Costituzione europea e pace” “

Una Costituzione europea che non si fonda sui principi della pace? E’ questo il dubbio espresso in un documento intitolato “Pace, Costituzione europea e la Nato”, stilato in concomitanza con l’apertura dei lavori della Conferenza Intergovernativa sulla Costituzione europea. Tra i firmatari, padre Alex Zanotelli, don Luigi Ciotti, Gino Strada, che fanno capo ad alcune […]

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In support of children’s rights” “

A resolution against child labour and another against the sexual exploitation of minors were signed by 29 European ministers responsible for childhood (those of the 15 member states, plus the 10 countries due to enter and those of Turkey, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania). The meeting, held at Lucca on 25 September, was also attended by […]

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Culture on line” “

An informal meeting of Ministers of Culture of the 15 member states of the European Union and of the 10 candidate countries was held in Florence from 1 to 2 October. On the agenda: the protection and promotion of the cultural heritage. During the meeting discussion also focused on the Agenor project: at the roots […]

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The values of sport” “

“Sport: ethics and values; the campaign against performance-enhancing drugs; cooperation with the developing countries in sport; problems relating to enlargement”: these were some of the issues discussed at the informal meeting of Ministers of Sport of the 15 member states of the EU and the 10 candidate countries, held in Florence on 2/3 October. The […]

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Agricultural Council” “

Green light for the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP), decided at Luxembourg in June: the deal was reached during the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, which met in Brussels on 29 September. As regards the co-existence of GMO and GMO-free products, the agreement prescribes that member states shall be responsible for regulating the […]

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The ten points” “

The “Charter of the Regions of Europe” was signed by 197 delegations from 23 countries in Florence in recent days. The ten-point document was promoted by the Conference of the Regional Legislative Assemblies of Europe (CRLAE) which brings together the presidents of 74 regions forming part of 8 countries. We publish the integral text of […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The USA must “drastically” step up its efforts in public relations, to seek to “save” its own image in the Arab and Moslem world: that’s the gist of the front-page article in the Herald Tribune (2/10), reviewing the various measures taken by the American administration to overcome the growing “hostility” in the Arab world after […]

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A new season” “” “

John Paul II’s relations with Europe and with the CCEE (Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe), and the challenges currently posed by the continent to the Church, in the light of the post-synodal document “Ecclesia in Europa”, published in June, were at the centre of the keynote address with which the president of the […]

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At close range” “

“Today Catholics and Orthodox no longer quarrel, or rather they discuss things amicably as in family disputes. Not even Rome and Moscow, besides, are so far apart as people think…”: that’s the assessment of ecumenism in Europe made by the historian Andrea Riccardi , founder of the St. Egidio Community. In an interview with Sir […]

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First Congress of the Catholic Laity” “

Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan e Uzbekistan: 14 delegations of the countries of the former Soviet Union, together with their respective Pastors, will participate in the first Congress of the Catholic Laity of Eastern Europe, due to be held in Kiev, in the Ukraine, from 8 to […]

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