Austria: challenge to the religion” “

Atheism, agnosticism and indifference to religion in Europe will be the themes tackled at the Assembly to be held in Graz from 21 to 24 May, hosted by the delegate for culture of the Austrian Episcopal Conference Egon Kapellari. Together with Cardinal Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, the delegates for culture of […]

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Poland: an ever more active laity” “

Life of the national Church, the Pope’s teachings on the Eucharist, pastoral care in the worlds of work and health-care, membership of the European Union: just some of the issues tackled at the 322nd plenary assembly of the Polish Episcopal Conference recently held in Warsaw (30 April-2 May). Some bishops from other European Churches also […]

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Great Britain: improving the right of asylum” “

A clear, efficient and humane system of asylum: that is what is urged by the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales meeting at their assembly in London on 1st May. Referring to the British Government’s intention to revise some commitments assumed by its ratification of the UN Convention on Refugees of 1951 […]

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Rapidity, efficacy, synergy” “

“Agency journalism and Christian message” was the theme of the international colloquium held in recent days in Zagreb, in Croatia. The occasion for the meeting was the tenth anniversary of the foundation (22 April 1993) of IKA (Informativa katolicka agencija), the Catholic press agency promoted by the Croatian bishops and inspired “by the mission of […]

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Defence and security” “

“Our proposal to create the European Union of security and defence (EUSD) is antagonistic neither to the NATO, still less to the future defence policy of the European Union: it’s a contribution to accelerating a policy that can no longer be deferred”. That’s how Louis Michel, Belgian Foreign Minister, described the conclusions of the four […]

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EU-Meda Forum” “

In the framework of the partnership programme between the EU and the twelve countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean (MEDA), the third Euromediterranean Forum for intercultural dialogue was recently held at Chania (Greece), on the theme of the society of citizens since the start of the MEDA programme in 1992. Objective of the […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

“A new beginning for peace in the Middle East”. That’s how the Herald Tribune (6/5) defines the “road map”, the peace plan for the Palestinians and the Israelis sponsored by the USA, Russia, the European Union and the UNO. The road map was announced by the White House in recent days and backed by US […]

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Seeking what’s best in the offer” “

It’s interesting to note that the post-Communist countries (irrespective of the different mentalities of the individual nations) have in common not only the sad experience of the past, but also their similar way of reacting to current developments, especially their entry into the European Union. Similar in them all was the end of the Communist […]

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Istituzioni della futura Ue” “

A seguito di aspre discussioni, clamorose fughe di notizie e revisioni dell’ultima ora che hanno rischiato di compromettere gli stessi lavori della Convenzione per il futuro dell’Europa (v. SirEuropa n. 31/2003), il Presidium della Convenzione ha presentato nel corso della Plenaria di fine aprile il “Progetto di articoli per il titolo IV della parte I […]

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Ricucire lo strappo” “

L’assenza dell’Europa nel conflitto iracheno, l’incertezza sul ruolo dell’Unione nella ricostruzione ed il ristabilimento di relazioni fruttuose con gli Usa. Ne abbiamo parlato con Kostas Grammatikakis, giornalista e presidente dell’Associazione europea degli Editori della stampa regionale e locale . Nel conflitto iracheno la politica estera europea ha mostrato tutte le sue divergenze. Condivide la critica […]

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