CHIAMATELA RECESSIONE

In affanno anche il low cost

Se c’è un nome che, più di altri, negli ultimi anni ha rappresentato per gli italiani il paradigma stesso del prodotto a basso costo, ebbene questo è Ikea. E certo non fa sorridere nessuno – estimatori o meno dei mobili svedesi – la notizia che pure il tempio del low cost ha registrato un calo […]

di Nicola Salvagnin

NORDIC COUNTRIES

The challenge of communication

The Bishops’ Conferences of Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland) concluded on March 20 their spring plenary meeting. The bishops were hosted by Cistercian monks in their convent in Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna.The bishops’ gratitude. In a statement to the press, released at the end of the meeting (March 15-20), the bishops made known […]

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FRANCE

Hands off the embryo

Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, president of the French Bishops’ Conference, took action in first person. On March 28 the debate on the bill – adopted by the Senate in December – that authorizes research on the embryo and on embryo stem cells was discussed in the National Assembly. The final vote of the […]

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AUSTRIA

Love and conscience

"I can assure you that our marriage was one of the happiest in our parish and many people envied us, but our good Lord took different decisions and broke our bond. I will rejoice in the heavens, where no wars will ever separate us". These words were written by Franziska Jägerstätter on September 5 1943 […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus

Slovakia: president visited cardinal KorecPresident of Slovak republic, Ivan Gasparovic, paid a visit to cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, bishop emeritus of Nitra. They spoke about cooperation between the state and Churches for the good of inhabitants of the country, as well as about changes in Vatican where president Gasparovic met with pope emeritus Benedict XVI […]

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Christian identity in Europe

About 70 pastoral theologians from 14 European countries (Belgium, Croatia, Czech republic, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine) participated at the international symposium held in Prague on 19-22 March under the title "Christian Identity in Europe". The event – first of its kind – was organized by the Conference […]

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EUROPE

Less welfare, families at risk

"The social crisis in Europe keeps worsening and in a number of Member States there is no tangible improvement in sight, while the poorest people have very often been the hardest-hit". commented László Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, on the latest Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review published on March […]

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ONE OF US

Signatures fall across Europe

Make way to imagination. The action undertaken across Europe for the citizens’ initiative "One of us" promoted varied and often original forms of signature-collection to endorse the proposal for the protection of the human embryo in all EU policies. All EU Member State have experienced – or are on the point of doing so – […]

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CIPRUS

The great ordeal

The agreement was "painful, but the best we could secure". As known, these words are contained in a televised message to the nation by Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades, after the deal struck in Brussels with the Eurogroup. Thanks to this decision, limitations to prevent capital outflows upon the reopening of the banks will only be […]

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EDITORIAL

Please… Europe

World crosses will join the cross lit in the heart of the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross with Pope Francis on Good Friday. Also Europe’s crosses will be there. For the Church and for the Catholics of the Old Continent it’s yet another momentous occasion to reflect on a story already written and […]

di Paolo Bustaffa - SIR Europe (Italy)