Establishing faith in Community institutions

48% of European citizens believe in the EU; 34% declare they have faith in their national government. The autumn survey by Eurobarometro , presented in Brussels during the week, revealed that “the overall attitude of citizens towards Community Europe and its institutions is extremely positive”. The citizens of the 27 are instead “increasingly worried about […]

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Slovenian Presidence: spiritual values in the logo

Fire, earth, water, air and ether: these are the five elements which compose the logo of the Slovenian Presidency to the EU Council which Lubiana will take on starting January 1st 2008. The symbols in the drawing intend to describe the Country and the distinctive traits of the Slovenian people. Ether in particular, “symbolizes what […]

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Budapest: first “yes” to the Lisbon Treaty

“I want to congratulate myself with Hungary as the first Country to cast it s vote of approval to the Lisbon Treaty”. José Manuel Barroso, President of the Commission, on December 18 addressed the expressions of his gratitude to Budapest and explained that “the Parliament’s vote of last night, is the expression of Hungary’s support […]

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EU - DEATH PENALTY

Now another step

“The vote of the UN General Assembly is an irreversible milestone on the road of the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the entire world.” The voice of Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) was one of the first European voices to be heard after the approval of the resolution, […]

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EUROPEAN AGENDA

2008 events

CCEEJANUARY12/16 – Holy Land – Visit of the coordination group of the Bishops Conferences in support of the Catholic Church and Christians in the Holy Land FEBRUARY8/10 – Cologne (Germany) – Meeting of the “Migration” Committee Topic: Preparation to the yearly meeting of 200821/24 – London (UK) – Yearly meeting of the Ccce-Kek Joint CommitteeTopics: […]

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Sweden: “no” to omosex marriages

The Catholic Church of Sweden says no to the bill of law that the Government plans to submit to Parliament in 2008 and that would introduce a “sexually neutral marriage”, whereby marriage and “partnership” would be covered by the same legislation. In a note from the Catholic diocese of Stockholm, the bishop Anders Arborelius recalls […]

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Polond: no to in vitro fertilization

The Council for the family of the Polish Bishops Conference issued a letter to all Polish senators and MPs elected past 21 October, whereby “in the context of the recent statements by the representatives of the Polish government on artificial insemination in vitro it recalls the Magisterium of the Church on this subject”. The letter, […]

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Lithuania: Cardinal Backis on youth and alcoholism

Gratitude to the president of the Lithuanian Republic Adamkus for the attention shown towards the problems of alcoholism by approving, in spite of pressure, the act which limits publicity of alcoholic beverages was expressed in the past days by Cardinal A.J. Backis. The prelate said he is worried about “the ever-spreading consumption of alcohol among […]

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Spain: the role of the family

“We are living in a complex society, where the proposals of lay culture expects for life to be organized as if God didn’t exist”. This sentence was part of the message of the bishops of the Under-Commission for the Family and the Defense of Life of Spain’s Bishops Conference on the occasion of the Day […]

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Slovenia: a prayer for Europe

A prayer for European rulers and people to celebrate the semester of Slovenian presidency of the European Union. It was made public by the press office of the Bishops Conference of Slovenia. “God Father of all humanity – reads the text – You want us to be happy, that there is no more poverty, nor […]

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