Encontro Verde - Green Gathering - Tábua Portugal

"Encontro Verde na Quinta Cabeça do Mato

Vai ter lugar de 10 a 13 de Abril (fim-de-semana da Páscoa) a quinta edição do "Encontro Verde" na Quinta Cabeça do Mato, na Freguesia de Ázere, Concelho de Tábua.

Este será um espaço e tempo de confraternização, celebração e de aprendizagens para realização de estilos de vida social e ecologicamente sustentáveis.

Durante os quatro dias serão oferecidas cerca de 32 oficinas práticas sobre diversos temas com vista à realização de percursos de vida mais saudáveis ao nível individual, social e ambiental.

A entrada é livre mas recomenda-se a inscrição prévia para quem desejar tomar as refeições vegetarianas preparadas no local (almoço e jantar).

Mais informações podem ser obtidas no sítio internet do Encontro em http://encontroverde.wordpress.com/ e pelo e-mail encontroverde@gmail.com"

Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute

http://www.c-fam.org/

Mission Statement

C-FAM's Mission

To defend life and family at international institutions and to publicize the debate.

C-FAM's Vision

The preservation of international law by discrediting socially radical policies at the United Nations and other international institutions.

C-FAM's Core Values

• Fidelity to the teachings
  of the Church
• Perseverance
• Professionalism
• Truth telling

"As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable. Among these the following emerge clearly today:

- protection of life in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death;

- recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family - as a union between a man and a woman based on marriage - and its defense from attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different forms of union which in reality harm it and contribute to its destabilization, obscuring its particular character and its irreplaceable social role;

- the protection of the right of parents to educate their children.

These principles are not truths of faith, even though they receive further light and confirmation from faith; they are inscribed in human nature itself and therefore they are common to all humanity. The Church's action in promoting them is therefore not confessional in character, but is addressed to all people, prescinding from any religious affiliation they may have. On the contrary, such action is all the more necessary the more these principles are denied or misunderstood, because this constitutes an offence against the truth of the human person, a grave wound inflicted onto justice itself."

Pope Benedict XVI, 2006

European Christian Party
Abandons Pro-Life
and Pro-Family Positions

by Susan Yoshihara and Katharina Rothweiler

(NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament's largest umbrella group backed away from its strong pro-life and pro-family positions in a new draft position statement for the 2009 European elections. Members of the mainly Christian Democrat group pushed back last week with a host of amendments aimed at restoring the organization's traditional role of safeguarding human life and the family at the European Parliament.

In a position statement released in January entitled "Draft EPP Election Document 2009," the European People's Party (EPP) removed some bedrock principles supporting traditional marriage and human life found in their 2004 position statement. The EPP is the largest group in the European Parliament with 288 members from 74 coalition parties, primarily Christian Democrat Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Members of the EPP will use the final version of the statement in the course of campaigning in the upcoming continent-wide elections, scheduled for the 4th through 7th of June.

According to the IONA Institute, an Ireland-based pro-life and pro-family non-governmental organization, the EPP dropped explicit opposition to "euthanasia, eugenics, human cloning" which it opposed in its 2004 statement, while retaining language defending "human life in all its forms (including embryos) and at all stages; to respect the human dignity in medical and genetic advancements." Similarly, the 2004 EPP document urged the European Union (EU) not to fund "biotechnological practices that are illegal to Member states," such as the current practice of the EU to fund embryonic stem-cell research.

The EPP's 2009 statement is also weaker on the protection of the traditional family, IONA says. Whereas the 2004 document pointed to the institution of marriage as a "unique tie of man and woman," the phrase was deleted from the 2009 draft text. Conversely, in its discussion of the “demographic winter” in Europe -- a graying population having too few children -- the new text adds a proposal that EU member states change national policies to recognize "the growing diversity in family relationships," a phrase conservatives warn can be interpreted to include homosexual "marriage."

National parties represented in the EPP have submitted proposed amendments to the text. A copy of proposed amendments obtained by the Friday Fax aims at restoring the strong pro-life and pro-family language deleted since the 2004 EPP statement. For example, one party proposes restoring references to protecting human dignity through a proper understanding of subsidiarity, a principle whereby decisions are made at the level closest to those affected by policy, and not by unaccountable bureaucrats and committees in Brussels.

Another proposed amendment focuses on replacing secular-humanist language in the 2009 text with explicit reference to Europe's Judeo-Christian heritage, arguing that while "there are of course other philosophical and political trends in Europe," it is through the Christian Democrats that "the Christian inspiration [of European culture] must be declared."

Final approval of text is scheduled for March 29th in Warsaw. Given the venue, the role of the Polish MEPs is thought to be pivotal and they are expected to lobby for a return to strong pro-life and pro-family statements.

Editor in Chief – Austin Ruse
Managing Editor – Piero Tozzi
Assistant Managing Editor – Hannah Russo
Chief Correspondent – Samantha Singson
Contributors – Susan Yoshihara / Katharina Rothweiler

“…If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.”

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"authentic culture of life and love take root and flourish"

Our Mission

The mission of Theology of the Body Institute is to educate and train men and women to understand, live and promote the Theology of the Body.

Our Vision

Theology of the Body Institute envisions a world filled with men and women who freely embrace God’s glorious plan for their sexuality. Only from this foundation can an authentic culture of life and love take root and flourish.

We aim to ensure that the teachings of John Paul II are promoted faithfully and effectively. Through our first rate education and unique outreach programs, the TOB Institute will be a premiere resource for education and formation in Theology of the Body.

http://www.tobinstitute.org