ECUMENISM

Rome-Moscow: Metropolitan Kirill visits the Pope

Visiting Rome for the consecration of the first Russian Orthodox church in the capital dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the head of the department of the Patriarchate of Moscow for external ecclesiastical relations, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, met Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday 18 May. At a press conference held at the […]

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CEC: in Northern Ireland in the name of peace

The Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) will meet at Londonderry in Northern Ireland for its autumn session from 25 to 31 May. The Committee is composed of 40 members and is chaired by CEC President Jean-Arnold de Clermont. “It’s not without significance – explains the general secretary of the ecumenical organization, […]

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Switzerland: a testimonial to be combined with a CV

A guide for the recognition of volunteer services performed in Switzerland, to be combined with one’s curriculum vitae when one is job hunting, has been published jointly by the Federation of the Protestant Churches in Switzerland and by the Conference of Swiss Bishops. The guide is aimed at those in charge of the volunteer services […]

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UK: growing gap between rich and poor

The Anglican Church has published a report on living conditions in the United Kingdom. It emphasises the growing gap between rich and poor, in spite of the reduction of unemployment and almost a decade of uninterrupted growth. The document – presented in London by the Archbishop of York John Sentamu, the first black bishop in […]

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Positive trend of EU industry

The positive trend of industrial production in Europe has continued for the sixth consecutive month, according to the data published by Eurostat for March. The growth is equivalent to 0.4% in the Euro zone, and 0.3% in the EU-25. Over the past year the increase has been respectively 3.8% and 3.7%. The countries that have […]

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Slow progress of education in Europe

“In spite of the positive tendencies in some sectors, as a whole the progress registered by European systems of education and training towards the achievement of the objectives fixed by the Lisbon Strategy is insufficient”, says the 2006 Report of the European Commission on progress in the educational sector in the framework of the Lisbon […]

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Regional disparity

Eurostat has published the data relating to the GDP of the 254 European Regions for the year 2003 (so just a few months before the enlargement to Eastern Europe). In spite of the financial efforts made by Brussels through its cohesion and pre-membership policies, regional disparities increased further over the previous years. The GDP percentages […]

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Transparent labelling is safer

“A healthy, varied and balanced diet represent an essential prerequisite for good health”; and to guarantee “a high level of safeguard for consumers” and facilitate their choice, the products placed on sale “must be safe and properly labelled”. Three years after the first proposed regulation of food labelling advanced by the Commission, the European Parliament, […]

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European dailies and periodicals

Pope Benedict XVI is now in Poland: it is the first apostolic journey planned by the German Pope. The event is being followed with close attention by the German media. Writing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Konrad Schuller comments: “ Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Poland, the country of his predecessor John […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Straordinario incontro

“Cari fratelli e sorelle – ha detto il Papa, il 24 maggio, alla vigilia della sua partenza per la Polonia -, vi invito ad accompagnarmi con la preghiera in questo viaggio apostolico, che mi accingo a compiere con grande speranza e che affido alla Vergine Santa, tanto venerata in Polonia. Sia Lei a guidare i […]

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