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“Dopo Verona. Il cantiere del Progetto culturale”. È il titolo del 4° incontro nazionale dei responsabili e dei collaboratori dei Centri culturali presenti nelle 226 diocesi italiane, aperto a Roma il 26 aprile (fino al 28). L’incontro, promosso dal Servizio Cei per il progetto culturale (www.progettoculturale.it), ha una scansione triennale: il primo si è tenuto […]

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Non solo per emergenza

La Giunta regionale della Campania, il 14 aprile, ha approvato le linee guida 2007 per le politiche giovanili, che mettono al centro della politica regionale a favore dei giovani il pieno rafforzamento dell’informazione e la loro partecipazione attiva ed effettiva alla vita democratica. Tra gli altri obiettivi, “sviluppare una cooperazione nuova e strutturata per individuare […]

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FRONT PAGE

A bitter impression

The European Parliament recently approved a regulation on medicines for advanced therapies. It is aimed at creating a harmonized legislative framework for products designed for gene therapy, somatic cell therapy and tissue engineering. These products are based on gene and cell approaches to prevent and treat diseases and malfunctions of the human body, such as […]

di Marco Doldi moral theologian Italy

CCEE

A deeper level

“It’s not our task to decide on or prepare the meeting of the Pope with Alexei II; while the substance of the theological dialogue is conducted and guided by the competent dicastery of the Holy See, our task is that of improving relations and practical collaboration with the Orthodox world”, said Cardinal PETER ERDÖ , […]

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Germany: formal declaration on baptism

Eleven Churches will for the first time sign a formal declaration on the reciprocal recognition of Baptism at a ceremony in Magdeburg in Germany on 29 April. The ratification of the document will take place during an ecumenical celebration in Magdeburg Cathedral, in the presence of the highest representatives of the 11 German Churches: they […]

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Hungary: catholic religion, experts meeting

A meeting of experts in the teaching of Catholic religion from all over Europe, to discuss how to be present at school, in a ‘soundly lay’ atmosphere of comparison between cultures and religions”: it is the purpose of the XIII Forum for religion school teaching, scheduled in Hungary in 2008, with the title “Learning to […]

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Austria: further development of the welfare state

“We can be proud of the Austrian welfare state. Instead of complaining about its shortcomings, we ought to continue to develop it”, said the bishop of the diocese of Linz, the Right Rev. Ludwig Schwarz. The bishop was speaking in Linz in recent days at a meeting organized by trades unions, workers’ associations and the […]

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GREAT BRITAIN

Abortion: doctor objectors on the rise

The number of doctors and medical students who refuse to perform abortions is on the rise. Forty years after the enforcement of the law that made abortion legal, the “Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists”, the professional roll that brings together gynaecologists ad obstetricians, stated that one half of the abortions performed in Great Britain […]

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Callings: Japanese manga also used

Japanese Manga to promote callings in the United Kingdom. The idea of the English Bishops Conference comes just before the Day of Callings, which falls on Sunday 29th April. For the occasion, the English Bishops have also published the latest statistics on callings, which see the number of applicant priests constantly rising over the last […]

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FRANCE

A fresh path?

With respectively 31.11% and 25.83% of the vote, Nicholas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal attracted, in the first round of the presidential elections in France on 22 April, the support of over half the French electorate. There was also a record voter turnout: 84.6% of those with the right to vote; so high a figure has […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand University of Lyon