ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA

Reason to doubt

The official results will be known December 7-8, but the outcome of Russia’s December 2 elections for the Duma, the lower Chamber of the Parliament, are those of a real and true plebiscite for Putin and for his “United Russia” party which gained over 61% of the votes. The situation was different for Garry Kasparov, […]

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EU PARLIAMENT

Finally the Charter

It took many years, but finally the Fundamental Rights Charter will have a binding value for the Member States. In the Session of November 28-29 the European Parliament gave its support to the official proclamation of the document – approved in Nice in the year 2000 – so as to integrate the Lisbon Treaty as […]

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ECUMENISM

New horizons of dialogue

In the framework of delegation exchange during respective patronal festivals (on June 29th in Rome for the celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, and on November 30th in Istanbul for the celebration of St. Andrew), Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Papal Council for the Unity of Christians, left to Istanbul, heading a delegation of […]

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England: “keep Sunday special”

Britain’s most important chain stores and supermarkets are putting pressure on the Trade Minister John Hutton to grant the stores longer opening hours on the Sunday before Christmas. Marketing surveys have shown that this is the day when most people will do their Christmas shopping. But Sunday opening-hours in Great Britain are regulated by law. […]

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Spain: bishops condemn Eta

“In our firm condemnation of this attack, we acknowledge once again that terrorism represents a ‘structure of sin’ and we ask the Christian communities to remain close to the victims of terrorism and to their relatives”. These were the words of the Spanish bishops read by spokesperson msgr. Martínez Camino after the mortal attack by […]

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Portugal: more life-support centres

In the framework of the XX National Health Pastoral Care meeting, held in Fatima November 26-29, father Vítor Feytor Pinto, in his capacities of coordinator of works claimed that the “Portuguese Church has the duty to set up life-support Centres capable of handling different social and human discomfort situations: lone mothers, pregnant adolescents, couples with […]

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CCEE

Thoughts, experience and projects

The Council of European Bishops Conferences (Ccee) has two new members. The CCEE Plenary Assembly held in Fatima at the beginning of October met the request of the archbishop of the Principality of Monaco and of the Bishop of Moldavia (diocese of Chisinau) to become part of the CCEE, which is now represented by 36 […]

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FRONT PAGE

Putin and the others

About 108 000 000 of Russian citizens had right to vote during elections on December the 2nd to Russian Parliament. About 60% of them used their right and came to make their choice. Among the regions with the highest level of participation Chechenia Republic (99%), Tatarstan (84%), Chukotka (78%), Kemerovsky and Tyumensky regions could be […]

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ANZIANI: SANT’EGIDIO, UNA MOSTRA PER DIRE "A CASA È MEGLIO"

Più di 250 scatti, oltre 100 autori che hanno inviato foto scattate in Italia e nel mondo per rispondere al tema del concorso fotografico promosso dalla Comunità di Sant’Egidio: "Aiutate me e tutti gli anziani a restare a casa e a morire tra le proprie cose. Forse vivrò di più, sicuramente vivrò meglio". "Un’occasione per […]

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CALABRIA: MONS. MONDELLO (CEC), "NON POSSIAMO RASSEGNARCI ALLA POVERTÀ"

"Noi non possiamo rassegnarci alla povertà. D’altra parte come Chiesa non potremo mai risolvere il problema della povertà nonostante i nostri sforzi con il moltiplicare i centri di distribuzione di viveri, etc." Lo ha detto questa mattina mons. Vittorio Mondello, Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Calabrese (Cec), intervenendo alla conferenza stampa per la presentazione del Rapporto […]

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