Message of 8 peoples” “

“The Katholikentag of the Catholics of Central Europe (MEKT) is a clear sign of the fact that in the new Europe, communion is stronger than all the conflicts of the past and the present”: so declared Cardinal CHRISTOPH SCHÖNBORN , president of the Austrian Episcopal Conference, which met for its spring assembly in Seggauberg in […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

“Wars are not the only cause of terrorism. But they are a pretext for it, or one of the pretexts”. Referring to the request of President Jacques Chirac, during his recent meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, to “put an end to conflicts, fertile breeding ground for terrorism”, Bruno Frappat, in his editorial in La […]

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New funds for anti-paedophilia campaign” “

The European Union has allocated 50 million euros for the funding of the Daphne programme to combat paedophilia and the sexual abuse of children, adolescents and women for the five-year period 2004-2008. Together with the “framework decision on the campaign against the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography”, adopted by the European Council in […]

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Environment: Kyoto binding for Europe” “

At the world level there are still many governments (such as the USA and Russia) that hesitate to accept the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and receive them into their national legislation. In the European Union, by contrast, a decision of the European Parliament and Council […]

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Citizenship” “

The European Commission has approved the communication “Citizenship in action”, which represents the basis of the reform for EU youth, culture 2000 and media plus programmes from 2007 on. The aim of the youth programme – open to the age group 13-30 – is to reinforce the actions of the European volunteer services also beyond […]

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Education and training post-2007″ “

With the intention of defining new guidelines in the sector of formal and informal learning, the Commission recently adopted a communication with the title “The new generation of education and training programmes 2007-2013”. The document of the EU Executive is aimed at providing guidelines for the reform of EU programmes currently in force (Socrates – […]

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CEC-COMECE: meeting with EU President” “

Representatives of the Christian Churches in Europe met the Irish prime minister and current President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, in Dublin on 11 March. The delegation of the European Churches was composed of the representatives of the “Church and Society” Commission of the CEC and of COMECE. The representatives of the Christian Churches […]

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Ukraine: Cardinal Husar on the Patriarchate ” “

A letter has been addressed to the faithful of the Ukraine to explain how negotiations are progressing with regard to the recognition of the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, following Cardinal Walter Kasper’s visit to Moscow. The letter is signed by Cardinal Lubomyr Husar on behalf of the Synod of bishops of the metropolitan […]

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UNGHERIA: UCIP (GIORNALISTI CATTOLICI), "UNA SOCIETÀ FERITA CHE STA CERCANDO DI GUARIRE"

 La società ungherese è "una società ferita, bisognosa di guarire dai mali di 40 anni di dominazione sovietica, che hanno lasciato tra la gente egoismo, apatia, indifferenza, solitudine". E’ una diagnosi implacabile quella fatta oggi a Budapest dal sociologo Miklos Tomka, docente all’Università cattolica di Pàzmàny Peter (nata solo due anni fa), nel suo intervento […]

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UNGHERIA: UCIP (GIORNALISTI CATTOLICI), "UNA SOCIETÀ FERITA CHE STA CERCANDO DI GUARIRE" (2)

 Anche rispetto all’imminente prospettiva dell’ingresso nell’Unione europea (il 1° maggio prossimo), come ha spiegato padre Laszlo Lukacs, direttore dell’Università Sapientia di Budapest, la società ungherese appare "divisa": "Vi sono gruppi nazionalisti estremi che non vogliono entrare in Europa. La Chiesa, almeno ufficialmente, sostiene l’adesione all’Ue, anche se i vescovi si dicono preoccupati per i possibili […]

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