The Christian roots” “

The inaugural session of the Convention on the future of Europe, under the presidency of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former President of the French Republic, will be held on 28 February 2002. The work will continue into 2003: “The Convention’s mandate – points out Bernard Seillier, senator for Aveyron, interviewed by Sir Europe – concerns, in […]

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A "small act of justice"” “

Some 278,000 people were killed (or disappeared) in Bosnia-Herzegovina from the outbreak of the war to 1st January 1995: that’s an average of 204 people per day. Over one million people, 28.4% of the population, were expelled from the country in various ways. Now Slobodan Milosevic is in the dock at the UNO Tribunal in […]

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foreign debt

” “The EU’s responsibility

The European Union should commit itself more to foreign debt relief and alter some of the criteria on which it is based: that’s the proposal of the Coordination of the Spanish NGOs for development. It has suggested to the Spanish government that it should assume a clearer position on the question within the European Union, […]

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Ireland

” “Ever more "euroenthusiastic"

The Irish have accepted the euro with enthusiasm, without letting themselves be intimidated by the difficulties of calculating of how many euro coins correspond to one pound and vice versa. The politicians were convinced that the citizens of the Irish Republic would be a good deal warier and await the deadline of the 9th February […]

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United Kingdom

” “Ever less "eurosceptic"” “

How is the advent of the euro being experienced in the countries that decided to remain outside it (United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark)? We put the question to William Keegan , economist and expert on European questions, a commentator famous in Britain for his articles published in the daily “Guardian”, the Sunday “Observer” and the Catholic […]

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” “The European thought of John Paul II” “

“Europe in the thought and work of John Paul II” is the theme of the 3rd international Forum promoted by the Alcide De Gasperi foundation. It will be held in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies in Rome on 22 February. The Forum aims to highlight “the support and encouragement given by John Paul II to the […]

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Germany: the bishops call for ethical standards in research” “

The general assembly of the German bishops opened at Stuttgart on 18 February. Various issues will be discussed in this working session which will end on 21 February and bring together, in the diocesan academy of Hohenheim, 69 German bishops and cardinals under the presidency of Cardinal Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz. In the forefront […]

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Presidential elections in France: appeal of the bishops ” “

An appeal not to reduce the electoral debate to “denunciations, personal attacks, and short-termism” was launched by the permanent Council of the French Episcopal Conference, in view of the election scheduled for 21 April that will call the French to choose their next head of state. “ Our country – write the bishops in a […]

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England: job vacancies on the Church’s website ” “

An expert in the communication office, an expert in administration and a person with expertise in national and international legislation: these job vacancies are being advertised on the website of the Bishops’ Conference of the Church of England and Wales. All you need to do is clic on the site www.catholic-ew.org.uk, key in the title […]

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"Europe has a need for religious communities"” “

In the European Union “unfortunately the common political rules are too few and we are consequently witnessing a grave uncertainty about the rights that the churches and religious communities should enjoy”. So said ambassador Robert Weninger, political counsellor to the President of the European Commission, intervening in the meeting on “The new Europe: enlargement, opportunities […]

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