PRIMA PAGINA

Con grande cautela

Settimana cruciale, quella che sta per aprirsi, per il futuro del Kosovo. Un passaggio che interessa molto l’Ue.Domenica 3 febbraio gli elettori Serbi torneranno a votare nel turno di ballottaggio per eleggere il presidente della Repubblica. A confrontarsi Tomislav Nikolic (candidato del Partito radicale serbo, vincitore nel primo turno con quasi il 40% dei voti) […]

di Mauro Ungaro esperto di politica balcanica

SURVEY OF IDEAS

Torn memory

“The Poles are old enough to look into their sometimes blurred mirror of their historical past,” said Jan Zaryn, renowned historian at the National Memory Institute in Warsaw. On the portal www.wiara.pl recently issued his critical appraisal of the book by Jan T. Gross, now translated into Polish, but published in the U.S. in 2006 with […]

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SYDNEY 2008

In spite of communism

Together with Swiss (see SirEurope 64/2007), Norwegians (SirEurope 73/2007), English (SirEurope 78/2007), Dutch, Italians and Bulgarians (SirEurope 1/2008), Lithuanian and Hungarian youth will also be found among the international participants at the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Sydney (15-20 July 2008). They will be there not in large numbers, but in small delegations: enough, […]

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ECUMENISM

The first and last frontier

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Benedict XVI has had two occasions to speak of the theme of ecumenism and has focused his reflections on prayer. It was an obligatory reference to the theme of the week: “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17), but it was also prompted by the objective situation of […]

di Elio Bromuri Italy

Germany

Trier: in support of the unemployed”Aktion Arbeit” (Action Work), a campaign promoted by the diocese in support of the unemployed, was presented in Trier in recent days. The campaign is aimed at realizing a model for a sustainable labour market, supported by the State. “The main problem is represented by the lack of jobs for […]

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UK AND IRELAND

An unwelcome success?

Catholic schools are in the eye of the storm: they are accused of discriminating between pupils on the basis of the faith to which they belong and of generating division in society. That’s the case in the United Kingdom and in Ireland, though for different reasons. What’s common to the situation in both countries, however, […]

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SLOVAKIA

A Faithful Church

In the framework of the reorganization of the Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia, Benedict XVI elevated the Eparchy of Prešov, for Catholics of Byzantine rite, to Metropolitan See and promoted Msgr. Ján Babjak, until today Eparchial Bishop of Prešov, to the dignity of Metropolitan Bishop. The Greek-Catholic Church of Slovakia thus acquired the status of Metropolitan […]

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Kosovo, Portugal, Slovenia

Kosovo: pray for the good of the population”It is not up to the Church to support a political solution over another. What we have at heart is the good of the population, we pray for every decision to be taken for the sake of the people and for Serbians and Kosovaris to live together”. Mgr. […]

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FRONT PAGE

With great caution

Next week will be crucial for the future of Kosovo. A transition that greatly interests the EU.On Sunday February 3rd Serbian electors will cast their ballot vote to elect the President of the Republic. The candidates are Tomislav Nikolic (from the Serbian Radical Party, first turn winner with almost 40% of votes) and Boris Tadic […]

di Mauro Ungaro Balkan politics expert

FEDE E RAGIONE: CALZOLARI, LA SCIENZA "HA STABILITO GIÀ DA TEMPO I SUOI LIMITI"

"Cari studenti, vi invito a rispettare la scienza, che è un grande dono della storia. Essa stessa si è incaricata di scardinare il radicalismo di alcune antiche pretese e ha stabilito già da tempo i suoi limiti: sa che le verità sono parziali e perfettibili". Così il rettore dell’Università di Bologna, Pier Ugo Calzolari, si […]

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