PRIMA PAGINA

Assenza di conflitti?

Non ha avuto molta attenzione da parte dei media il primo Consiglio europeo, tenutosi nel mese di marzo, sotto la presidenza della Slovenia, uno dei dieci Paesi che hanno aderito all’Ue nel 2004. I 27 capi di Stato e di governo si sono sforzati di dare un’immagine di unità, evitando che grandi titoli di giornale […]

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SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Europeans drink too much

Most European citizens consume alcohol, but there are also 55 million adults who abstain from it (15%); bearing this figure and unregistered consumption in mind, it is estimated that each individual in Europe drinks on average 15 litres per year. Just under half of these 15 litres consists of beer (44%); the rest is divided […]

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IMMIGRANTS

Romanians in the West

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, many Romanians were living “in a state of poverty towards Western Europe and this convinced many to view the West as the only chance for survival”. Father Iosif Dorcu, director of the Migrants Office of the diocese of Iasi (Romania) spoke of the motivations which led many Romanians […]

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ECUMENISM

Italy, France, Turkey, Moscow

Italy: the Church of Saint Nicholas from Bari to MoscowPast April 29 the deed transferring the property of the Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas in Bari to the Italian government and then to the Russian Federation to Moscow’s Patriarchate was officially ratified. The deed was signed by the mayor of the Italian city Michele Emiliano […]

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EUROPE - HOLY LAND

Joy is greater

Flags, hats, scarves: any object, any symbol is good to declare one’s nationality and place of origin. It’s not nationalist pride. Rather, it is the yearning to come together in a long-desired “Place”: the Holy Land. Animated by this yearning, colors and languages are blended together and the presence of the faithful becomes a choral […]

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EU - CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

For the common good

“In the contemporary world we are called to a new asceticism and to content ourselves with a simpler lifestyle to preserve the resources of the Creation and to share them with the poorer populations” of the world, said Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic […]

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Poland, England, Germany

Poland: bishops against abortion The permanent Council of the Polish Bishops Conference expressed its “firm condemnation” of the Euro-Parliamentary Resolution (N° 1607 of past April 16) promoting the decriminalization of voluntary pregnancy interruption along with free access to the so-called “safe abortion”. “The Resolution of the European Parliament is detrimental to innocent children, to their […]

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FRONT PAGE

Lack of conflicts?

The first European Council, held in the month of March under Slovenia’s presidency – one of the ten Countries which entered the EU in 2004 – has received scarce media coverage. The 27 heads of government and State made an effort to convey a message of unity avoiding negative sensationalistic news, which could have jeopardized […]

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ASSOCIAZIONISMO: A "CIVITAS" ANCHE L’AFRICA E IL DIRITTO ALL’ACQUA

L’Africa e il diritto all’acqua saranno alcune delle realtà del "mosaico" che comporranno la XIII edizione di "Civitas", la "Piazza della solidarietà, dell’economia sociale e civile" che si terrà dal 9 all’11 maggio alla Fiera di Padova. La manifestazione quest’anno ospiterà anche lo stand della campagna "Libera l’acqua", e le 70 sagome di persone africane […]

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CINEMA: BAGNASCO (CEI), "ARTE CAPACE DI INTERROGARE IL CREDENTE"

"Il cinema e le sue forme di mediazione culturale hanno partecipato in Italia alla costruzione di un tessuto e di un immaginario sociale". E’ quanto scrive oggi sull’Osservatore Romano il presidente della Conferenza episcopale italiana, card. Angelo Bagnasco, salutando l’80° anniversario della "Rivista del cinematografo" fondata da don Carlo Canziani. "L’apostolato della Rivista – afferma […]

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