Austria: contro l’islamofobia

“Aspra condanna” è stata espressa il 1° dicembre da Paul Schulmeister, presidente dell’associazione accademica cattolica austriaca, relativamente alla recente profanazione di un cimitero islamico in costruzione a Vienna. “Occorre reagire con decisione a siffatti segni di intolleranza e di aggressività inumana”, ha affermato Schulmeister a Kathpress. “Il fatto che sul muro del cimitero siano state […]

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Germania: una Nota su cristiani e musulmani

Il consiglio della Chiesa evangelica tedesca (Ekd) ha presentato il 28 novembre scorso un secondo documento sul dialogo tra cristiani e musulmani in Germania. Il testo, è da considerarsi sia “come strumento di orientamento per membri della Chiesa evangelica e per l’opinione pubblica” sul tema, sia come “contributo specializzato al dialogo con i musulmani in […]

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DIALOGO CON L'ISLAM

Necessità vitale

Dialogo interreligioso e interculturale come “necessità vitale”, l’impegno di cristiani e musulmani a richiamare “l’attenzione sulla verità del carattere sacro e della dignità della persona come base del reciproco rispetto e stima”, sono stati alcuni dei richiami che il Papa ha lanciato in Turchia nel corso del suo recente viaggio che gli ha fatto incontrare, […]

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Debate on the future of EU integration

After the debate on the problems of European integration held in the European Parliament last May and the further debate in the EP on 29 November, introduced by a report by Irish Premier Bertie Ahern, the representatives of the national parliaments and of the EP met in Brussels on 4-5 December to discuss the “Future […]

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European research: spheres of action

The Seventh Framework Programme for Research for the period 2007-2013, approved by the European Parliament last week, is subdivided into four specific programmes, with an overall endowment of approximately 54 billion euros. The Cooperation programme “shall promote cooperation between industry and academic research throughout Europe, to achieve leadership in key sectors of technology”. This sphere […]

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New strategies to tackle migration

Reinforcing “the global approach of the European Union to migration” and proposing “new and concrete measures to better control this phenomenon”: these are the aims of the two Communications on the mass movements of population presented by the European Commission on 30 November. “The first – explains Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini – reinforces the framework […]

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Austria: third anniversary of “Sozialwort”

Three years since its introduction, the “ecumenical Sozialwort” is more relevant than ever: the positive nature of the event was underlined during a ceremony held in the Austrian Parliament on 30 November. “Sozialwort continues to be a means of guiding social endeavour”, said the Right Rev. Maximilian Aichern, retired bishop of Linz, promoter of the […]

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Croatia: 29th European Youth Meeting of Taizé

Tens of thousands of young people from all over Europe will converge on Zagreb from 28 December 2006 to 1st January 2007 for the 29th European Youth Meeting organized by the Taizé community. “The time has come for us to take new steps in helping to build a future of peace, with young Croatians, their […]

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Germany: a pause for Advent

“A pause to breathe” in the hectic pre-Christmas rush, fifteen minutes of reflection and prayer; that’s the initiative of the church of St. Ludwig in Speyer, which from 4 to 23 December is proposing an ecumenical prayer organized by the city’s Evangelical and Catholic communities from Monday to Saturday, between 12.15 and 12.30. The ecumenical […]

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ECUMENISM

Greece: Christodoulos to Benedict XVI

The first official visit of His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of Athens and all Greece, to the Pope and the Roman Church will be held from 13th to 16th December. The meeting with Benedict XVI has been planned for 14th December. The visit also includes a ceremony in the basilica of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, […]

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