CHIESA TEDESCA

“Cambiare per ripartire”

Dopo gli scandali per gli abusi sessuali su minori e varie situazioni di distacco tra laicato ed episcopato, la Chiesa tedesca decise nel 2010 di avviare un periodo di riscoperta dei temi fondanti del cattolicesimo e di confronto serrato sui motivi di contrasto e disaffezione dei fedeli. Fu l’allora arcivescovo di Friburgo e presidente della […]

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VOTO IN CATALOGNA

Forte richiamo dei vescovi

Si avvicinano le elezioni in Catalogna del 27 settembre. Artur Mas, il presidente della Generalitat, lunedì 3 agosto aveva firmato il decreto per convocare in questa data il ricorso anticipato alle urne per il Parlamento regionale. Si tratta di un voto che Mas ha trasformato in un referendum sull’indipendenza di Barcellona da Madrid. Le coalizioni […]

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EDITORIALE

Tsipras ha stravinto, per i greci si vedrà

Ha rivinto le elezioni (a otto mesi dalle precedenti, a due mesi dal referendum sul Piano Ue “aiuti in cambio di riforme”), trasformando il voto parlamentare in un plebiscito su se stesso. Ha sconfitto le opposizioni politiche (di centrodestra e di centrosinistra) anche grazie a una campagna elettorale che ha negato le originarie promesse “no […]

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MIGRANTS IN CROATIA

Help from ex refugees and roma

They want to continue their journey, reach Germany, Austria or Northern Europe. They do not intend to remain in the Balkan countries, where no refugee has applied for asylum. They have not done so in Hungary, Serbia, Croatia nor in Slovenia. They intend to continue further. All they’re asking these countries is to enable them […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland

Ukraine: the first March for life in Zaporizhia The first March for Life in Ukraine will take place in Zaporizhia, on the initiative of the Christian Churches and of local religious communities. The event is scheduled to begin on the afternoon of September 27. It envisages a walk along the main streets of the city […]

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CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Justice and peace, Portugal, Iceland

Justice and peace: annual European assembly The European Commissions for Justice and Peace will convene September 25-28 in Copenhagen and Malmö for their general annual assembly. The theme of the meeting is: “European models of coexistence – experiences in Copenhagen and Malmö”. Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, president of Justice and Peace Europe will moderate […]

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SWEDEN

Refugees, a collective awakening

As many as 6901 people filed and asylum request in Sweden in the period September 14-20, most of them from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Among them 1270 are non-accompanied children. These figures are published and updated daily, released by the Migrationsverket, the National Migration Service. The 2015 forecasts envisage 74 thousand asylum requests. Among the […]

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GERMAN CHURCH

“Change, for a fresh start”

After the scandals of sexual abuse on minors and various situations that divided the Catholic laity and the episcopate, in 2010 the German Church decided to undertake a period of rediscovery of the founding themes of Catholicism with a set of debates on the reasons for the conflicts and disaffection by the faithful. It was […]

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VOTE IN CATALONIA

The strong appeal of the bishops

Catalonia’s election of September 27 draws near. On August 3rd Generalitat president Artur Mas, signed a decree establishing early elections for the regional parliament, which Mas turned into a referendum on Barcelona’s independence from Madrid. The coalitions running. Three main coalitions will be running in the 27 September election. These are: “Junts pel sì” (“United […]

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EDITORIAL

Tsipras’ landslide victory. For the Greeks we shall see

He won back the elections (eight months after the previous ones and two months after the referendum on the EU plan on “aid in exchange for reforms”), transforming the parliamentary vote in a plebiscite about himself. He defeated the political opposition (center-right and center-left) thanks to a campaign that denied the original “no austerity” promises […]

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