The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), the network of support to refugees composed of some seventy NGOs that operate in 28 European countries, has for many years been alert to the development of EU policy in the fields of asylum and immigration. ECRE considers it essential to facilitate the legal assess to the […]

Ex-Yugoslavia and Afghanistan: the tragedy repeats itself. Interview with the bishop of Banja Luka, Franjo Komarica and Maria Rita Saulle “No, the war didn’t arrive here, but we are still suffering from the damage it caused. The Catholics were expelled en masse, following the policy of ethnic cleansing pursued by the Bosnian Serbs during the […]

In response to the terrorist attacks of 11 September and the subsequent air strikes on Afghanistan, the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Joint Action of the Churches (Act) and the ecumenical Alliance “Acting together” have decided to set up a rapid instrument of consultation to facilitate the exchange of information. The Internet site www.wcc-coe.org […]

The ecumenical consultation has reached a successful conclusion: the “Message of the Churches” on the social and economic future of Switzerland has been published. “By means of the ecumenical consultation – the project leaders write in a letter – we have experienced what it means to be a listening Church… The end of the Consultation […]

A Protestant view of current affairs in a Catholic daily. In France that is possible. Jean-Luc Mouton, director of the periodical “Riforma” since 1995, has resigned from his post to join the editorial team of the Catholic daily “La Croix” as from 1st October. He’s in charge of national political questions on the paper. Born […]

“Gaining awareness of human communication in culture, promoting collaboration and developing ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, and providing support to education in the media”: these are just some of the objectives set by “Signis”, the new world Catholic association born from the fusion between OCIC (International Catholic Organization of Cinema and Audiovisuals), an umbrella organization that […]

The 53th International Frankfurt Book Fair, the most important world event of its kind in the publishing sector, opened on 9 October, amid massive security measures. Its inauguration took place in the presence of Chancellor Schroeder and Kostantinos Stephanopoulos, head of state of the country being celebrated at the fair this year, Greece. In 9 […]

The protests at the “Holy Cross” primary school in Belfast continue; the school was a victim to a terrible attack by Protestant terrorists a month ago. The children are still forced to submit , every morning and evening, to the shouts and insults of the Protestant inhabitants of the district in which the school is […]

Following the journey of a delegation to the Holy Land in July, the Council of the Christian Churches in France (Cecef) has denounced the isolation of the Christian communities encountered in the Mid-East. At a press conference held in Paris, in recent days, Msgr. Guy Thomazeau, bishop of Beauvais and member of the permanent Council […]

In the course of its meeting on 10 October, the European Commission adopted a draft joint report on social inclusion, based on the analysis of the national plans of action relating to the policies of the fight against poverty and social exclusion of the individual member States. The draft follows up an invitation addressed to […]