Olanda, Portogallo

Olanda: la forza della famigliaApprezzamento per l’attenzione rivolta dal governo alla famiglia e per aver ascoltato sia le chiese che gli operatori pastorali nella stesura del documento La forza della famiglia sulla politica familiare, presentato all’inizio di novembre dal ministro Rouvoet. Questo è quanto che emerge dai vescovi olandesi, riuniti in sessione plenaria la scorsa […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Una fortuna per l’Europa

I rapporti internazionali sono stati raramente al centro dell’attenzione pubblica, in modo così spettacolare, durante un semestre di presidenza dell’Unione europea. Sebbene la presidenza francese avesse inserito in cima all’ordine del giorno due temi rilevanti per la politica estera – l’iniziativa volta ad istituire la cosiddetta Unione del Mediterraneo e l’annuncio di occuparsi in modo […]

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EU

More rules and transparency

Times are changing and, in the midst of the financial crisis that is gripping the world, the most frequently cited economist in EU headquarters is once again John Maynard Keynes, sponsor of public intervention in the economy, in contrast to the pure liberalist theory. MEPs, EU Commission and Council are debating these questions at the […]

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EU COMMISSION

Energy package

“Energy prices have risen by an average of 15% in the European Union in the last year alone. 54% of Europe’s energy is now imported at a cost of 700 euros each year for every EU citizen”. “We need to urgently address this situation by increasing our energy efficiency and reducing our dependence on imports.” […]

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JEWS AND CATHOLICS

A sign of hope

Jewish-Catholic dialogue “can become a sign of hope and inspiration for our troubled world”. Thus stated the final declaration of the 20th meeting of the Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee (ILC), held in Budapest on November 9-12 2008. The Committee is represented by a delegation of the Pontifical Council for Religious Relations with the Jews -chaired by […]

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COMECE

A worrying sign

“The financial crisis is a sign of the crisis in values affecting contemporary societies: the meaning of existence can’t be secondary to the yearning for profit; money isn’t everything. Our living standards ought to be reconsidered without neglecting our responsibilities towards the poor”. Adrianus Van Luyn, bishop of Rotterdam and COMECE president, drew a balance […]

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ENGLAND

Education as chance

The way to find a job and start a new life once out of prison, in order to recover self-esteem by becoming better mothers or fathers and transmit what has been received to society. This is what a university degree grants to convicts according to Pat Jones, director of the “Prisoners’ Education Trust”, a charity […]

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CROATIA

Renewed society

During the press conference held a few days ago in Šibenik, at the end of the 37th Plenary Assembly of Croatia’s Bishops Conference (CCB), Msgr. Ivan Devcic, archbishop of Rijeka and permanent member of the CCB, presented the position of the Bishops Conference regarding a number of current issues pertaining to Croatian society. The bishops […]

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Holland, Portugal

Holland: the strength of the familyThe Dutch bishops have expressed appreciation for the new attention being paid by the government to the needs of the family and gratitude for the fact that it had listened both to the churches and to pastoral workers in drafting the document The Strength of the Family , presented by […]

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FRONT PAGE

A fortune for Europe

International relations were rarely so much at the centre of public attention during a semester of European Union presidency. Despite French presidency has put on top of the agenda two important foreign policy issues – the initiative aimed at establishing the so-called Mediterranean Union, and the intention to specifically address immigration- related questions -, these […]

di Thomas Jansen Germany