Portogallo: organizzazioni cattoliche e migrazioni

A conclusione del Forum tenutosi a Lisbona, (Forcim), le organizzazioni cattoliche che si occupano di immigrazione hanno emesso un documento, in cui avanzano alcuni suggerimenti per migliorare la bozza progettuale del Piano Nazionale per l’Immigrazione (Pnai), presentata ufficialmente dal governo portoghese lo scorso 18 dicembre. Le organizzazioni hanno avanzato alcune osservazioni di carattere generale, notando […]

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Inghilterra: nuove leggi per le unioni gay

L’arcivescovo di Cardiff, mons. Peter Smith, ha scritto al Ministro britannico per le autonomie locali e le politiche per la famiglia, Ruth Kelly, chiedendo un incontro per discutere la nuova legislazione sulle unioni omosessuali. Smith, presidente del Dipartimento per la responsabilità cristiana e la cittadinanza della Conferenza episcopale di Inghilterra e Galles, intende, in tal […]

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POLONIA

Distruggere la Chiesa

In Polonia, e non solo, continua a tenere banco il caso di mons. Stanislaw Wielgus. Il 9 gennaio, il primate di Polonia, il card. Jozef Glemp, in un’intervista alla tv pubblica ha difeso l’arcivescovo mentre su molti giornali si leggono nuovi nomi o pseudonimi di persone coinvolte. Padre Adam Boniecki, per anni a capo dell’edizione […]

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Combating climate change

The European Commission presented on 10 January its eagerly awaited Communication relating to “strategic measures for the fight against climate change down to 2020 and beyond”, complementing the measures that are already in place and that will remain in force until 2012 (when the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions expires). The declared objective of […]

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Unemployment, generalized fall

Good news on the front of efforts to reduce unemployment in Europe, according to the latest data published by Eurostat last week and referring to November 2006. The unemployment rate in the eurozone thus fell to 7.6%: a drop of a tenth of a percentage point over the figure for the previous month and seven […]

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Inflation blocked

Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Community, has published its “rapid estimate” for December 2006, according to which inflation on an annual basis referred to the countries of the eurozone remains stable at 1.9%, showing no change over the official rate registered in November. The rapid estimate of inflation in the eurozone is calculated […]

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Confidence in the economy

The year’s end was characterized by stability according to the economic sentiment indicator (ESI) relating to the eurozone. According to the data of the General Directorate for Economy and Finance of the European Commission, the very slight decline of 0.2 points has enabled ESI to remain above the long-term average for the twelfth consecutive month. […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

A crucial year

The long recess for the Christmas holidays is behind us and full-time work has resumed in the offices of the EU. Next week, from 15 to 18 January, the European Parliament at Strasbourg will in particular be under the spotlight with its plenary session and the presence of EU leaders. AGREEMENT ON ALTERNATION. While the […]

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Switzerland: a church “in common”

A Catholic church will be used as a place of ecumenical worship in Switzerland. It is situated close to Zurich, at Grafstal bei Kemptthal, to the south of Winterthour. According to the Swiss Catholic press agency APIC, the church of St. Joseph, the only one in the little town, will (from Saturday 6 January) be […]

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Bulgaria, Orthodox pray for nurses in Libya

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Bulgaria asked people to pray for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses that have been sentenced to death by the Libyan Court in the last few days: “We are deeply upset at this decision of the Libyan court”, reads the release. “We hope life, God’s most […]

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