Cresce il tasso di occupazione

In lieve aumento il numero di occupati nell’Unione europea nel terzo trimestre 2006. Secondo gli ultimi dati di Eurostat sono 517 mila le persone che hanno trovato nuovo impiego tra luglio e settembre, lo 0,4% in più rispetto al periodo aprile/giugno. Per quanto concerne l’Unione europea a Venticinque, l’aumento è dell’ordine dello 0,3% (612 mila […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Né arroganza né complessi

Il Natale da anni si sta secolarizzando. E’ un dato di fatto. Nella nostra società scristianizzata,questa festività segue il declino naturale. I presepi scompaiono, sostituiti dalle ghirlande e dagli abeti. E Babbo Natale acquista sempre più popolarità. Ma ecco che quest’anno, in modo autoritario, e precisamente in Inghilterra, ma anche in Spagna, in Italia… tutto […]

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CAMPANIA

Una valida risposta

La Giunta regionale della Campania ha approvato, lo scorso 23 novembre, le indicazioni operative per il riparto di 1 milione e 350mila euro a favore degli oratori della Campania. La delibera riconosce la funzione educativa e sociale svolta attraverso le attività oratoriali dalla Chiesa cattolica e dagli organismi delle altre confessioni religiose con le quali […]

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FRONT PAGE

A time to reflect

In relation to the recent apostolic journey of Benedict XVI we publish a comment written for SirEurope by Otmar Oehring, an expert on international affairs and in particular on Turkey, and head of the “Human Rights” section at Missio, the great German Catholic organization for missionary cooperation.Contrary to what was feared, Benedict XVI’s journey to […]

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CHRISTMAS

United Kingdom: prayer and solidarity

Buying only religious Christmas cards, and boycotting those of a secular character, such as the Santa Claus stamps proposed by the Royal Mail, and collecting money and objects that could be useful for the hostel for the homeless run by the city council: these are just some of the ideas that the Catholic parish of […]

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Germany (1): solidarity with the unemployed

“Mutually supporting each other”: that’s the motto and aim of the evening being held at Herzogenrath (diocese of Aachen) on 21 December. It’s an occasion for workers from local factories and unemployed in search of a job to meet together in front of the Christmas crib. The participants all support the projects run by the […]

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Germany (2): celebrating Christmas on the web

The preparation for Christmas in Germany is expressed by a wide variety of projects: from the more traditional, such as exhibitions of Christmas cribs, to the more innovative. On-line Advent calendars are proliferating (as in the dioceses of Paderborn and Dresden-Meissen). There is also an ecumenical version (http://www.advent-online.de), and even an Advent podcasting set up […]

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EUTHANASIA

Czech Republic: at the side of the terminally ill

“Cesta domù” (return home) is the name of an association of hospices run in the Czech Republic with the aim of improving assistance to the terminally ill, the dying and their families. Founded in 2001, the association consists of professionals in the healthcare sector and representatives of other professions, volunteers and personalities in Czech public […]

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Austria: palliative treatment for everyone

Free palliative treatment for everyone: that is the call made by the head of Caritas in Vienna, Franz Zdrahal, during the recent Congress on palliative treatment held at the University of Salzburg. Zdrahal, who also fills the post of director of the team of mobile hospices run by Caritas, has warned of a two-tier society, […]

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Italy: “neither over-treatment nor euthanasia”

“Normal and palliative forms of treatment are the alternatives to euthanasia and therapeutic over-treatment, because “they really place themselves at the service of the patient and of families”, said Maria Luisa Di Pietro, president of the Association “Scienza & Vita” (Science & Life). She was reporting on the progress of the national campaign “Neither over-treatment, […]

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