Portogallo, Germania, Olanda

Portogallo: congresso della stampa cristianaSi è chiuso a Bragança il 7º Congresso dell’Associazione della stampa d’ispirazione cristiana (Aic), su “Vincere gli ostacoli”. Il vescovo di Bragança-Miranda, mons. Antonio Montes, salutando i partecipanti ha voluto indirizzare il dibattito sulla necessità di vincere gli attuali contrasti alla stampa cristiana, trasformando tali difficoltà in opportunità comunicative. Al termine […]

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Spagna, Romania

Spagna: “seria preoccupazione”I vescovi spagnoli hanno una “seria preoccupazione” di fronte all’attuale crisi economica, tanto che la plenaria (Madrid, 24-28 novembre) ha dedicato una sessione a questo tema. I vescovi, come si legge nel comunicato stampa finale della 92a assemblea, credono che “nelle attuali circostanze conviene ricordare specialmente la dottrina del destino universale dei beni […]

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EU

Coordinated responses

Intensive negotiations, open political debate, so many projects to pursue and so many decisions to take: these are frenetic days in the headquarters of the EU institutions. From the economic crisis to external relations, from climate change to the Treaty of Lisbon, meetings and events are rapidly succeeding each other: “We are faced by fundamental […]

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ISLAM

Women like any other

They cannot be classified in the “modern feminist” or “conservative-retrograde” categories. Their situation is far more nuanced than is commonly thought. They are European citizens and are proud of being so. They are independent and determined. They say they are free to practice their faith, but they still have great difficulties, out of reticence and […]

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ECUMENISM

From wait to recovery

Major agreement on the role of Christians in Europe after Sibiu was conveyed November 25 during the meeting on the third European Ecumenical Assembly held in the same Romanian city in 2007 in the framework of the conference of Italy’s diocesan delegates for interreligious dialogue and ecumenism (Rome, November 24-27). Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia, President of […]

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LUXEMBOURG

The ethical dimension of finance

What are the alternatives to the economic and financial system of the Western world, marked by an unprecedented crisis? Some answers are provided by éthiEco, a joint initiative of ALCIC (Luxembourg’s association of independent workers and officers), ALUC (Luxembourg’s Association of Catholic academics), CPMT (Pastoral care centre for the job environment), ErwuesseBildung, Caritas Foundation of […]

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UKRAINE

The terrible famine

“To pray for the genocide that took the lives of almost 6 million people”: this was the plea that the Metropolitan archbishop of Ukraine’s Catholic Church Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki addressed to the faithful on November 22 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, the horrible famine that in the years 1932-1933, under Communist […]

di Pavlo Vyshkovkyy

Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands

Portugal: the Conference of Catholic PressThe 7th Congress of the Association of Christian Press (AIC) on “Overcoming obstacles”, concluded in Bragança. In his address, the bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Msgr. Antonio Montes, highlighted the need to overcome current criticism against Christian press and transform difficulties into opportunities for communication. At the end of the meeting, panellists […]

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Spain, Romania

Spain: “serious concern”Spanish bishops voiced their “serious concern” over the current economic crisis. Indeed, the plenary assembly in Madrid (November 24-28) devoted a session to the issue. As declared in the final press statement of the 92nd Assembly, the bishops believe that “given the present circumstances, we ought to bring to mind the doctrine of […]

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FRONT PAGE

An over-rapid rotating presidency

The times change, and the European Union follows the trend. However, Community Institutions’ performance, first and foremost the rules regulating its “lead” and its decision-making procedures, don’t change as they should – nor at the required pace. It’s a familiar disease. Fifteen-State EU could afford to take political and legislative decisions even with a veto-vote; […]

di Gian Andrea P.Garancini Brussels