The OECD "is in favour of adopting a plan for saving the American financial system": a support to the plan submitted by the US Administration of President Bush came today from Strasbourg, through Angel Gurría, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. "I have no doubts – stated the Mexican economist to […]

"It is not surprising – states the document – that, as at any post-war stage, a person’s version of the truth clashes with someone else’s version". So, they state, "one of the most significant challenges for the future will be to find a way for dialogue and for the reconciliation of these different points of […]

"Finding the way of dialogue and reconciliation" for the victims of the conflict in former Yugoslavia, so that their diverging "requests for justice and truth be granted": this is the wish expressed by the final statement of the meeting of "Justice and Peace Europe", which brought to Belgrade, from 26th to 30th September, the delegates […]

” ” The highest unemployment rate is found in Spain (11.3%), followed by Slovakia (9.9) and France (8.0). The opposite is true, instead, in the Netherlands (2,6%). Eurostat portrays the employment market in the European Union, showing that "in the euro-zone the average unemployment rate settled at 7.5% in August 2008, versus 7.4% the month […]

We also focus on the important times of the liturgical life (Christmas, Easter) and on Sundays (in many countries the Sunday Mass is broadcasted live or there is the broadcast of a religious programme)." In addition, "one speaks more eagerly about the Church on subjects related to charity, education and health-care activities, or the presentation […]

The Catholic communities of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide will ideally join in prayer on Sunday 5th October to protest against the reform of the abortion law in the State of Victoria, which will be discussed on October 7th. If passed in the current draft, the law will permit a termination within the first 24 weeks […]

"Only a sincere dialogue, open to the truth of the Gospel, could direct the path of the Church". It was said by the Pope, who, during today’s audience, quoted a passage from the Letter to the Romans, in which Saint Paul explains that "the kingdom of God is not a matter of food or drink, […]

(From SirEuropa correspondent in Esztrgom – Hungary) – In the European media, stated this morning mgr. di Falco Leandri, "one cannot speak of a veritable defamatory strategy against the Church", but often they "attack the Christian values (family, marriage, defence of life …)", even if, he specified, "news about the Church and its successes are published […]

(From SirEuropa correspondent in Esztergom – Hungary) – Mgr. Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri, Bishop of Gap and Embrun and President of the European Episcopal Commission for Media (CEEM), anticipated that a booklet containing some information on “the media available to Bishops Conferences and their structure is being prepared" while he was presenting the results of a […]

(From SirEuropa correspondent in Esztrgom – Hungary) – "Having one single European school of Catholic journalism; developing a powerful Europe-wide Catholic station; creating a databank of TV and/or radio programmes; having a data, news and doctrine unit": these are some of the suggestions shown by the European survey promoted by the Council of European Bishops Conferences […]