COMMISSIONE EUROPEA

Educare ai media

La società dell’informazione e i media rappresentano un settore economico cruciale per la prosperità e la qualità della vita dell’Unione europea. La loro importanza non riguarda solo le infrastrutture e gli strumenti tecnici ma anche i contenuti e di conseguenza l’accesso all’informazione e a tutti i servizi che le telecomunicazioni in genere possono fornire. Curare […]

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UNIVERSITÀ

Uno spazio decisivo

Si terrà a Roma, dal 21 al 24 giugno 2007, l’incontro “Un nuovo umanesimo per l’Europa. Il ruolo delle Università”, promosso dal Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee), in occasione del 50° anniversario della firma dei Trattati di Roma. L’appuntamento si articolerà su quattro aree di ricerca (la persona umana, la società dell’uomo, la visione […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

The “old” continent

“Identifying common policies to tackle, with success, the far-reaching demographic changes” that are taking place in the European Union. Declining birth-rate, growth of the average age of the population, contraction of the size of families, internal migrations and those from other continents: these are all phenomena that are causing concern to the EU institutions and […]

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Educating in the media

The information society and the media represent a crucial economic sector for the prosperity and quality of life in the European Union. Their importance involves not only the infrastructures and technical means of communication, but also the contents and consequently the access to information and to all the services that telecommunications in general can provide. […]

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UNIVERSITIES

A decisive space

A meeting devoted to “a new humanism for Europe: the role of the universities” will be held in Rome, from 21 to 24 June 2007. Promoted by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE), to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome, the meeting will be subdivided into […]

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Belarus: praying for the Pope

A special “Day of Prayer and Solidarity with the Holy Father” is to be celebrated in the Greek-Catholic community in Belarus on Sunday, 8 October. It marks the 410th anniversary of the Union of Brest (23 December 1595), which sanctioned the reconciliation and full communion between the Greek-Catholic communities of Ukraine and neighbouring areas and […]

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Spain: divorces on the increase

The new law on divorce has led to an exponential growth of family breakdown in Spain: in the first year of its application (July 2005-July 2006) 163,444 divorces have been registered. The finding emerges from the survey conducted by Spain’s Institute of Family Policy (IFP) and is reported by the Fides international press agency. According […]

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Italy: message of the bishops for the 4th National Ecclesial Meeting

The 4th National Ecclesial Meeting will also be a “propitious occasion to qualify the service we intend to offer to the country as witnesses of hope”, says the message of the presidency of the Italian Bishops’ Conference on the occasion of the ecclesial meeting due to be held shortly in Verona (16-20 October). The Meeting, […]

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United Kingdom: fast of solidarity for the Congo

Renouncing lunch to help fund works of solidarity for a Congolese village: that’s the idea put into practice in the United Kingdom, where CAFOD, the most important Catholic charity for aid to the Third World, held the traditional “Fast Day” on 6 October, aimed at Catholic schools and parishes in the country. Thousands of people […]

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Bulgaria, Christianity and united Europe

A few days after the official confirmation by Brussels of the entry of Bulgaria and Romania into the European Union from 1st January 2007, the first inter-religious conference in Bulgaria was held in the city of Russe, seat of the diocese of Nicopoli, on 29-30 September. Organized by the Bulgarian Catholic Church, the theme of […]

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