ROMANIES

Not at the margin

“We must do our utmost to integrate Romany populations”, in order to prevent them “from being confined at the margins of our societies”. Vladimir Spidla, EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, on May 20 opened Strasbourg’s urgent debate on the situation of Roma people in Italy and Europe, following the request of MEPs filed the previous […]

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WOMEN AND CONFLICTS

Two-times victims

In Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Turkey, and also in Italy and Spain, women experiencing conflicting situations or domestic violence are “two-times victims”: of the decisions undertaken by men, and because of discriminating legislation and cultural traditions. This data was presented during a meeting held in Rome the past few days on “Women in conflict situations”, organized […]

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FAMILIES IN EUROPE

Crisis and recovery

“In recent years, both States and European Institutions have expressed increasing concern for family problems. For this reason, along with improved social sensitivity over this issue, family policies were given primary role. This view, among others, is upheld by Europe’s Economic and Social Committee on Families and demographic trends, and by the European Commission’s statement […]

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ECUMENISM

European churches, Russia, Germany

Europe: Churches on migration policies Churches in Europe undertook a series of initiatives in the filed of migration policies. While waiting for France to take office as EU president Country, the Council of French Christian Churches – which recently solemnly celebrated the 20th anniversary of its foundation – urged that migration policies in Union Countries […]

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LAITY

A new stage

A seminary “to reflect and dialogue on the reality of Church movements”. With this objective, on May 15-17 the Pontifical Council for the Laity May brought together “a representative group” of over 100 bishops from 53 Countries in Rocca di Papa (Rome). The reflection developed within a rich program of lectures, workshops, plenary debates, and […]

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CCEE

Thoughts, experience, projects

Collegiality amongst Europe’s Bishops Conferences, ecumenism and the Church’s relations with the cultural and social realm, are the major areas of interest of Ccee (Council of European Bishops’ Conferences). Some the most important events of the past months include the meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of South-Eastern Europe in Sophia at the […]

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FRONT PAGE

What’s at stake

What emerges from the IPF Report published in recent days (summary in this number and integral text on www.ipfe.org) is a Europe that is increasingly old, tired and turned in on itself, a Europe that is preparing to wage a kind of war against immigration, but that is in fact increasingly dependent on it, since […]

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GIORNALISTI: ZAVATTARO (RAI), PAOLO GIUNTELLA "ERA MOLTO PIÙ DI UN COLLEGA"

"Paolo era molto più di un collega, era un amico, un compagno di viaggio, con cui ho condiviso un tratto della vita non solo professionale: ci legavano, infatti, l’amicizia, l’appartenenza ad una realtà ecclesiale come l’Azione cattolica e i tanti amici comuni". A parlare di Paolo Giuntella, il giornalista del Tg1 scomparso, oggi è il […]

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GIORNALISTI: AC, CORDOGLIO PER LA MORTE DI PAOLO GIUNTELLA, "UN AMICO"

La presidenza nazionale e l’Azione Cattolica Italiana si stringono attorno alla famiglia di Paolo Giuntella, giornalista parlamentare del Tg1, scomparso da poche ore "dopo una malattia che lo aveva seppur segnato nel fisico, non sconfitto nell’animo e nella sua professionalità", come osserva l’Ac in una nota diffusa questa sera: "Il suo rapporto con l’associazione è stato […]

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BENEDETTO XVI: CORPUS DOMINI, IL DECALOGO ANTIDOTO ALLE "IDOLATRIE DI IERI E DI OGGI"

"Adorare il Dio di Gesù Cristo, fattosi pane spezzato per amore, è il rimedio più valido e radicale contro le idolatrie di ieri e di oggi". Lo ha detto il Papa, che nell’omelia della Messa del Corpus Domini ha citato l’inizio del "decalogo", i dieci comandamenti, per ribadire la necessità di "inchinarsi in adorazione di […]

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