of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK), president of the EPP working group on bioethics, Peter Liese is one of the German MEPs who openly supports the campaign “One of Us”. Besides the legislative process that may ensue, the ongoing mobilization and one million […]

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ITALY " " " "

No to medically-assisted suicide

“Europe is the land where Christianity flourished, generating a form of humanism enjoyed by the whole world. But unfortunately today we witness the determination to separate it from the vital lymph of the Gospel”, said cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, in the prolusion that opened the 65th General […]

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EDITORIAL" " " "

The world calls Europe into question

When speaking of the future of Europe sometimes we’re far too self-referential. However, it can be understood, given the amount of hanging problems, that leave two-lung Europe short of breath. It may be useful to extend our glance across European borders not only as relates to global markets that are closely monitored but also to […]

di Paolo Bustaffa - Sir Europe