The faces of welcome

“Tourism, a ‘transverse’ reality: pastoral aspects” was the title of the meeting of the National Directors for the Pastoral Care of Tourism in Europe held in recent days at the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in Rome. It was attended by the delegates of 15 countries (Austria, Belgium, Belarus, […]

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SOCIAL POLICIES

It’s not just a market

After 1st May 2004, which marked the transition of the European Union from 15 to 25 members, “the new challenge of the enlarged Europe is that of the construction of a common space, harmonized in economic, social and institutional life”, and since “the structure of the Union is even more characterized today by disparities in […]

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EU

Before other steps

From Strasbourg to Brussels: after the packed session at the European Parliament (11-14 December), the spotlight has shifted to the Belgian capital for the EU Council of heads of state and of government of the 25 (14-15 December). The EP has sent a clear message to the summit: the Union cannot proceed to any further […]

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Public health plan 2007-2013

Improvement of healthcare security, promotion of health, information and knowledge: these are the three major priorities of the future EU programme on health for the period 2007-2013. A “political deal” on the plan was reached in the Council of EU Ministers of Health in recent days. The plan now goes to the European Parliament for […]

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8th Euromed Conference

The 8th Euro-Mediterranean Conference was held at Tampere in Finland on 27/28 November. Ministers of Foreign Affairs met to discuss Euro-Mediterranean issues in the presence of representatives of the EU, candidate and associate countries, North African and Middle Eastern states that signed the Barcelona Declaration, the Arab League and the Anna Lindh Foundation. The eleven-page […]

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Aid for Afghanistan: one billion euros pledged

The EU has kept its promise to Afghanistan. In 2002 Brussels had in fact pledged to allocate at least a billion euros over five years for the country’s reconstruction. The figure was reached in recent days thanks to the adoption of two decisions in favour respectively of the services to the local populations provided by […]

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Energy deals with the Caspian and Black Sea

The Road Map for Energy negotiated between the EU and the governments of the regions of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation, in the role as observer) was signed, sealed and delivered in Kazakhstan last week. The deal – “the […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Il comune dovere

Uno dei fili conduttori del viaggio dell’arcivescovo di Atene e di tutta la Grecia, Christodoulos, a Roma, dove il 14 dicembre, ha incontrato Benedetto XVI è stato l’Europa. Il vecchio Continente, minato dalla secolarizzazione e dal relativismo rappresenta per il capo degli ortodossi di Grecia un’attenzione e una preoccupazione condivisa con lo stesso Benedetto XVI. […]

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ECUMENISMO

“Il tempo stringe”

“Il tempo stringe” è tutta in questa frase l’urgenza di dialogo tra la Chiesa ortodossa e quella cattolica. A pronunciarla l’arcivescovo di Atene e di tutta la Grecia, Christodoulos, che il 13 dicembre ha iniziato una visita di quattro giorni a Roma, che ha avuto il suo culmine il giorno successivo con l’incontro con Benedetto […]

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Svizzera: “non sacrificare i media cattolici”

“E’ a rischio l’informazione cattolica in Svizzera, che in questi ultimi anni ha perso vari canali di diffusione, sia giornali cattolici che bollettini missionari e congregazioni”: di questo parere è JACQUES BERSET , capo redattore dell’agenzia cattolica internazionale Apic di Friburgo. “Alcuni soggetti ecclesiali – aggiunge – pensano che queste perdite nel settore dell’informazione scritta […]

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