COSTITUZIONE EUROPEA

Non uscire di strada

“Il Trattato costituzionale europeo non è morto. Anzi, è vivo e vegeto: le ratifiche da parte dei diversi Paesi membri dell’Unione europea stanno proseguendo regolarmente, per di più in questi primi mesi del 2006 ho avvertito un’evoluzione in positivo del clima che circonda il futuro delle nostre istituzioni”. JO LEINEN , presidente della Commissione Affari […]

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Quotidiani e periodici europei

La notizia della morte di Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, il terrorista di origini giordane considerato il capo di Al Qaeda in Iraq e il luogotenente di Osama Bin Laden, avvenuta nel corso di un attacco aereo Usa a Baquba, 65 chilometri a Nord di Bagdad, il 7 giugno sera e resa nota il giorno dopo […]

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Dieci anni ben spesi

È cresciuta, negli ultimi anni, l’attenzione per i beni culturali ecclesiastici. Anche se c’è ancora molto da fare, dal 1996 (anno in cui è stata siglata la prima Intesa nazionale tra ministero dei Beni culturali e Cei) ad oggi, sono molti i frutti che si sono colti in questo settore. Di questo ha parlato don […]

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Fact file: preserving biodiversity

Coinciding with “Green Week 2006 – Biodiversity is life” (Brussels, 30 May – 2 June) held by the General Directorate for the Environment of the European Commission ( a target=’_blanck’ href=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/home.htmlhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/home.html ), the Executive has adopted a Communication that defines a new EU political strategy to combat the threats to which biodiversity is now exposed. […]

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FRONT PAGE

Go forwards

Benedict XVI received in audience the directors, journalists and technicians of the media promoted by the Italian Bishops’ Conference (Cei), the Catholic daily “Avvenire”, the satellite television channel Sat2000, the radio circuit InBlu and the SIR press agency on 2nd June. During the audience, held in the Hall of Blessing in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, […]

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Germany: Football World Cup and ecumenical events

On 9 June, coinciding with the inauguration of the Football World Cup taking place in Germany this year, an ecumenical celebration will be held in the Liebfrauendom, the cathedral of Munich. The service is just one of many initiatives organized by the Christian Churches in the various venues hosting the fixtures, with the aim of […]

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Austria: pro-life day

Pro-Life Day was celebrated in Austria on 1st June, with a series of initiatives at the local and national level. Masses dedicated to the theme of life were celebrated in the individual dioceses. That’s what happened in the diocese of Linz, where the diocesan bishop Ludwig Schwarz expressed himself in favour of “patient and stubborn […]

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Romania: honorary degree for Bishop Mattiazzo

The Bishop of Padua Antonio Mattiazzo will be in Romania from 5 to 9 June to receive an honorary degree from the “Patriarch Justinian” Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Bucharest. The ceremony is due to take place today, 7 June, when Monsignor Antonio Mattiazzo will give a “lectio” on the theme: “The social […]

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PORTUGAL

Abc of the faith

It might be called “the ABC of the faith” for those who want to join the Catholic Church for the first time or return to it after an absence: it’s the “Alpha Course”, an idea conceived in Great Britain (cf. SIR 23/2005), which has now spread throughout the world, especially in France, and now in […]

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PEOPLES AND FAITHS

Fostering reciprocity

“A free and open discussion that touched on numerous issues of current affairs, relating “to the harmonious co-existence of peoples and faiths in Europe” and Community integration. At the end of the meeting with religious leaders, held in the seat of the Commission in Brussels on 30 May, the head of the Executive, JOSÉ MANUEL […]

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