THE YOUTH AND POLITICS

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“Politics, a commitment for faith”. This was the title of the meeting held August 24-31 in Venice attended by some thirty young people aged 20-35 from six different Countries. A week later, on September 7, during his apostolic visit to Cagliari, the Pope called upon the youth to “evangelize the working environments, along with the […]

di Johannes Maria Steinke LudwigshafenGermany

SAINT BENEDICT

The rule and the roots

Yesterday, September 18 (until the 27th), the International Congress of the Benedictine Confederation opened in Rome’s Primatial abbey of Saint Anselm. Abbot Primate Notker Wolf said the purpose of the conference is “to promote the union of the Confederation, by extending contacts with its many souls. The Congress occurs every four years and is viewed […]

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The family is not on the agenda

The renewed social agenda presented in July by the European Commission “does not keep the family in due consideration”, declared Stefan Lunte, expert in social and economic policies, in September’s issue of “Europe Infos”, the monthly of COMECE (the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) and OCIPE (the Catholic European and Information […]

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Poland

Congress of European Catholic doctors”Scientific research must be subordinated to the moral values brought to light by Christianity. A laboratory without oratory – without prayer – becomes a crematorium like Auschwitz. Scientific research, if deprived of moral and religious references, will lead to the annihilation of man, as in the time of the crematorium ovens”, […]

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ECUMENISM

Austria, England, Wcc

Austria: visit of Alexei II in December”Inspired by ecumenism”: this will be the inspiration behind the journey that the patriarch of Moscow, Alexius II, will make in Austria, from 20 to 23 December. This was stated by the Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna, Hilarion (Alfejew). During the presentation of the schedule of the Patriarch’s visit, […]

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Ccee, Scandinavia, Germany, Slovakia

Ccee , put an end to the journeys of death”The Governments of Europe and Africa must use any legitimate way to put an end to the dangerous journeys bound for Europe that for many African migrants end up in death. Regardless of how they have arrived in Europe, they must always be treated as human […]

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Facing a dilemma

The call for a European social policy places Europe in front of a dilemma. On the one hand, the policies that have been negotiated and realized on the basis of present treaties bear consequences in the social field. On the other, the Union does not have the competence, or possesses it in a very limited […]

di Thomas JansenGermany

ALITALIA: FONTANA (ECONOMISTA), "GRANDE PREOCCUPAZIONE" E "FORTE RAMMARICO" (2)

"L’aumento degli aerei e dei voli – afferma ancora Fontana –, una diminuzione di circa il 7 per cento delle retribuzioni compensata da una distribuzione equivalente di utili dopo due anni, parziali aumenti di ore lavorate e cessazione di alcuni diritti fin qui acquisiti, ma compensati anche questi da un accompagnamento da parte dello Stato […]

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ALITALIA: FONTANA (ECONOMISTA), "GRANDE PREOCCUPAZIONE" E "FORTE RAMMARICO"

"Il ritiro dell’offerta della Cai di Colaninno per l’acquisto della Nuova Alitalia, a seguito del rifiuto di alcuni sindacati di accettare il piano che era stato oggetto di trattativa con la mediazione del governo, pone l’Alitalia, i suoi dipendenti e le loro famiglie in una situazione di grande preoccupazione". È il commento che rilascia al […]

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GIOVANI E SCUOLA: CARD. BAGNASCO, "LA SOCIETÀ SAPPIA RISPONDERE ALLA SFIDA EDUCATIVA"(2)

Il maestro unico o prevalente – ha poi affermato il cardinale Angelo Bagnasco a margine del convegno – è una figura utile ad una “sintesi educativa” affinché il bambino “possa recepire meglio, in modo più evidente, più visibile e più efficace" e non "per escludere altre voci”. Tutti gli insegnanti, inoltre, devono poter “sentire la […]

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