Belgio: i vescovi, “interpretare i segni dei tempi”

“Non sapete dunque interpretare i segni dei tempi?”: questo, tratto da un versetto del Vangelo di Matteo, è il titolo scelto dai vescovi del Belgio per l’opuscolo pubblicato nei giorni scorsi con l’obiettivo, si legge nella presentazione, “non di diffondere dichiarazioni clamorose ma, piuttosto, rammentare che, contrariamente all’opinione di alcuni, la Chiesa non è una […]

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Inghilterra e Galles: per i marinai prigionieri in Iran

Un appello all’ayatollah Khamenei per la liberazione dei marines britannici catturati lo scorso 23 marzo dal governo iraniano è stato lanciato il 3 aprile da mons. Tom Burns, ordinario militare della Chiesa cattolica di Inghilterra e Galles. “I marines si sforzano di comportarsi in modo dignitoso” e “stanno facendo del loro meglio per sdrammatizzare questa […]

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A white paper on inter-cultural dialogue

The Culture and Education Commission of the Congress discussed the draft white paper of the Council of Europe on inter-cultural dialogue on 29 March and adopted twelve principles of inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue for local authorities. The Commission also examined reports on integration through sport, on the role of the regions in the teaching of […]

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Romany art and culture “against prejudices”

The regional Romany festival “Art against prejudices” is being held in Tirana from 5 to 7 April, on the initiative of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. The meeting forms part of a programme of events promoted for the International Romany Day to be celebrated on 8 April. The festival will be animated […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

A signature for the UN Convention on the disabled

Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has urged the member states of the organization to sign the UN Convention relating to the rights of the disabled and its optional protocol, once the documents are opened to signature and ratification on 30 March. “Once it comes into force – said Hammarberg […]

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FAMILY

A European pact

A “European Pact for the family” is called for by the EESC, the European Economic and Social Committee, an advisory body of the EU based in Brussels. The proposal is made in the form of an “exploratory opinion” drawn up at the request of Ursula von der Leyen, German Federal Minister for the Family. But […]

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WORK

Salary differentials

Eurispes – Institute of political, economic and social studies – recently published a study called “Poor worker: inflation has drained wages”. The research incorporated in the book – its editors explain – was based on data compiled by EUROSTAT and ISTAT (Italy’s National Statistical Centre). An analysis of the data furnished by Eurispes enables us […]

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YOUTH

The dreamt job

“The ultimate reference of every human activity can only be the human person created in the image and likeness of God”; therefore “every human activity should be an occasion and place for the growth of individuals and society”, said BENEDICT XVI , in his message to the 9th International Youth Forum that the Pontifical Council […]

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Italy: Catholics and Orthodox and Matthew’s Passion

“An eloquent means of dialogue and suggestive cultural exchange”, said Cardinal Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, in describing the concert “The Passion according to Matthew”, performed in Rome on 29 March. The concert, the work of Hilarion Alfeyev, Russian orthodox bishop of Vienna and Austria […]

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Switzerland: “The Night of Nights”

Jazz, rock and classical music as accompaniment of the Easter vigil: that’s the idea of the ecumenical event “Night of Nights”, now in its second year, promoted by the Catholic Church, the parishes of the Evangelical Reformed Church and the parish communities of Lucerne, in Switzerland. The “Night of Nights” is held on the night […]

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