POPULATION

How to stem the decline?

Family, birth rate, solidarity between the generations, role of the elderly in society, immigration: the debate on the “demographic question” is gaining a new lease of life in the European Union. The EU institutions seem to realise that these are crucial issues for the future of the continent, and are of immediate relevance for social […]

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DISABILITY

Right of citizenship

Improving the quality of life of disabled persons between now and 2015: that’s the objective of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which adopted in recent days a recommendation, addressed to all the Council’s 46 member states, called “Action Plan to promote the rights and full participation in society of people with […]

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Cec: more space for ecology in the churches

The European Christian Environmental European Network (ECEN), an ecumenical pressure group linked to the Conference of European Church (CEC), has asked for more space to be reserved for reflection on the protection of the environment in Church calendars. ECEN made its plea in a press release issued at the end of a consultation held in […]

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Moscow: a Russian model of human rights proposed

The Russian Orthodox Church presented on Thursday 6 April – at the end of the 10th World Russian People’s Congress (Moscow, 4-6 April) – a “declaration on the rights and dignity of man”, denouncing the excesses of absolute individualism that pervades the international regime of human rights and expressing the concern that it occupies a […]

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Anglican Communion: no to a moratorium on gays

A commission of the American Episcopalian Church has rejected a proposed moratorium on the election of openly gay bishops, limiting itself to the declaration that henceforth the congregation would have to exercise “considerable prudence” in the choice of diocesan leaders who are cohabiting with partners of the same sex. The commission also recommended that the […]

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ECUMENISM

Easter: this year it’s being celebrated with Jews

Catholics, Protestants and Jews are preparing this week to celebrate Easter (or Passover), essential religious feast both for Christians and Jews which this year, by chance, falls in the same week. On Sunday 9 April, Catholics and Protestants celebrated Palm Sunday, the feast with which the two Churches officially opened the celebration of Holy Week […]

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GERMANY

Together for life

According to some estimates of the German Federal Statistics Office, 680,000- 690,000 children were born alive in Germany in 2005; there were over 705,000 in 2004. The German Churches are reacting against this trend in the form of Pro-Life Week, which will be held from 29 April to 6 May, dedicated this year to life […]

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ELEZIONI: ACLI, "AFFRONTARE LE VERE PRIORITÀ: LAVORO, FAMIGLIA, SVILUPPO ECONOMICO, A PARTIRE DAL MEZZOGIORNO"

"Affrontare con coraggio le vere priorità del Paese: il lavoro, la famiglia e lo sviluppo economico, a partire dal Mezzogiorno". All’indomani di una tornata elettorale che ha mostrato un’Italia spaccata in due, le Acli suggeriscono al futuro governo la strada per conquistare la fiducia del Paese e garantire al contempo, la propria stabilità e tenuta […]

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HOLY WEEK: CARD. STAFFORD, "FORGIVING IS HARD BUT POSSIBLE". AMONG NEW SINS, "TOO MUCH TIME IN FRONT OF TV AND THE INTERNET"

” “A long list of questions to be answered for soul searching before approaching the Sacrament of Confession. Questions that involve old and new sins. The new sins, mentioned this afternoon at the penitential mass in the Basilica of Saint Peter’s, celebrated by card. James Francis Stafford, president of the Papal Council for the Lay, […]

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SETTIMANA SANTA: CARD. STAFFORD, "PERDONARE È DIFFICILE MA POSSIBILE". TRA I NUOVI PECCATI "TROPPO TEMPO DAVANTI TV E INTERNET"

Un lungo elenco di domande a cui rispondere per l’esame di coscienza, prima di avvicinarsi al sacramento della confessione. Domande che chiamano in causa peccati vecchi e nuovi. Tra i nuovi, citati oggi pomeriggio durante la liturgia penitenziale nella Basilica di San Pietro presieduta dal card.James Francis Stafford, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici, […]

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