Poland: "The EU cannot turn its back on the rest of the continent"” “

“Tracing the ‘space’ of the united Europe, proposing new forms of civil participation to the Europeans, and questioning Europe’s role in the world”: these are “the main questions that need to be tackled today”, according to the President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski. In Rome for a state visit, the Polish President had […]

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Germany" "

Bioethics: the bishops’ reservations” “

Many problems were tackled by the plenary assembly of German bishops held in Stuttgart from 18 to 21 February under the presidency of Cardinal Karl Lehmann. The issues discussed included recent developments in the field of bioethics; the role of Catholic marriage counsellors; the new developments in the pastoral care of the armed services; the […]

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Spain" "

Day for Latin America” “

“I was a stranger and you made me welcome” is the theme of the Day for Latin America that the Spanish Church is celebrating on 3 March. On the problems and challenges posed by immigration we interviewed Pilar Samanes , coordinator of the pastoral service for immigrants of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. Sister Pilar is […]

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Islam

” “Willing to listen

“Interreligious Dialogue – The Teaching of the Catholic Church”, the new book of Msgr. Kevin McDonald, chairman of the episcopal committee for dialogue with other faiths, was presented in London on 28 February. The participants at the book launch also included Father Justo Lacunza Balda , director of PISAI (Pontificial Institute of Arab and Islamic […]

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United Kingdom: service in the Church” “

The issue of women priests has split the Anglican Church in the UK, but now has become a reality. We checked out the situation of women in the Catholic Church and discovered that the role of women is being increasingly promoted both in the Catholic community of England and in that of Wales. This is […]

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Presentation of bids” “

· ENVIRONMENT – Invitation to present proposals in the environmental field. Deadline for the presentation of proposals: 30/4/2002. For further information, consult the Internet site http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/funding/(OGEC C 45/14, 19/2/2002); · ASIA – Invitation to present proposals for the Programme Asia-Link for cooperation in the sector of higher education between the EU and the countries of […]

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European Parliament” “

The activities of the Commission and the political Groups will be suspended in the first week of March. The work will resume with the plenary session of the EP in Strasbourg on 11 March. The meetings of the EP scheduled from 5 to 8 March are as follows: · 5/3/2002, Work Group on inter-institutional coordination; […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Decision no. 9/2002 of the Council of Ministers ACP-EC, of 20/12/2001, that adopts the internal regulation of the ACP-EC Committee of cooperation for the financing of development (OGEC L 50/60, 21/2/2002); · Decision no.10/2002 of the Committee […]

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European Court of Human Rights” “

“The decision taken is justified in the higher interest of the child, to which all the legislation applied to the field of adoption is subordinated”. With this motivation the European Court of Human Rights rejected the appeal made by a Frenchman, a self-declared homosexual, to whom the national courts has denied the possibility of adopting […]

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” “Dailies and periodicals” “

The “Convention on the future of Europe”, which has just begun its work in Brussels, is discussed by Thomas Fuller, in the Herald Tribune (27/2), according to whom “the European political leaders have been convened to redistribute power in a new, enlarged Europe and to replace the complex and confused network of treaties that now […]

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