Università di Lisbona” “

Una Costituzione europea sarebbe “un passo avanti” nella costruzione di una “casa comune” nel nostro Continente, ma è un obiettivo che “va raggiunto gradualmente, senza pretendere un testo costituzionale totalmente nuovo e distaccato dalla storia dei Trattati”. E’ l’opinione di Manuel Braga da Cruz, rettore dell’Università Cattolica di Lisbona, secondo il quale “raccogliere” l’eredità del […]

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Università di Atene” “

“Il valore della Costituzione europea sarà soprattutto pedagogico”, nel senso che “permetterà di approfondire i sentimenti di unità e avrà un forte valore simbolico”. E’ il parere di Theodore Fortsakis, docente di diritto all’Università nazionale di Atene, che sottolinea anche l’importanza dell’unità “tra cristiani d’Oriente e d’Occidente” poiché “molti elementi che appartengono alle Chiese orientali […]

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Università,” “insieme è meglio” “” “

L’Università cattolica di Budapest, in Ungheria, è una delle prime nate dopo il cambiamento politico. Fondata nel 1992, ha circa 8 mila studenti e il pieno riconoscimento statale dei titoli di studio. L’ordinamento ungherese, inoltre, garantisce il finanziamento pubblico riconosciuto anche all’Università calvinista di Budapest e alle altre università promosse dalle Chiese. Abbiamo chiesto al […]

di Peter Erdö" "rettore Università Cattolica di Budapest" "" "

Czech Republic

” “Defending the minorities” “

Confirmation of the Social-Democratic party of Vladimir Spidla (30.2% of the vote) and strong recovery of the former Communists (18.5%): these are the main results of the parliamentary elections held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June. Absenteeism was massive: only 58% of the electorate bothered to vote. Spidla then received from President […]

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Serbia

” “Daily emergency

For Central and Eastern Europe the emergency is represented “by the impoverishment of daily life” which has historical roots but which has still not found a proper solution today. How can it be overcome? We discussed the matter with Archbishop Stanislav Hocevar of Belgrade (Serbia), visiting Bellaria (Rimini) in recent day to participate in the […]

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Poland

” “Meeting of two cultures

“The political and economic reintegration of the European continent after half a century of forced division represents an historic opportunity for Poland; if managed correctly, the expansion of the EU will reinforce both the current member states, and those of central and eastern Europe”. Convinced of this is the vice-president of the European Bank for […]

di Alessandro Rondoni and Antonietta Tartagni " ""iI momento" - Forlì" "" "

United Kingdom

” “Anglicans: finances at risk” “

Another financial disaster, similar to the bad investments in the property market in the 1980s, has struck the Church of England. The Church Commissioners, the commission of 33 members to which is entrusted the financial assets of the English State Church, had to stand by impotently as 80 million pounds (120 million euros) was wiped […]

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France: the party of abstention wins” “

402 seats to the party of the right “Union for the presidential majority”, only 175 seats to the left: such, in brief, was the result of the elections to France’s National Assembly, from which the far-right National Front of Jean Marie Le Pen is excluded, after the 18 % share of the vote it reached […]

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Spain: Catholics join the general strike” “

The Spanish Catholic worker movement, regrouped under the acronyms HOAC and JOC, has given its support to the general strike called for 20 June to protest against the reform of the labour market being implemented by the government of José Maria Aznar. The reform provides, inter alia, for the reduction of unemployment benefits, measures to […]

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Italy: solidarity with immigrants” “

“Invent new forms of solidarity”: that’s the invitation addressed to believers by Msgr. Benito Cocchi, president of Italian Caritas, on opening the 28th National Meeting of the 223 diocesan Caritas associations. Under the title “Along the roads of daily life”, the meeting was held in recent days at Bellaria (Rimini) and attended by over 600 […]

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