PRIMA PAGINA

I quattro principi

La crisi finanziaria attuale è il frutto della follia dei mercati, della globalizzazione senza controlli dell’economia, di un’economia cosiddetta virtuale che, anche in Europa, ha perduto il senso dell’economia reale, dei risultati concreti e precisi delle imprese. Ma è sopratutto il frutto della follia degli uomini che hanno perduto il senso della persona umana. Non […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand Università di Lione (Francia)

EU COUNCIL

Changed by the crisis

“No one can say that, as President of the EU Council, I didn’t want to promote the unity of Europe”. Nicolas Sarkozy is like a river in full spate. He reviews the situation of his leadership of the EU: he argues, gesticulates, replies. All you need is the patience to listen to him, since he […]

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FINANCE AND SOCIETY

Coherent signs

Financial markets have hit an air pocket, shares are dropping, and world financial operators follow the imperative “sell, sell, sell…”. While the current financial turmoil is raising serious concerns regarding the stability of Western economies, one sector is not following the downward trend. These are: sustainable and responsible investments. A few days ago, in Paris, […]

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SISTER EMMANUELLE

A breath of life

In 2006, for the second year running, she ranked first among the most loved women in France, before famous actresses and successful women. She devoted her entire life to the fight against poverty and social exclusion, living it personally among the poor in Cairo. Sister Emmanuelle passed away the night of October 19. She was […]

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INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

Citizens and men of faith

A European Christian-Muslim Conference has opened at Malines (Brussels). From 20 to 23 October it is bringing together some fifty exponents of both faiths: representatives of the European Christian Churches (Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants) and members of the Islamic communities of various countries (Austria, Luxembourg, Romania, France, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Norway and Belgium). The […]

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ECUMENISM

In brief

WCC: symposium on Islam in GenevaIslam-Christian dialogue initiatives in response to “A common word”, the letter that 138 Muslim leaders and thinkers addressed to all Christian Churches a year ago, are under way throughout Europe. A Symposium attended by some fifty Christian and Muslim dignitaries will be held October 18-20 in Cahavannes-de-Bogis, near Geneva. The […]

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Germany, Scotland, Poland

Germany: “yes” to banks… “no” to families “It’s outrageous that a government earmarks hundreds of billions to bail out banks while it’s so careful with money allocated for the family”, stigmatized the bishop of Augusta, Msgr. Walter Mixa, referring to a 10-euro increase in family allowance envisaged by the executive. “It’s an insult to families […]

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Ireland, Portugal, Austria

Ireland: “no” to extending the law on abortion The Bishops’ Conference of Northern Ireland conveyed its opposition to British MPs’ intention to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. “In the coming weeks – states the communiqué by the Bishops – MPs in Westminster will debate an amendment to the Human Fertilization and the […]

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FRONT PAGE

The four principles

The current financial crisis is the result of market turmoil, of mindless economic globalization, of a so-called virtual economy that lost sight of real economy, neglecting concrete enterprise turnover data. Mostly, it’s the result of human rashness, which overlooks the significance of the human person. We don’t know how the crisis will be overcome, and […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand University of Lyon (France)

FUNERALI MONS. BOCCACCIO: CARD. VALLINI, DUE "GRANDI AMORI" ” “” “

Rievocando il "carattere gioviale" di mons. Boccaccio, mons. Spreafico ha osservato che questo "gli ha consentito di comunicare la bellezza e la gioia della vita cristiana, impegnata, ma non ripiegata su se stessa, serena e non triste". Don Salvatore "ha vissuto questo spirito evangelico nelle diocesi in cui ha svolto il suo ministero episcopale, da […]

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