Churches without architectural barriers ” “

A campaign for the elimination of architectural barriers in churches and in other church buildings has been promoted in Spain by Frater (Fraternidad cristiana de enfermos y minusválidos de España), a pressure group for the sick and the disabled, which is proposing to reach this objective in the four-year period 2000-2004. “It’s an ambitious objective […]

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KEK: may the EU enter into dialogue with society and the Churches” “” “

To gain the trust of European citizens, the process of integration “must be open and transparent” and must focus attention on the “issues that really concern” them. That is why it is important that the European Union should enter into “a structural dialogue with the organizations of civil society and with the Churches and religious […]

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Christmas messages: Carey, “evil shall not triumph”” “

“Nothing justifies the tragic events of 11 September, but the West must realize that terrorism is fuelled by the inequalities that separate East and West, by the deep despair that reigns in the heart of refugees in many parts of the world, including Palestine, and by the lack of a future for millions of children”. […]

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Holy Land: appeal of the Protestant Churches” “

Putting an end to the folly of violence in order to pursue justice and re-establish a more just peace and real security in the world: that’s the message that the evangelical Churches of the Holy Land have published on the occasion “of the first Advent of the new millennium”. “We live – write the Churches […]

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United Kingdom: Cardinal O’Connor to preach before the Queen” “

Another important step in Anglo-Catholic ecumenical relations: Queen Elisabeth II has invited Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Primate of England and Wales, as a guest to the royal residence at Sandringham, where the royal family traditionally spends its Christmas holidays each year, and asked him to preach during the weekend of 12 and 13 January. Cormac Murphy-O’Connor […]

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Agreement on the European arrest warrant” “

In the course of the meeting of the Justice and Internal Affairs Committee last week, the Fifteen reached a political agreement on the definition of terrorism and on the harmonization of the sanctions to which those guilty of terrorist acts are subject. The framework agreement spells out a list of nine crimes that can be […]

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EP: the Prodi programme presented” “

Romano Prodi presented the Commission’s programme of work to the European Parliament (EP) gathered in plenary session from 10 to 13 December. Prodi insisted on the “political” nature of this programme and recalled some successes obtained in the course of 2001, in particular the setting up of the Convention that will prepare the intergovernmental conference […]

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The Commission’s “European project”” “” “

In view of the European Council meeting at Laeken (14-15 December), the President of the Commission Romano Prodi and Commissioner Michel Barnier outlined, in recent days, the Communication that the Commission will present on the future of Europe. In Barnier’s view, neither the Laeken Declaration nor the Convention can fail to tackle the two questions […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “” “

The development of the international crisis, after the surrender of Kandahar and while awaiting the capture of Bin Laden, continues to monopolize the attention of the main international dailies. “The victory of Bush, the hunt for Omar”, is the headline for instance in Le Monde of 9-10/12. “After the defeat of the Taliban regime, announced […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Audit Court: Report on the control of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the financial year 2000, accompanied by the replies of the ECB (GUCE C 341, 4/12/2001); · Audit Court: […]

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