Sweden" "

In the name of Birgitta ” “

“A jubilee with the cathedral as its focal point, with pilgrimages being organized from various parts of the country and also for national groups, in view of the fact that a large part of Catholics in Sweden are immigrants or the children of immigrants”: with these words Msgr. Anders Arborelius , bishop of Stockholm, introduces […]

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monthly agenda" "

July 2003″ “” “

The six months’ Italian presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union starts on 1st July. 2 July Vocational Congress (2-6), promoted by the European Service of Vocations/Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) on “The integration of the vocational apostolate in the various pastoral structures”, in Warsaw; Meeting on the theme […]

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Eu in brief" "

Convention: the penultimate session” “

The six months’ Greek presidency of the European Union ended on 30 June. From 1st July it will be Italy’s turn to chair the Council. Italy’s priorities in its programme for the rotating presidency, presented by premier Berlusconi to the European Parliament on 2 July, are institutional reforms, enlargement, the peace process in the Middle […]

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Eu–Balkans Summit” “

The European Union–Western Balkans Summit in Salonica (21/6) represented the first formal meeting – under the auspices of the EU – between the leaders of the 25, the three candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey) and the five States of the region of the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia-Montenegro. The conclusions of […]

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Cap: the first part of the reform approved” “

The negotiating round between the Fifteen – with the ten candidate countries as observers – on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) was concluded on 25 June with an agreement. The task of completing the reform by the end of the year will fall to the Italian Presidency of the Union. The main […]

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Listening to Europe” “

A cycle of lectures called “Hearing from Europe”, organized by the Association “Friends of Europe” under the auspices of the European Institutions, was held in Brussels from 23 to 27 June. The issues debated included the process of constitutional reform, enlargement, the economy, foreign policy and common security, agriculture and the democratic relation between the […]

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press review" "

Dailies and periodicals” “” “

“The USA faced by the brain twister of post-war Iraq” is the headline of the French Catholic daily La Croix (2/7), which dedicates a dossier to the problem of the “reconstruction” of Iraq. “The Americans – says the editorial – are becoming aware that the task will be longer and more complex than expected. Two […]

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editoriale" "

Uno spazio da costruire” “

Ai più anziani forse sarà venuto in mente Winston Churchill, che a metà del secolo scorso sintetizzava le differenze tra Italia e Gran Bretagna nelle qualità, specularmente opposte, rispettivamente dei governanti e del popolo. Il putiferio che, il 2 luglio, ha segnato nell’Europarlamento l’avvio della presidenza di turno italiana ha comunque confermato alcuni dati sui […]

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ecumenismo" "

Quale contributo dai cristiani?” “

“Le Chiese di un continente che si sta unificando non possono permettersi la divisione”. Così scrive l’arcivescovo ortodosso Christodulos di Atene e di tutta la Grecia ai delegati della Conferenza delle Chiese Cristiane (Cec/Kek), riuniti in questi giorni a Trondheim (Norvegia) per la loro XII Assemblea generale. “Dobbiamo aumentare i nostri sforzi verso l’unità – […]

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Un rischio da non correre” “

Le Chiese sono preoccupate dalle divisioni, dalle nuove povertà, dalla mancanza di valori forti, dal fragile equilibrio internazionale e perciò rinnovano il loro impegno politico e sociale ad accompagnare il processo di unificazione dell’Europa. A conclusione della XII Assemblea della Kek che si è svolta a Trondheim, in Norvegia, su questi temi, più che su […]

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