Cohesion policy and social agenda” “

In the framework of the regional policy of the EU, the plenary session of the EP approved two reports that reaffirm the guidelines for future strategy on the regional dimension, especially in view of enlargement. The Strasbourg assembly calls on the Council to promote a better coordination of policies in the sector, by favouring the […]

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Debate on IGC” “

The resumption of the work of the European Parliament after the summer break (Strasbourg, 1-4/9) coincided with the debate on the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). The Italian Presidency of the EU reaffirmed the three principles on the basis of which it intends to conduct the negotiations for the approval of the European Constitution: respect for […]

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2002 report on human rights approved” “

Condemnation of terrorism, disapproval of the concentration of media in the hands of a few groups, appeal to member states to abolish discrimination against children, homosexuals and non-conjugal relations: that’s what emerges from the annual Report of 2002 on fundamental rights in the European Union approved by the European Parliament on 4 September. Policies of […]

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An "ecumenical" school at Liverpool” “

A secondary school jointly promoted by the Anglican and Catholic Churches is due to open in Liverpool in September 2005. It is expected to be attended by some 900 pupils. Situated in the city’s Kensington/Fairfield district, the new “ecumenical” school will accept students from every area of the city and, as a press release of […]

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Teoctist on John Paul II” “

“Words that the Orthodox have been awaiting for centuries”. That’s how the Orthodox Patriarch of Romania, Teoctist, recalled the words pronounced by John Paul II during his visit to the country in 1999. “The Christian faith was brought to this land by Peter’s brother, Andrew”, the Pope had then said. The 25th anniversary of his […]

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WCC: new objectives and strategies ” “

During the 2003 session of the central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), held in Geneva from 26 August to 2 September, the Council’s new general secretary was elected. For the first time an African was chosen. He is Pastor Samuel Kobia, of the Methodist Church of Kenya. He will succeed Konrad Raiser, […]

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Roots and values” “” “

“A Europe capable of being more open to the spirit, capable of living with the southern hemisphere, of being the expression of a democracy attentive to human rights, and able to contribute in a decisive manner to the third millennium”: that’s the “dream” of the Sant’Egidio Community for our continent. It is expressed in the […]

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The invisible space” “

The University, an institution devised by the Catholic Church in the high Middle Ages, is one of the essential elements of European civilization, and a decisive factor in its development. The European identity was largely formed through the intellectual irrigation produced by the universities, from Uppsala to Bologna and Catania, from Oxford to Krakow, from […]

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How to make ourselves heard?” “

“The television initiatives of Catholics in the European countries: situations and prospects” is the theme of the seminar organized by the Commission of the European Episcopates for the media (CEEM) of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), due to be held in Rome on 18 September. Promoted in collaboration with the Communication and […]

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Gipsies: still "vulnerable" throughout Europe” “

“Discrimination against gipsies (the Rom and Sinti groups) has serious consequences for their life expectancy”, writes Jan van der Zandt, delegate for the pastoral care of migrants and gipsies of the Dutch Episcopal Conference, in the last number of rkkkerk.nl, newsletter of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. According to van der Zandt, the figures […]

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