SYDNEY 2008

The Netherlands: 600 registered for the WYD

Up to now, 600 Dutch youth are expected to take part in the forthcoming World Youth Day which will be held in Sydney July 15-20, 2008. The data was drawn from registrations collected by the Secretariat of the Catholic Dutch Church on December 1st 2007. This was the deadline by which young people could register […]

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Italy: a website for the youth

Over 8 thousand young people registered for the World Youth Day that will be held in Sydney, Australia on July 15-20, 2008. “These figures are provisional”- said Father Nicolò Anselmi, in charge of the Pastoral Care of the Youth for Italy’s Bishops Conference- “and they refer to the end of 2007. More registrations were filed […]

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Bulgaria: link up with Sydney

The news was given by Bishop Msgr. Petko Hristov, during a reunion of the Diocesan Pastoral Council held at the end of 2007 on the forthcoming commitments of the diocese of Nicopoli. For the first time, one of the three Bulgarian Catholic Dioceses presented its yearly pastoral plan. The year 2008 marks 10 years since […]

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UE

The five priorities

“In order to set a good example to the other Member States, Slovenia is committed to ratifying the Lisbon Treaty at the beginning of 2008”. This is one of the five priorities that the shifting Presidency of the EU Council now chaired by Lubiana’s government, identified in its working programme. Slovenia will be guiding the […]

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Promoting innovative markets

The European Commission suggested to boost the market potential of innovative products and services by removing the obstacles which curb innovation. The first phase envisages the involvement of six markets: on-line health assistance (Ict at the service of doctors and patients to speed up procedures and contain expenses), protection textiles (high-tech and “intelligent” fabric), eco-building, […]

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The Euro in Cyprus and Malta

“Euro adoption in Cyprus and Malta is proceeding rapidly. This shows that there has been a good preparation on the part of the respective governments and the competent authorities”. This was the remark of the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary affairs Joaquín Almunia, a week after the two Countries’ entry in Euroland. Past January […]

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Industrial production price increase

Between October and November 2007, industrial production price index increased by 0.8% in the Euro-zone (which until December included 13 Countries) and by 1.1% in the EU-27. This index shows the variations in the different Countries of retail prices of all products sold within the different National markets, excluding durable goods. The data was issued […]

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FRONT PAGE

The Two Appeals

Two passages from the address of Pope Benedict XVI to the Diplomatic corps on January 7 are closely related to the path leading to European integration. He first focused his gaze on the problematic situations of Kosovo and Cyprus, marked by long-standing expectations of political stability capable of ensuring peaceful co-existence. In the first case, […]

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England: stories of priests for a calendar

A calendar with the stories of 12 priests to tell the congregation about the life of those who have chosen the way of priesthood. It is the initiative of the diocese of Leeds, which launched the calendar 2008 with the slogan “A priest is for life, not for Christmas or Easter only”. Along with the […]

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Belgium: message from the Churches to the young

Frère Alois, the prior of the community of Taizé, announced that the next European Youth Meeting, that is held in a different city every year, will be held in Brussels from 29th December 2008 to 2nd January 2009. He did so by greeting the 40 thousand boys and girls who participated this year in the […]

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