EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Health for everyone

“In some cases the medical treatment of which a patient has a need is more effectively provided in an EU country other than the one in which he/she resides” and so-called “patient mobility” is a right recognized by the European Court of Justice”: that is how the European Commissioner for the health and protection of […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

From Albania to China

In the second half of the plenary session of the EP (cf. SirEurope no.57) held in Strasbourg from 4 to 7 September, MEPs discussed the multilingualism of the institutions, efforts to curb marine pollution, the European social model, the Accord of stabilization and association between the EU and Albania, the crisis in Lebanon, the Middle […]

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ISLAM IN THE BALKANS

A lack of knowledge

“Every day the stakes are higher in terms of cohabitation and dialogue with the Arab world: we cannot shut ourselves up in fortress Europe; on the contrary, it is the task of men of culture to have the courage to look to the future”, declared SALVATORE BONO , professor emeritus at the University of Perugia […]

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50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

A press conference to present the Committee of wise men established by the European bishops to prepare for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome (25 March 1957-25 March 2007) will be held at the headquarters of COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) in Brussels on 11 […]

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COMECE

Summer university on European identity

“European identity: politics, society, religion” is the theme of the Seventh Summer University now being held in Graz (Austria), until 16 September. Promoted by COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community) in partnership with Karl Franzen University in Graz and the diocese of Graz-Seckau, the summer school, which opened on 2nd September, […]

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Ukraine: 80th birthday of Cardinal Jaworski

Heartfelt gratitude for his service and dedication to the renewal of the Catholic Church in Ukraine was expressed by Benedict XVI to Cardinal Marian Jaworski, archbishop of Lviv of the Latins, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. The Pope’s telegram of congratulations was read out at the start of the solemn mass that the Cardinal […]

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Russia: Catholic youth meeting

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”: that is the motto chosen by Benedict XVI for the fourth meeting of the Catholic youth of Russia which was held in the region of Moscow at the end of July, in the year dedicated by the Church to the Bible. […]

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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

Russia: Archbishop deplores the concert of Madonna

“Responsibility for what the young generations learn about Christ and Christianity from films, books and music depends entirely on us”, and today “the lack of knowledge and a degraded system of values are at the roots of the contemporary situation”, declared Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, in an appeal to priests, men and women religious and laypeople […]

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“Dying to live… for the cause of the Gospel”

An appeal to “make public one of the most precious and confidential secrets, that of faith in Christ, is the aim of the national campaign entitled “Dying to live… for the cause of the Gospel”, launched in recent days by the Catholic Church of England and Wales, through its agency CASE (Catholic Agency to Support […]

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Priests victims of violence

“Every two years some 6000 priests suffer various forms of violence”: that’s the conclusion of a research project conducted by the University of London in England. Entitled “Violence against Professionals in the Community”, the survey especially targeted priests of the various Christian confessions, in particular Catholics and Lutherans. Its findings have been published in the […]

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