During the COMECE Autumn Plenary the Bishops invited the European Commission to engage with the Church in their efforts to engender a debate on Europe as part of Plan D.
Encouraging active participation is paramount at the local level in order to generate vibrant democracy, especially through the participation of elected women representatives.
Ukrainians are critically aware of their history, but rarely has that history given them an opportunity to act. The Orange Revolution gave them just that opportunity.
In positive or negative terms, the news keeps reporting on the controversial concept of the ?signs of the times? that we find in the Vatican Council II, especially in ?Gaudium et Spes? and in the ?Declaration on religious freedom? which are the main subject of this article.
Austria takes over the presidency of the European Council on 1st January 2006 after an unimpressive and disappointing UK Presidency that promised so much.
It was supposed to be a happy 10th anniversary celebration for the 1995 Barcelona Declaration, but the EuroMed Summit on 28th November ended in failure raising questions about its future.
