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Between integration and rights ” “

The CES (European Confederation of Trades Unions, founded in 1973, representing 53 million workers, and comprising 14 European Federations and 58 national confederations in 28 countries) has called an extraordinary mobilization throughout the continent on 2 and 3 April to support the process of European integration, founded on the rights of citizens and workers, committed […]

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Not only a critical use” “” “

No longer passive spectators or uninformed users: education in the media must lead, through a critical understanding of the language and techniques they use, and through an analysis of the values they transmit and their influence on lifestyles, to a responsible and active use of the instruments of communication and the new technologies. In a […]

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Andalusia, too much violence in the family ” “

“Marital violence is not a private fact”, declares the bishop of Asidonia-Jerez (in Andalusia), Monsignor Juan del Rio, in an interview published in various magazines. Bishop Juan Del Rio cites the figures of domestic violence: 68 women and 10 men killed by their spouses in Spain in 2003 alone. But only 10% of women subjected […]

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A parish open 24 hours a day at Valencia” “

“Only a week ago we opened the parish 24 hours a day, and the results are already astonishing”: so says Father Miguel Ángel Vives, parish priest of the church of the Nativity of Our Lord, the first parish to be open day and night in Spain. It’s situated at Burjassot, in the province of Valencia. […]

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Holy Year inaugurated at Santiago de Compostela” “

Solemn rite, incense wafted from the “botafumeiro” (the cathedral’s enormous censer), three hammer blows on the new bronze Holy Door: so opened the Holy Year at Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, as hundreds of devotees crossed the threshold of the new Holy Door, reopened after five years (the last Jubilee was held in 1999). Whenever […]

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The Bible and children ” “

The Bible Year that has just ended was characterised by various projects aimed at deepening knowledge of Holy Scripture. Bibel-Entdecker-Tour (BET) is the name of an ecumenical event organised in Germany for children aged 10 to 14. A total of some 120,000 German kids took part in it, comprising 5,940 groups from all the Churches, […]

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Ireland: the bishops on behalf of the Irish abroad” “

“The government must urgently promote an Agency for the Irish abroad”, insists the bishop of Derry, Monsignor Seamus Hegarty, in response to the poor living conditions to which many post-war Irish emigrants to London have been reduced. Awareness of the problem was raised by a television documentary, “Ireland, the forgotten generation”, during the recent Christmas […]

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Austria: a European ministry?” “

The prospects of a ministry geared to the European dimension were discussed at the Austrian congress on pastoral care held at Salzburg on 8 January in the presence of the city’s archbishop, Alois Kothgasser. The theme of the congress, chosen in view of the imminent enlargement of the EU, was variously analysed. It was a […]

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Albania: fleeing from poverty” “

“So long as this country does not offer real opportunities for work and personal growth, the Albanian people will tend to seek better living conditions abroad”, says Sofia Mosca. Sister Sofia, who has headed Caritas in Tirana for the last year, was interviewed by SIR, following the recent tragedy at sea in which 20 Albanian […]

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New neighbours ” “

The special December 2003 number of “Europe infos”, the monthly of the Commission of the episcopates of the European Union (COMECE) and of the Catholic Office of information and initiative for Europe (OCIPE), is entirely dedicated to the enlargement of the European Union and its relation with “the neighbouring countries”. On 1st May this year […]

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