Turchia: attentato ad Ankara

Nessun commento ufficiale da parte della Conferenza episcopale turca al recente attentato di Ankara che è costato la vita a sei persone. “Siamo vicini alle famiglie delle vittime, ai feriti (più di 50, ndr.) – dichiara al Sir il portavoce dei vescovi, mons. Georges Marovitch – preghiamo per loro ma anche per tutta la Turchia, […]

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CCEE

Le radici nella vita

“Un confronto cordiale per mettere a punto e rafforzare la cooperazione tra Ccee e Comece”.Il card. PETER ERDÖ, arcivescovo di Esztergom-Budapest e presidente del Ccee (Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa), commenta così l’incontro che si è tenuto nei giorni scorsi a Berlino tra la presidenza Ccee e la presidenza Comece (Commissione degli episcopati della Comunità […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Ucraina, quale futuro?

L’accordo raggiunto nella notte di domenica 27 maggio tra il presidente ucraino Victor Yuscenko, il Primo ministro Victor Yanukovic e il presidente del Parlamento Oleksander Moroz, sembra per il momento mettere fine alla crisi politica che si è scatenata nei giorni scorsi nel Paese. Il compromesso stabilisce, tra le altre cose, elezioni anticipate al prossimo […]

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Germany: criticisms of bill on right of asylum

In a joint communiqué, German Caritas and its Evangelical counterpart Diakonie, through their respective Presidents, have sharply criticised the bill presented by the Federal Government for the application of EU directives on right to residence and asylum. “In its present version, the bill responds neither to humanitarian standards nor to European objectives”, declared Peter Neher […]

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Poland: in defence of life and of the family

A great demonstration in favour of life and the family was held in Warsaw on Sunday, 20 May. According to the police, there were less than a thousand participants, but according to the organizers there were well over three thousand by the end of the day. They flocked to the capital from all over Poland […]

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Spain: the identity of the Catholic school

The 17th world assembly of the International Office of Catholic Education (IOCE), representing over 100 representatives of Catholic schools throughout the world, ended at Santiago de Compostela in Spain on 25 May. Archbishop Julián Barrio of Santiago, in his address to the meeting, recalled “the mood of uncertainty that Catholic schools are experiencing at the […]

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Turkey: terrorist attack in Ankara

No official comment has been made by the Turkish Bishops’ Conference on the terrorist attack in Ankara that cost the lives of six people. “We are close to the families of the victims, and to the injured (over 50) – said the spokesman of the bishops, Mons. Georges Marovitch, in a briefing to SIR -; […]

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CCEE

The roots in life

“A cordial discussion to review and reinforce cooperation between Ccee and Comece”, said Cardinal PETER ERDÖ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and President of the Ccee (Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe), summing up the meeting held in Berlin in recent days between the executives of the Ccee and Comece (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of […]

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FRONT PAGE

Ukraine, what future?

The agreement reached on the night of Sunday 27 May between Ukrainian President Victor Yuscenko, Prime Minister Victor Yanukovic and the President of the Parliament Oleksander Moroz seems for the time being to have put an end to the political crisis unleashed in the country in recent days. The compromise establishes, among other things, early […]

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EU PARLIAMENT

More or less Europe?

Different opinions, different solutions: the debate is heating up between those who want “more” and those who want “less” Europe. German Chancellor Merkel is stepping up her consultations in preparation for the summit of 21-22 June, which ought to define the road map for approving the Constitutional Treaty. The European Parliament for its part is […]

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