Le mutilazioni genitali sono violazioni dei diritti umani” “

Se fino ad ora la posizione ufficiale dell’Ue nei confronti della pratica delle mutilazioni genitali (fenomeno che interessa quasi 150 milioni di donne in tutto il mondo) era sì di contrarietà ma legata solamente alle necessità di tutela della salute riproduttiva, oggi Bruxelles intende classificare le infibulazioni e le escissioni praticate sugli organi genitali femminili […]

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Immigrazione e sicurezza” “

“Una vera politica europea di asilo e di immigrazione giusta, equa e rispettosa dei diritti fondamentali”. E’ questa la richiesta principale avanzata dal Parlamento europeo attraverso una proposta di Risoluzione approvata settimana scorsa a larghissima maggioranza (528 sì, 116 no e 24 astensioni), con la quale si prende posizione a favore della maggiore “comunitarizzazione” possibile […]

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Quotidiani e periodici internazionali ” “

Il vertice Ue di Bruxelles è al centro dei commenti tedeschi. “Questo vertice è diverso dagli altri”, scrive Martin Winter sulla Frankfurter Rundschau (16/6). “Si deciderà se l’Ue è in grado di trarre forza dalla crisi oppure se cadrà in un vortice senza controllo. Per il futuro dell’Europa è indispensabile che i capi di Stato […]

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What could happen?” “” “

The European continent is going through a crucial phase in its history. In the space of four days, two countries recently rejected the draft European Constitution: first France, and then Holland. What is meant by that “no”, and what could happen as a result? Let us be honest: that “no” is especially a reflex of […]

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Holland: pastoral letter on migrants and refugees” “

“A society that does not tolerate dissidents, even when they embody important values for the well-being of this society itself, gives proof not of strength but of weakness”, declare the Dutch bishops in their most recent pastoral letter, published on 3 June, an updated version of a previous letter on the same subject, adapted to […]

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Italy: symposium on university and work ” “

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference and Vicar of the Pope for the diocese of Rome, will give the opening address at the third European Symposium of university teachers, due to be held in Rome from 30 June to 3 July. The theme of the meeting is: “ Ora et labora. Work […]

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Switzerland: the bishops’ assembly” “

The reorganization of the secretariat of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference, World Youth Day in Cologne, a future visit by a delegation to Iran, a joint Swiss-Brazilian ecumenical declaration on access to water as a human right, and the events planned for the year of vocations to the priesthood and for the Year of the Eucharist, […]

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A hill for altar” “

“We are forming a network for the 20th WYD. And the dioceses are contributing to it in a decisive way”, declared Msgr. Franz-Josef Bode , chairman of the youth ministry committee of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), during the conference of delegates held at Altenberg, near Cologne, until 2nd June. Organized by the DBK, the […]

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Life has won” “

“I have been positively impressed by the maturity of the Italian people”, declared Cardinal CAMILLO RUINI, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), on 13 June, in commenting on the failure of the referendum aimed at abrogating some of the provisions of the law on medically assisted procreation, held in Italy on 12 and 13 […]

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In defence of life” “” “

The question of the protection of life is a burning issue throughout Europe, also in Austria, where Pro-Life Day was celebrated on 1st June. Abortion, biotechnologies and euthanasia: these are practices that threaten human existence of its most vulnerable moments – at the beginning and at the end of life – and that are being […]

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