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The votes of Italians abroad were decisive in obtaining the victory, albeit by a narrow margin, of Romano Prodi in Italy’s general elections. An Italy divided into two emerged from the ballot. A situation that requires prudence from everyone, as underlined in its headline by the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire of 12/4. The paper’s editorialist, […]

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Istanbul a European Capital of Culture in 2010

“The jury charged with selecting the European Capitals of Culture in 2010 has chosen the three best dossiers: those of Essen, Pecs and Istanbul”. The jury’s recommendation, published by a statement of the Commission on 11 April, is subject to the decision on the matter that the European Council will have to take during the […]

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.eu domain: Europe’s new internet address a success

“Today the competitive knowledge society that is Europe is becoming particularly visible to the eyes of the world on the Internet”, says European Commissioner for the information society and the media, Viviane Reding, who launched Top Level Domain .eu last week (enabling businesses, public bodies and citizens to choose a pan-European Internet name for their […]

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Break on the economy in fourth quarter of 2005

“During the last quarter of 2005, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the euro zone increased by 0.3% and that of the 25-member EU by 0.4% over the previous quarter”: Eurostat, the EU statistics office, published the economic data for the last period of 2005 on Wednesday 12 April. They show a slowdown in the […]

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A single ambition

“Axes of collaboration” to reinforce democracy “from below”, protection of human rights, active involvement of citizens and civil society, intercultural and interfaith dialogue, educational projects, territorial and regional bodies and “euroregions” (Mediterranean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Balkans): just some of the ideas proposed by JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER , prime minister of Luxembourg, in the memorandum commissioned […]

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Towards full and visible unity

“Spare no effort in the task of rebuilding the full and visible unity of all Christ’s followers”: the “priority commitment” assumed by BENEDICT XVI at the start of his pontificate, was reaffirmed by the Pope during his meeting with 150 delegates of Churches, Bishops’ Conferences, communities and ecumenical institutions from throughout Europe who met in […]

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Albania: bilingual Gospel of John

The project for a Gospel of John in a bilingual Albanian and Italian edition, aimed in particular at Albanians living abroad, especially in Italy, has been made possible thanks to collaboration between the Bible Society in Tirana and its counterpart in Rome, and the financial support of Italian Caritas. The main characteristic of this Bible […]

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Switzerland: delegation of bishops in Iran

Promoting interfaith dialogue: that’s the main objective proposed by the delegation of the “Islam” workgroup (GTI) that works within the Swiss Bishops’ Conference and that will visit Iran from 17 to 24 April. The programme for the visit will include a meeting with the Organization for Islamic Culture and Relations (ICRO). “Respect and dialogue – […]

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Germany: “Popetown”, a provocation

TV advertisements of the “Popetown” series, already bitterly contested in Great Britain, but now transmitted on the MTV television channel in Germany, have caused strong reactions of condemnation on the part of the German Bishops’ Conference, which, through its secretary Father Hans Langendörfer, has issued a press release on the matter on 10 April. “The […]

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Scotland: Cardinal O’Brien against gay adoptions

The Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh and leader of the 800,000 Scottish Catholics, has protested against the new legislation adopted by the government which would permit homosexual couples to adopt children, in spite of the fact that a consultative referendum had shown that 89% of the Scottish population are contrary […]

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