Germania: tutelare la vita

Le questioni attuali inerenti alla riforma della sanità, le iniziative volte a ridurre gli aborti tardivi e i modi di gestire le disposizioni dei pazienti, così come l’assistenza in punto di morte sono stati i temi principali discussi nell’incontro svoltosi a Bonn il 25 ottobre scorso tra rappresentanti dell’Ordine dei medici federale tedesco, la Conferenza […]

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Eu-Holy See, a new newsletter

The first number of the newsletter of the Delegation of the European Commission to the Holy See and to the UN organizations in Rome has recently been published. The aim of the newsletter is to maintain contacts between the various institutions and inform on activities, objectives and initiatives. “The European Commission – explains ambassador Luis […]

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European Forum of civil society

Empower, the European Forum of civil society, organized by the European Commission as part of the consultations on the White Paper on communication, is due to be held in Bergamo (Italy), from 9 to 10 November. “The meeting – explains a statement of the Executive – will be attended by over 300 representatives of non-governmental […]

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Reding: “No to cyber-repression”

The first meeting of the Forum on internet governance was held at Athens from 30 October to 2 November. The decision to set up the Forum was taken at the world Summit of Tunis on the information society (WSIS) in November 2005. The Athens meeting, promoted by the UNO, in which the EU was represented […]

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Against the trafficking of human beings

The European Union regards “the trafficking of human beings as a crime against the person, with the object of that person’s exploitation”: on the basis of this conviction, a seminar was held in Helsinki on Tuesday 31 October, “in the framework of the EU Action Plan to combat the trafficking” of children, women and men, […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Culture, dignity and freedom

A clear message to the “last European dictator” Alexander Lukashenko: that’s how the decision taken by the European Parliament to award the Sakharov Prize 2006 to the leader of the opposition in Belarus, Alexander Milinkevich, was interpreted in Strasbourg. Last week’s plenary session of the EP was full of events and commemorations, and a number […]

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SACRED SPACES IN EUROPE

Stones that unite

The liturgical building is, now more than ever, an integral part not just of the geographical, but also of the historical and social context: that is the thesis that emerged from the 4th international conference on “Architecture and Liturgy in the Twentieth Century. European experiences compared”, held in Venice on 26/27 October. The church building […]

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Jews and Protestants in dialogue in Paris

“Jews and Protestants, between complicity and incomprehension, what future for our relations?” is the theme of a conference held in Paris in recent weeks, as part of the programme “Church and Israel”. “I am disturbed whenever the fundamental right to existence of the State of Israel is placed in doubt – observed rabbi Rivon Krygier […]

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60th anniversary of the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey

“The freedom of Bossey permits people to tackle in an open and constructive way some of the most painful questions debated by the Churches and religious communities and this, in our time, is really necessary”, said pastor Konrad Raiser, former general secretary of the WCC (World Council of Churches), in an address celebrating the 60th […]

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ECUMENISM

Templeton Prize for Portuguese journalist

“The secular media reveal great ignorance about and suspicion for religion. The religious institutions, for their part, show lack of trust in the media and do not seem able to understand the foundations of journalism and the challenges of modern information technology”, said the Portuguese journalist António Marujo in Lisbon in recent days, in his […]

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