Scotland: firm rejection of adoptions by same-sex couples” “

The Government’s proposal to permit same-sex couples to adopt children has met with the firm opposition of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, archbishop of Edinburgh. During the recent meeting promoted by the Scottish Executive, i.e. the assembly that deals with Scottish domestic affairs, at the end of a four-year review of the adoption system, the Cardinal called […]

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Poland: congress of European Christian associations” “

“Europe of dialogue. Being Christians in a pluralist Europe” is the theme of the congress of the European Christian lay associations being held at Gniezno (Poland) from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 September. Organized by the St. Adalbert Foundation, the meeting will bring together some 800 participants, including the representatives of over 250 European Christian […]

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A seed of reconciliation” “” “

For a month now the mortal remains of Frère Roger have been resting in the shade of the little Romanesque church in the village of Taizé, where, in 1940, he had been invited to live by an elderly woman of the parish. Twelve thousand people, including a huge throng of youngsters, had gathered in the […]

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No mass immigration from the new states ” “

The enlargement of the European Union will not lead to a mass influx of migrants: that is the main finding of the study “Migration trend in an enlarged Europe” conducted by H. Krieger on behalf of the EU agency, European Foundation for the improvement of conditions of life and work, on the basis of data […]

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A common tutelage” “” “

ERA is the Academy of European Law (http://www.era.int), founded in Trier (Germany) in 1992 with the aim of providing legal practitioners (lawyers, judges, jurists and students of law) with training able to guarantee the correct interpretation and application of European law. Ever since 1990, the European Commission, on the recommendation of Parliament, had committed itself […]

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Education at a glance” “

In the member states of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development –whose members comprise 30 industrialized countries in the world, 22 of which European – “the levels of education are in progressive growth” but “the opportunities for post-school education and training seem to privilege persons already endowed with a good level of education […]

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Compensation for forced labourers during World War II” “

The work of the compensation fund of the German Catholic Church has borne fruit: a per caput sum of 2,556 euros has been paid out to 594 individuals. The figures emerge from the presentation in late August of the balance sheet by the president of the German Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Karl Lehmann and by the […]

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VERTICE ONU: CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS, "È STATA PERSA UNA GRANDIOSA OPPORTUNITÀ. LA SITUAZIONE DI POVERTÀ È INACCETTABILE"

” “” “"Un’opportunità mancata" soprattutto a causa di "rancori e dinamiche politiche tra i leader del mondo": così la Caritas internationalis, confederazione di 162 organizzazioni sparse in tutto il mondo, definisce oggi il vertice delle Nazioni Unite che si conclude domani a New York. "La delusione non basta a contenere la profondità dell’angoscia – afferma […]

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PAPA: PADRE PIZZABALLA (CUSTODE), "LA VISITA DEI RABBINI FAVORIRÀ IL DIALOGO. ACCORDO POSSIBILE TRA SANTA SEDE E ISRAELE"

” “” “"La visita di oggi segna un punto per il dialogo ebraico-cattolico. Rappresenta un gesto concreto che gioverà al prosieguo delle relazioni". Lo ha detto al Sir il Custode di Terra Santa, padre Pierbattista Pizzaballa, commentando l’udienza di Benedetto XVI ai due rabbini capo di Israele, il sefardita Shlomo Moshe Amar e l’askenazita Yona […]

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BIBBIA E MEDIA: BERNABEI, LA TV "IGNORA" DIO, MA IL "GENERE SACRO" È IN CRESCITA GRAZIE A SPETTATORI PIÙ "MATURI"

” “” “Anche se "la comunicazione televisiva in tutto il mondo viene pensata e trasmessa su di un unico schema di concezioni immanentistiche, di relativismo etico, che ignora costantemente la presenza di Dio creatore", il genere sacro, escluso per quasi vent’anni dalla tv consumistica, "è tornato a essere accettato dall’emittenza televisiva, perché gradito e desiderato […]

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