ecumenism" "

From Graz to Trondheim” “

The 12th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK) will open in Trondheim (Norway) on Wednesday 25 June. The assembly is held every six years by the 126 member churches of the CEC to reflect on the work of the Conference, on the ecumenical process on the European context. This year’s assembly is intended […]

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The Pope in the words of Bartholomew I” “

“His statue as a moral and religious leaders, not only for Catholics but for all men and women of good will, is rooted in a deep personal faith and in the conviction that this faith must be lived in such a way that others may see the truth, understand justice and find peace. Being such […]

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Germany: remembering the victims of oppression in Berlin ” “” “

“A symbol of civil courage and commitment to human rights, self-determination, freedom of faith and of conscience”: so says a joint declaration signed by Cardinal Karl Lehmann and Manfred Kock, respectively presidents of the German Episcopal Conference and the Council of the Evangelical Churches, and issued on 16 June to commemorate the victims of the […]

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Methodists: celebrations marking the founder’s tercentenary” “

The some 70 million members of the evangelical denomination known as the Methodists, scattered all over the world, commemorated the tercentenary of their founder, the traveling preacher John Wesley, on 17 June. Celebrations took place throughout England to mark the event. In Italy, the main commemoration will take place on Sunday 22 June in the […]

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The question passes to governments” “

Valery Giscard d’Estaing will present the EU Summit of Heads of State and of Government in Salonica with the draft European Constitution on 20 June. As regards the diverging opinions on the quality of the document and the possibilities of the Intergovernmental Conference in October to improve the draft, SirEurope met Zdenek Werner , delegate […]

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To Salonica and back ” “

The last plenary assembly of the Convention on the future of Europe approved the draft version of the European Constitution on 13 June. According to almost all the members of the Convention, the text – single and without opt-outs – represents a ‘compromise based on the highest common denominator’ and a shared basis for negotiation […]

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The draft” “

Preamble – The lack of any explicit reference to Christian roots was temporarily substituted by a new formulation of paragraph 2 in which “the cultural, religious and humanistic legacies of Europe” are mentioned. Values – Included among the values of the Union are “respect for the dignity and rights of man, freedom, democracy, equality, rule […]

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Television without frontiers” “

On 12 June the Culture Commission of the European Parliament approved a draft report on the application of the “Television without frontiers” (Twf) directive. The text, which will be examined by the European Parliament in September this year, underlines the need to achieve a reform of the aforesaid directive, taking into account the technological development […]

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Common security and curbs on the trade in handguns” “

On 18 June the EU senior representative for foreign policy and common security, Javier Solana, intervened during the plenary session of the European Parliament on the security strategy for the EU that is being presented at the Salonica Summit today. The debate on the implementation of the UN programme aimed at curbing the circulation of […]

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On 18 June the EU senior representative for foreign policy and common security, Javier Solana, intervened during the plenary session of the European Parliament on the security strategy for the EU that is being presented at the Salonica Summit today. The debate on the implementation of the UN programme aimed at curbing the circulation of […]

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