European Parliament” “

The main points on the agenda of the parliamentary Commissions of the EP meeting in Brussels from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 December were the following: · Delimitation of the competencies between the European Union and the member States (Commission of constitutional affairs, rapporteur: Lamassoure); · Relations between the EP and the national Parliaments in […]

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EU legislation” “

The following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force in the course of last week: · Common position (EC) no. 39/2001 of 17/9/2001, defined by the Council, in conformity with the procedure specified in article 251 of the Treaty that institutes the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a directive […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “” “

The escalating death toll and violence in the Middle East monopolizes the attention of the international dailies, intent on analyzing the causes of the deterioration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and predicting its future outcome. “Ariel Sharon wants the end of Yasser Arafat”, is the blunt headline in Le Monde of 5/12, which in its inside […]

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Vatican: Prodi received in audience by the Pope” “

The Pope received the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, accompanied by his wife and by Commissioner Barnier, in private audience on Friday, 30 November. After his meeting with John Paul II, the President of the European Commission met Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano and Msgr. Jean-Louis Tauran, Secretary for the Holy See’s […]

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Italy: European Day” “

A day of reflection on the future of Europe was held in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament on 30 November. The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, also participated. For one day, the flags of all fifteen member countries were displayed in the Chamber. “Let us not passively await other events […]

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The plenary session of the EP” “

The European Parliament met in plenary session in Brussels on 28 and 29 November. The assembly rejected the Fiori Report on the “ethical, juridical, economic and social implications of human genetics” (cf. the report on p. 4 of this number of SirEurope). On the other hand, the joint Resolution on the preparation for the European […]

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United Kingdom: Will Carey retire?” “

The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, Primate of the Church of England, founded by Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, is rumoured to be about to announce his resignation. The disclosure was made in recent days both by the Sunday Telegraph and by the Daily Telegraph, papers traditionally close to the hierarchy of the Church […]

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Austria: revival of religious experience” “

“The future of religion, the role of the Churches” is the title of the symposium that ended in Vienna on 6 December. Organized by Paul M. Zulehner, dean of the Institute of pastoral Theology at the University of Vienna, the symposium represents the conclusion of the thirty years’ work begun by Zulehner in 1970 on […]

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Germany: new directives for pastoral care” “

“‘That they have life and have it abundantly’: these words of Jesus epitomize the task of the Church”, said Msgr. Ludwig Schick, delegate of the German Episcopal Conference for the pastoral Commission, in announcing, in Fulda on 4 December, the new directives of the German episcopate for the care of souls and for the pastoral […]

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Switzerland: Caritas supports UN membership” “

“Swissaid”, “Action de Careme, “Pain pour le prochain”, Caritas and “Helvetas” are recommending Swiss citizens to vote yes in the referendum scheduled for 3 March 2002 on whether the Swiss Confederation should join the United Nations Organization. In a press conference held in Bern on 4 December, the representatives of the five charities affirmed that […]

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