La Corte Ue contro i ‘giochi violenti'” “

Storica sentenza della Corte di Giustizia Ue di Lussemburgo in materia di “giochi violenti”. Secondo i giudici europei, chiamati a giudicare di una causa che opponeva il Governo tedesco ad una società privata di Bonn proprietaria di sale da gioco dotate di “laser-sport” in cui l’obiettivo è l’assassinio virtuale di avversari tramite pistole laser, gli […]

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Giovani e droga” “

È stato pubblicato dalla direzione generale per la giustizia e gli affari interni della Commissione europea un rapporto sull’evoluzione dell’atteggiamento dei giovani verso la droga nell’Ue a Quindici dal 2002 ad oggi. I risultati più significativi sono i seguenti: la curiosità e l’emulazione rimangono le ragioni principali per provare una sostanza stupefacente; è molto facile […]

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Christians in the Eu” “” “

The Constitution? Imperfect, but still a step forward towards a united Europe. The enlarged Union? An intuition of Schuman. The role of Christians? That of thinking and acting to achieve a continent of peace. Jacques Paragon , French engineer, has for years been general secretary of the Institut Saint Benoît Patron de l’Europe. The association’s […]

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Spain: "the Church is not a danger for democracy"” “

“The Church is considered a danger for democracy”, observed Archbishop FERNANDO SEBASTIÁN AGUILAR of Pamplona, vice-president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. Yet, in a letter to the faithful on democracy, he repudiates the assumption that “Catholicism and democracy are incompatible”. “A reactionary movement – he writes in his letter – continues to provide arguments to […]

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Italy: handbook of social communications” “

“Communication and Mission”: that’s the title of the “Handbook of Social Communications in the Mission of the Church” presented in Rome in recent days. The document, approved during the 53rd general assembly (17-21 May 2004) of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), comprises 2 sections with a total of 8 chapters, divided into 203 paragraphs, and […]

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Slovakia: meeting on "post-Mariazell"” “

A meeting of representatives of the 8 Episcopal Conferences, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary, that organized the MEKT, the Katholikentag of Mitteleuropa on 22-23 May 2004, is to be held in Bratislava, in Slovakia, on 25-26 October. Decided on 8 January 2002, the MEKT, which culminated in the “pilgrimage of […]

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Places and times of dialogue” “” “

“Dialogue between Christians and Muslims as partners in solidarity for the development and promotion of spiritual values: possibilities and conflicts” was the theme of the 6th meeting of African and German bishops held in Accra, Ghana, from 10 to 15 October. And on the 10 November the Symposium of European and African bishops is due […]

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The 700 antennae ” “

“From the Atlantic to the Urals you have worked to strengthen in your listeners the consciousness of common Christian roots and stimulate in them dedication to the service of peace. You have thus given a valuable contribution to the building of Europe on ethical and spiritual foundations, by fostering understanding and rapprochement between the peoples […]

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Youth without horizons?” “” “

Over 81,000 reports of acts of violence were registered in secondary schools in France in the 2003-2004 school year: a 12% increase over the previous year. Most of the violence took the form of “physical violence without weapons” (29.2% of the total, or 23,754 cases), followed by “insults and grave threats” (24,7%, 20.082 cases), and […]

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Cardinal O’ Connor to seamen” “

“Even the crew of a merchant ship must now live with the fear of a terrorist attack on the planet’s most crowded navigation routes. Terrorism and violence seem inevitable” and “this may cause discouragement”, but “even if we are not always able to understand it, we must have the certainty that this is God’s world […]

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