STATUTO TOSCANA: NOTA SETTIMANALE

Pubblichiamo la nota Sir di questa settimana – Merita leggere con una certa attenzione la recentissima sentenza della Corta costituzionale sullo statuto toscano. Lo Stato aveva presentato ricorso di legittimità costituzionale su alcuni punti di non poco conto, a partire da quello relativo alle coppie di fatto. L’opposizione è stata dichiarata inammissibile "per carenza di […]

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TRATTA DELLE DONNE: APPELLO DELLE CHIESE CRISTIANE IN SVIZZERA PER LA GIORNATA DEI DIRITTI UMANI DEL 10 DICEMBRE

” “Le Chiese cristiane svizzere chiedono, in una lettera congiunta, di porre fine alla tratta delle donne e si rivolgono direttamente a coloro la favoriscono o la tollerano, chiedendo di “cambiare atteggiamento”. E’ quanto si legge in una lettera diffusa oggi in vista della Giornata dei diritti umani del 10 dicembre e nell’ambito del decennio […]

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PAPA ALL’ANGELUS: APPUNTAMENTO AI ROMANI L’8 DICEMBRE IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA PER RENDERE OMAGGIO ALLA VERGINE MARIA

Giovanni Paolo II ha invitato i romani e i pellegrini presenti in questi giorni a Roma a unirsi a lui l’8 dicembre in piazza di Spagna per rendere omaggio alla Vergine Maria. Lo ha fatto ieri prima della recita dell’Angelus, confermando l’appuntamento tradizionale in piazza di Spagna per la festa dell’Immacolata Concezione. La partecipazione del […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

The “Ukrainian question”, on the day on which the two leaders (winner and loser) reached provisional agreement on a re-run of the presidential elections, continues to draw the attention of the main international dailies. “The Ukrainian political leaders – writes Judy Dempsey in the Herald Tribune (2/12) – reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday night […]

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The three priorities” “

Ukraine, Turkey, Aids: these were the three issues that dominated the parliamentary session in early December in the parliament building in Brussels. The Assembly wished to add further voice to the EU’s refusal to recognise the results of the recent presidential elections in Ukraine, and to call for a new ballot. MEPs also insisted on […]

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December 2004″ “

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other European Christian Churches in December. 1 Meeting of Cardinal Cormac-Murphy O’ Connor, archbishop of Westminster, with the youth of the archdiocese, in preparation for World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005. The aim of the meeting is to explain the spirit of WYD […]

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Difficulties of citizenship” “

“Immigration has reduced many of the consequences of the ageing of the population and the need for more manpower in Europe, but it is not the only solution to the sustainability of social security programmes”: that’s one of the statements contained in the report of the United Nations on the question of international migration, drawn […]

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Russia: Dalai Lama in the Kalmuck Republic” “

With great emotion the Dalai Lama, spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, was welcomed at the airport of Elista, capital of the Kalmuck Republic, to the north of Daghestan on the Caspian Sea, on Monday 29 November. The Kalmuck people are mainly Buddhist: the most westerly and indeed only majority Buddhist people in Europe. Just a […]

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Ukraine: letter of Christian leaders to Kuchma” “

The leaders of the Christian Churches ask President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine to manage the situation by taking “decisive” measures against those who have violated the fundamental rights of the people, to satisfy “solely their personal interests”. In these terms, the leaders of the six Christian denominations present in Ukraine (the signatories of the appeal […]

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Anglicans: the Rev. Peterson received in audience by the Pope ” “

In spite of the difficulties that have emerged with the ordination of women as priests and bishops and more recently that of homosexuals, the Anglican Communion is serious in its intention to pursue the ecumenical process and is keen to hear the point of view of the Catholic Church on these matters. The point was […]

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