Croatia: the "pastoral guidelines" of the Church” “

“The central theme of the 24th spring plenary Session of the Croatian Episcopal Conference was the question of the pastoral guidelines for the Church in Croatia at the beginning of the new millennium“. This was reported by the archbishop of Rijeka, Msgr. Ivan Devcic, at a press conference on the conclusion of the assembly which […]

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Netherlands: the bishops and euthanasia” “

“We hope that it may be useful for the formation of an opinion and for the formulation of guidelines on the question of euthanasia”: so said Cardinal Adrian Simonis, president of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference, in presenting the English edition of the collection of documents, pastoral letters, correspondence, press releases, official statements and declarations on […]

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European Union" "

A lively debate” “” “

In spite of the fact that the still not completely defined procedural questions are still occupying a large part of the work of the Secretariat and of the members themselves, the discussion within the Convention on the future of Europe is beginning to tackle the issues that will form the core of the final document […]

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” “Euroland: timid signs of growth” “

In spite of the hike in the cost of petrol and the recent statements of the European Central Bank according to which inflation in Euroland is higher than had been forecast, the Ministers of the Economy of the countries participating in the Euro area confirmed the estimates of the Executive on increased economic growth in […]

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” “Press review

The Middle Eastern question continues to monopolize the attention of the main European dailies. “The right to know”: that’s the title of the editorial in Le Monde (16/4), in which the paper comments on the massacre of Jenin, and the discordant versions of what happened there, furnished by the two sides in the conflict: “This […]

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Middle East: decisions deferred to the summit in Valencia” “

An emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers was held in Luxembourg on Monday, 14 April to discuss the situation in the Middle East. But the ministers ended their meeting without taking any concrete decisions. In spite of the pressure of some member states (in particular Belgium) and of the European Parliament for the immediate convocation […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: Recommendation of the Council, of 15/4/2002, relating to the appointment of the vice-chairman of the executive committee of the European Central Bank (OGEC L 101/17, 17/4/2002).

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European Parliament ” “

The EP will meet in plenary session (mini-session) in Brussels from 23 to 24 April. The main points on the agenda are as follows: Declarations of the Council and of the Commission – Meeting of the Euro-Med Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Valencia, 22/23 April); Joint discussion – Human rights:· Human rights in the world (rapporteur: […]

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What we ask of Europe…” “

I am often asked: “What is your country and the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe expecting from the process of European integration?”. My reply is that each nation is similar to a human being: in the new European family each nation must be considered as such. I will try to explain what I […]

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I vescovi anglicani: fermate la violenza in Terra Santa” “

Dal 10 al 16 aprile scorsi, si è tenuto a Cambridge (Inghilterra), l’incontro annuale degli arcivescovi e vescovi della Comunità anglicana. E’ stato l’ultimo incontro sotto la presidenza dell’arcivescovo di Canterbury, George L. Carey, che in questa veste è la guida spirituale di 70 milioni di anglicani nel mondo. Il primo incontro risale al 1998, […]

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