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Pensioni troppo distanti” “

Man mano che procede l’allargamento dell’Unione europea, appare evidente che i futuri Stati membri devono confrontarsi con dei gravi problemi di finanziamento del sistema pensionistico, non troppo diversi da quelli rilevati negli attuali Paesi membri. Uguale, del resto, la causa, ovvero l’invecchiamento della popolazione. In tutti i Paesi le risorse economiche non bastano più a […]

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” “Quotidiani e periodici” “

“Tutta la Francia è in lutto”, è il titolo di apertura dedicato da La Croix (5/1) al disastro aereo di Sharm-el-Sheikh, in seguito al quale hanno perso la vita 148 persone, di cui 133 di nazionalità francese. Secondo Bruno Frappat, che firma l’editoriale, la tragedia del Boeing 737, “al di là delle cause, tecniche, umane […]

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Danimarca, Natale ecumenico” “

Le celebrazioni di Santa Lucia, gli inni metrici derivanti dalle antiche composizioni medievali, il presepe, gli incontri di preghiera nelle scuole cattoliche, nella forma mista cattolica-luterana: sono alcuni momenti dell’Avvento in Danimarca, Paese in cui i cattolici sono una piccola minoranza (solo 35 mila su 5,3 milioni di abitanti), anche se molto vivace. “La preparazione […]

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May trust survive” “

The tensions responsible for the serious failure of the Brussels summit are not the result of fundamental issues, on the contrary: it is simply a question of having a little more or a little less power compared to others in the Union’s future Institutions, and this to the detriment of the good functioning of these […]

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History doesn’t stop” “

The post-Brussels debate continues to rage. SIR has sounded out various views on the failure of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) held in the Belgian capital on 12/13 December and the failure to approve the constitutional Treaty for the EU. COMECE “Adopting a constitutional Treaty for the EU is of fundamental importance for the good of […]

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Rigour but also respect” “

The report of the Bernard Stasi Commission was presented in France on Thursday, 11 December. The Commission was given the task of listening to and taking into examination the views of French citizens on the lay State, in the light of the debate that has been raging in France over the last few months. It’s […]

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Waking up from the nightmare ” “

On 4 December John Paul II, recalling the 70th anniversary of the famine (Holomodor ) – deliberately engineered by Stalin to bend the Ukraine to his will –, appealed for pacification, concord and cooperation. Persecution by the Communist regime, with millions of victims, lasted for many decades. In 1991 the Constitution and the law on […]

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Rethinking welfare” “

Reforming the welfare state: a thorny question for Germany, which has been discussing it for months at the various institutional levels. A document on this issue was presented by the Commission for social questions of the German Bishops’ Conference on 12 December 2003. Its aim is to offer “guidance to ensure political decision-making ability” and […]

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Denmark, ecumenical Christmas” “

The celebrations of St. Lucy, the metrical hymns deriving from ancient medieval compositions, the Christmas crib, the prayer meetings in Catholic schools, in the mixed Catholic-Lutheran form: these are just some of the highlights of Advent in Denmark, a country in which Catholics form a tiny, albeit very lively minority (only 35,000 out of a […]

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England and Ireland, the new life” “

“How do we prepare for Christmas in our homes, in our places of work and recreation? From our replies to this question we will know whether the teaching of Christ succeeds in prevailing over the commercial pandemonium”. The question implies “the urgent need to re-introduce the Christian message and the genuine meaning of Christmas into […]

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