Unemployment stable

7.8% in the Eurozone and 8.0% in the EU-25, equivalent to a total of 17.4 million men and women throughout the territory of the EU: the percentages have been published by Eurostat for July, confirming a stable European unemployment rate for the third consecutive month. The situation is only positive if we compare it with […]

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MIGRATIONS

The choices of the young

Immigrant youth of the second, third or fourth generations will be the focus of attention of the European Churches during the meeting of national directors for the pastoral care of migrants in Europe, to be held in Sigüenza, in Spain, from 21 to 24 September. Promoted by the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences), […]

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COMECE

A new page

The International Summer School promoted by COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) in partnership with the Karl Franzen University of Graz and the diocese of Graz-Seckau ends at the castle of Seggau, at the heart of Styria, today. After the experiences of previous years, reserved for staff of the bishops’ conferences, […]

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Ecumenism: Orthodox spirituality at Bose

The theme of the divine liturgy and the proclamation of the Gospel in the immense territories that stretch from Russia to Japan and Alaska is at the centre of the 14th international Ecumenical Conference of Orthodox Spirituality to be held at the Monastery of Bose (Biella, in Italy) from 14 to 20 September. Promoted under […]

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Hungarian uprising: Focolari mark the 50th anniversary

Some 11,000 members of the Focolare Movement from 64 countries will meet in Budapest, in the SportArena, on 16 September for an international rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic Hungarian events when the country was invaded by Soviet troops. “It will be the witness of another revolution – explains the Focolare Movement […]

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Bible and European culture: master in Italy

A new master or postgraduate degree on “Bible and European culture. Biblical texts as source of philosophic and theological thought, literature and art” begins this year at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. Promoted by the Catholic University in collaboration with the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and the Institute of Religious […]

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APPOINTMENTS

Migration and youth: Ccee meeting

A meeting of migration and youth is due to be held at Sigüenza (Spain) from 21 to 24 September 2006. It will be attended by some fifty delegates including bishops, experts and national directors for the pastoral care of immigrants from 25 European Bishops’ Conferences: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the International Bishops’ Conference of […]

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Ireland: Catholic schools for a better society

“Religion is more than a matter for study. It’s a lifestyle and a faith that must be handed down”. In this perspective “Catholic schools contribute to the enrichment of Irish society”, declared the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, Seán Brady, intervening in recent days at the opening ceremony of the celebrations marking […]

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Scotland: Church’s reservations about the new casino

“Gambling becomes morally unacceptable when people permit it to dominate their own life, depriving them and their families of the necessary resources for living”, says a statement put out by the archdiocese of Glasgow, with reference to plans for a “supercasino” in the city. The Catholic Church recognises “the project’s positive potential in terms of […]

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Switzerland: no to new laws on foreigners

In view of the forthcoming referendum (24 September) in Switzerland on two new laws, formally unconnected but both treating the same subject – the presence of foreigners in the country -, the Commission of Justice and Peace of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference, Caritas Switzerland and Migratio have restated their opposition to the provisions in a […]

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