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Non c’è fatalità nella storia” “

Trent’anni soltanto separano due eventi maggiori della storia del continente europeo, che l’hanno portato su direzioni diametralmente opposte. Il 30 gennaio 1933 Adolf Hitler diventava Cancelliere di Germania; la Germania faceva la scelta del peggio, dell’inimmaginabile, dell’ineffabile; entrava nella strada del totalitarismo, della logica di guerra, dello schiacciamento della persona, della realizzazione del Crimine della […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand" "docente di storia contemporanea all'università di lione " "" "

Appuntamento a Verona

“Si svolgerà a Verona nel 2006 il Convegno ecclesiale nazionale di metà decennio”: è quanto hanno “deciso unitamente” i vescovi durante i lavori del Consiglio episcopale permanente che si è svolto a Roma dal 20 al 22 gennaio.Nel comunicato finale, diffuso il 28 gennaio, i vescovi informano che si sono anche “soffermati ad approfondire i […]

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Spain: university of mysticism at Ávila ” “

Ávila, the city of St. Teresa and John of the Cross, will be the venue of the world’s first ever university of mysticism. The new centre, scheduled to open in 2005, will confer degrees and doctorates in mysticism. “At the present time talks are being held with the competent authorities for the authorization of the […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The delicate international situation, with the “winds of war” that seem to be blowing ever closer, continues to monopolize the attention of the main European dailies. They are especially intent on reviewing the relations between the USA and Europe, and on analyzing the various attitudes of public opinion to a possible war in Iraq. “For […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 9 December 2002, on insurance intermediation (OGEC L 9/3, 15/1/03); Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 21 November 2002, on the mobilization of […]

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Parliamentary agenda” “” “

The European Parliament will meet in Brussels for a plenary mini-session on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 January 2003. The main points on the agenda are as follows: Declarations of the Council and of the Commission – Meeting of the UN Commission on human rights (Geneva, from 17 March to 4 April 2003); Declaration of […]

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Giving each other a chance to speak” “

On 24 January the Church is celebrating the memory of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists. Born in Savoy in 1567, Francis studied civil and canon law in Padua, and theology in Paris. Having become a priest at the age of 26, he dedicated himself to restoring Calvinist Chablais to Catholicism, and after […]

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Usa-Iraq crisis" "

Justice has no love for war” “

In response to the ever growing risks of a war against Iraq, the appeals of the various European episcopal conferences and ecclesial movements are multiplying. We describe some of them below. Austria “There are many arguments to rebut the claim that it’s a just war”: so said Msgr. Andreas Laun, auxiliary bishop of Salzburg, speaking […]

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Renewing a promise” “

Representatives of the episcopates of England and Wales, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the USA, of the Council of the Episcopal Conference of Europe (CCEE) and the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) met in recent days with the patriarch of the Latins, Michel Sabbah, the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Pietro Sambi, […]

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Ever more alone” “

“Since September 2000, i.e. since the beginning of the second Intifada, 1918 Palestinians have been killed, of whom 19% below the age of 17, and 41,000 injured, of whom 2500 permanently disabled: 720 houses have been demolished and 11,553 damaged; 185 Palestinian activists have been executed, 6,000 are still being held in prison, of whom […]

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