Disabili: nuovo piano d’azione Ue” “

La Commissione europea ha presentato il nuovo Piano d’azione a favore delle persone disabili per il periodo 2004/2010. Il Piano, che ambisce a “migliorare l’integrazione economica e sociale” dei disabili e a favorire le pari opportunità all’interno dell’Europa dell’allargamento (i dati indicano che con l’ingresso dei nuovi Paesi circa 2 europei su 100 soffriranno di […]

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Quotidiani e periodici” “

“Bruxelles indaga sulle mille denunce di corruzione negli aiuti ai Paesi candidati” è la notizia di apertura su “ La Razón” ( 4/11). Il quotidiano spagnolo fa notare che “i casi di corruzioni al budget comunitario non smettono di aumentare”. Secondo il tedesco Franz-Hermann Brüner, direttore dell’Ufficio europeo di lotta alla corruzione (Olaf), sono già […]

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” “A task without frontiers” “

“Economic globalization and the fight against terrorism threaten respect for human rights throughout the world”: On the basis of this observation, the Justice and Peace Commissions of the European Episcopal Conferences, meeting in Geneva for their annual assembly in recent days, renewed their pledge to defend human rights. They also reaffirmed the Churches’ determination to […]

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The Conference of the Justice and Peace Commissions of Europe – created following Vatican Council II – brings together the representatives of 27 European Churches to “promote justice, peace and respect for human rights”. The work groups set up within the Conference include one that supports the commission that is drawing up a report on […]

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For the protection of children” “” “

“We welcome this report, conscious of our special responsibility to guarantee the safety of children. The bishops of England and Wales have accepted the urgent need to apply the best practices in this field. In collaboration with the Conference of religious and the National Conference of priests, we believe we have made much progress”. So […]

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” “State, Church and democracy” “

“Responsibility of the State and religious practice in France”: that’s the question tackled by the president of the French Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux, during an audition held on 24 October at the Commission for the application of secular principles in the French Republic, chaired by Bernard Stasi. And in preparation for the […]

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” “Germany, a home for everyone

Cologne: a multiethnic city in which many nationalities and cultures co-exist. The Catholic Church has reacted to the presence of numerous foreigners by developing a pastoral ministry that takes into account linguistic and cultural groups: services are now celebrated in no less than eighteen languages. We discussed this situation with Father Isidro Maldonado , a […]

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Slovakia, raising our head again ” “” “

“In Slovakia the parish has always been an important spiritual and cultural centre. This is helped by the fact that the territory is divided into many small communities with close-knit civil communities. Parish priest and mayor were two authorities respected by everyone. In past centuries, moreover, seminarians, in large part from poor families, studied in […]

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Greece, forges of dialogue” “

“Catholics in Greece are discriminated against by the State and by the Orthodox Church. For the latter we are apostates. Nonetheless, although they are a minority, Greek Catholics show a far higher religious practice than in Western Europe”. “We need to struggle to survive” is the explanation of Msgr. Nikolaos Foscolos , Catholic archbishop of […]

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Switzerland, imagination needed for the family” “

The family will represent the central theme of the 19th Assembly of Interdiocesan Coordination (IKO) due to be held in Morges, in the canton of Vaud, on 7-8 November. The main challenge of family pastoral care, according to the Swiss Institute of Pastoral Sociology (SIPS) that recently presented a report, is to integrate the various […]

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