Austria: la giornata per la vita

Si è celebrata il 1 giugno, con una serie di iniziative a livello locale e nazionale, la giornata per la vita. Nelle singole diocesi sono state celebrate delle Messe dedicate al tema della vita. È quanto avvenuto nella diocesi di Linz, in cui il vescovo diocesano, mons. Ludwig Schwarz, si è espresso a favore di […]

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Germania: mondiali di calcio ed eventi ecumenici

Il 9 giugno, in occasione dell’inaugurazione dei campionati mondiali di calcio che si disputeranno in Germania, presso il Liebfrauendom, la cattedrale di Monaco di Baviera si svolgerà una celebrazione ecumenica. La funzione è una tra le numerose iniziative organizzate dalle Chiese cristiane nelle diverse località che ospiteranno gli incontri, al fine di trasformare i mondiali […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Andate avanti

Il 2 giugno, nell’aula della Benedizione del Palazzo apostolico Vaticano, Benedetto XVI ha ricevuto in udienza i dirigenti, i giornalisti e i tecnici dei media promossi dalla Conferenza episcopale italiana (Cei), il quotidiano cattolico “Avvenire”, il canale televisivo satellitare Sat2000, il Circuito radiofonico InBlu e l’agenzia Sir. Nel corso dell’incontro il Papa ha proposto una […]

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Work and poverty in the Third World

“More numerous and better quality jobs; social protection; equal opportunities; social dialogue”: that’s the aim of the so-called “decent job” policy adopted by the European Commission last week to help the developing countries to combat poverty and improve living conditions and employment. Presenting the Communication “Promoting a decent job for everyone” at a press conference, […]

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European cinema on line

The 59th International Cannes Film Festival is not all stardust and prizes. The “European Charter of films online“, launched by the Commission and signed by eighteen European and US companies and organizations representing the film industry, internet service providers and telecommunications operators, has now been approved. The first document of its kind in the world, […]

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Reform of the European Refugee Fund

628 million euros for the period 2008-2013: that’s the total budget proposed by the Commission for the European Refugee Fund (ERF), the EU facility at the service of policies for the assistance of refugees and asylum seekers. The Executive also proposes a series of changes to the Fund to “increase the solidarity” of Europe and […]

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COMMUNICATION

A question of democracy

A real mountain of paper and a proliferation of websites: for some time communication has become a constant concern of the European Union, in the consciousness of the need to close the gap between institutions and citizens. COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY. The need to inform Europeans on the integration process (history, legislation, common policies) and make […]

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EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Inside and outside the frontiers

Europe plays “an ever more active role on the world scene with a view to improving the global situation of human rights”; nonetheless “the EU fails to tackle this question in a systematic and continuous way” in its relations with third countries. It even fails “to integrate its human rights policy in its trade and […]

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PEOPLES AND FAITHS

Fostering reciprocity

“A free and open discussion that touched on numerous issues of current affairs, relating “to the harmonious co-existence of peoples and faiths in Europe” and Community integration. At the end of the meeting with religious leaders, held in the seat of the Commission in Brussels on 30 May, the head of the Executive, JOSÉ MANUEL […]

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PORTUGAL

Abc of the faith

It might be called “the ABC of the faith” for those who want to join the Catholic Church for the first time or return to it after an absence: it’s the “Alpha Course”, an idea conceived in Great Britain (cf. SIR 23/2005), which has now spread throughout the world, especially in France, and now in […]

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