PRIMA PAGINA

Le virtù negative

Prima del rifiuto del Trattato di Lisbona da parte dell’Irlanda, si poteva constatare un ottimismo generale sull’imminente ristrutturazione delle istituzioni comunitarie, in modo da poter affrontare con fiducia sfide più importanti. Thierry Chopin, della rispettabile Fondazione Schumann, aveva proposto “che come entità politica” l’Unione Europea identificasse “un minimo di interessi convergenti e di sentimenti di […]

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Eu news in brief

The “states-general” of multilingualism “Multilingualism: a Resource for Europe and a Joint Commitment”. This is the title of the latest document adopted by the Commission on September 18, which addresses the question of the plurality of idioms in the “broader framework of social cohesion and prosperity”. “The harmonious coexistence of numerous languages in Europe represents […]

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DRUGS

War without frontiers

The war on drugs is always an uphill battle. The member states of the EU are seeking new measures to combat a phenomenon that “is by its very nature changeable and dynamic”. The EU treaties recognize the need to regulate the problem also at the continental level, especially as regards the fields of public health […]

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Romania

The meeting of Romanian and Hungarian bishops Ecclesial life, social commitments, property restitution along with the pastoral care of ethnic minorities were the themes addressed by Hungarian and Romanian bishops who came together for the first time in Budapest past September 15-16, in the premises of the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference. The meeting was described as […]

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GERMANY

The same right

At the last minute, the so-called European Congress against Islamisation was forbidden. It had been scheduled for September 20-21 in Cologne. The measure was taken by the city’s police authorities following violent protests, which posed a threat to the security of some 15,000 people opposing the meeting. Anti-Islam sentiments were triggered by the decision to […]

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Portugal, Austria, Belgium

Portugal: children listen to the Bible In order to encourage child Catechism, the Portuguese Catholic Foundation, AIS, Ajuda à Igreja que sofre (Help to the suffering Church) produced an audio-book called “God speaks to his children”. The three CDs, lasting a total of 8 hours, introduce children to 99 passages from the Bible with a […]

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Italy, Switzerland

Italy: realism and hopeThere is a “conceptual derivation between the insouciant practice of relativism, anti-religious and anti-Christian extremes and society’s cultural and ethical regression”. With these words, on September 22 – in the opening prolusion of the Permanent CEI Council – Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of Italy’s Bishops Conference, described the danger of “Christianophobia” in […]

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FRONT PAGE

The negative virtues

Before Ireland’s rejection of the Treaty of Lisbon, a general optimism could be felt about the imminent reform of the EU institutions, to be able to tackle with confidence more important challenges. Thierry Chopin, of the respectable Schumann Foundation, had proposed “that as a political entity” the European Union should identify “a minimum of converging […]

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DISABILI: IN EMILIA ROMAGNA UN PROTOCOLLO PER "LA MOBILITÀ AUTONOMA DEGLI IPOVEDENTI"

Un "protocollo pilota" a livello regionale per "migliorare l’accessibilità urbana e la mobilità autonoma degli ipovedenti". Così Stefano Tortini, presidente del Consiglio regionale emiliano romagnolo dell’Unione italiana dei ciechi e degli ipovedenti (Uici), definisce il protocollo d’intesa firmato oggi a Bologna tra la Regione Emilia Romagna e l’Uici. Scopo dell’iniziativa, favorire la mobilità di quanti […]

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GIOVANI: GLI STUDENTI DI "RONDINE CITTADELLA DELLA PACE" IN UDIENZA DOMANI DAL PAPA

Gli studenti internazionali di "Rondine Cittadella della Pace" (www.rondine.org) saranno ricevuti domani in udienza da Benedetto XVI. In particolare, si legge in una nota dell’associazione, "saranno i giovani provenienti da Georgia, Abcasia, Ossezia, Cecenia, Inguscezia a portare il saluto delle loro terre". La delegazione sarà accompagnata da tre vescovi toscani: mons. Gualtiero Bassetti (Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolco), mons. […]

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