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THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE: UNIQUE WAY FOR PEACE
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25 March 2017
The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, in addition to the meetings in Rome for the "60th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome", recalled his personal commitment since 1988 to the constitution of the United States of Europe and the many initiatives undertaken by the Fondazione Mediterraneo on this subject, also during the visits of the Presidents of the European Parliaments and other representatives of the community institutions.
MUSEUM OF PEACE CHARM VISITORS
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24 March 2017
Visitors from all over Italy are enchanted by the beauty and emotions of the Museum of Peace – MAMT
POPE FRANCESCO RECEIVES THE EUROPEAN LEADERS: "DO NOT FOLD IDEAL FOUNDATIONS TO ECONOMIC NEEDS"
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24 March 2017
Pope Francis receives the Heads of State and Government for the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, he warns from "centrifugal thrusts" and walls:"Solidarity is the most effective antidote to modern populism". It calls for the building of "truly secular societies". Gentiloni:"EU is not only economic parameters".
Europe is a "way of conceiving man from his transcendent and inalienable dignity" and not "a set of rules to observe". And one must resist the "temptation to reduce fundamental ideals to productive, economic and financial needs". Pope Francis emphasizes this by speaking to the Heads of State and Government of the EU countries, received in the Vatican on the eve of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
"Today we are gathered here today to celebrate our common project and tomorrow we will sign a document of common intentions, only together and united can we overcome the great challenges, we can defeat terrorism, solve the problem of immigration,"says the President of the Europarliament, Antonio Tajani, in his initial message of greeting. And Bergoglio, returning to the themes addressed in the comeback on the constitutive elements of that "common project" that was signed sixty years ago. They are summed up in five pillars:"The centrality of man, an active solidarity, openness to the world, the pursuit of peace and development, openness to the future".
On the theme of solidarity Bergoglio dwells at length. It presents it as "the most effective antidote to modern populism", as a response to "centrifugal thrusts". But also as a pivot on which to grow the "ability to open up to others". The Pope quotes the German Chancellor Adenauer and his promise of a Union that would not have erected "impassable barriers"around it. Francesco adds:"In a world that knew well the drama of walls and divisions, it was very clear the importance of working for a united and open Europe and the common will to work to remove that unnatural barrier that divided the continent from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic". Today, he comments, the "memory of fatigue" that was accomplished in order to overcome the barriers of sixty years ago has been lost. And if at that time "generations aspired to see the signs of a forced enmity fall", now we are discussing "how to leave out the' dangers' of our time: starting from the long column of women, men and children".
In these sixty years, the Pope admits, the world has changed:"If the founding fathers, who were animated by the hope of a better future and survived a devastating conflict, were animated by the hope of a better future and determined by the will to pursue it, avoiding the onset of new conflicts, our time is more dominated by the concept of crisis". But the word crisis, the pontiff explains,"does not have a negative connotation in itself, it does not indicate only a bad moment to overcome: it originates from the gecko and - Francis recalls - it means investigating, judging". The contemporary one, therefore, is "a time of discernment that invites us to examine the essentials and build on them". A time of "challenges and opportunities".
In this sense, the European Union, in the Pope's words,"unlike a human being of sixty years old, does not have in front of it an inevitable old age, but the possibility of a new youth". Success, however, is linked to the ability to "discern the path of a new European humanism, made up of ideals and concreteness". It is a question of "building authentically secular societies, free from ideological contrasts, in which oriundo and autochthonous, the believer and the unbeliever are equally placed". It is also a question of investing in development and peace. But" development is not given by a set of productive techniques", it "concerns the whole human being: the dignity of his work, adequate living conditions, the possibility of access to education and the necessary medical care". Francis quotes Paul VI:"Development is the new name of peace. But he warns:"There is no real peace when there are people marginalized or forced to live in poverty. There is no peace where there is no work or the prospect of a decent wage. there is no peace on the outskirts of our cities, where drugs and violence are spreading.
That the European Union should not be "only that of numerical parameters, but moral examples, values, in the richness of diversity", as the Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, stressed. "The Church - she said - urged us to strengthen dialogue, we remember Saint John Paul II and his commitment to reunite the two' lungs' as he called them, the East and the West. The Church has also encouraged integration, for example Pope Paul IV who spoke of the magnificent reality of the Union". Remembering that "we are the Europe of humanism and the Renaissance, of Pascal, of the Enlightenment and of reason as a founding idea of human development", Gentiloni reiterated that "we Europeans draw riches from numerous and different roots". "The Pope in the European Parliament spoke of humanization and once again we must follow who we are: we have overcome two world wars and Europe has become a great family. The journey of Europe continues, enriched by our diversity. The journey began some time ago and continues in the name of justice, progress, peace in Europe and the whole world".
PUBLISHED THE "NOUVELLES DU RESEAU" BULLETIN OF THE ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION
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24 March 2017
The Anna Lindh Foundation Bulletin "Nouvelles du Reseau"has been published in French and English.
PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK OF ENRICO COSTA "SELIM AND ISABELLA"
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24 March 2017
The presentation of the book by Prof. Enrico Costa "Selim and Isabella" was presented at the Faculty of Architecture in Naples. A Mediterranean history between interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and globalization ante litteram.
PREVIEW IN SAN CARLO THE DOCUMENTARY FILM OF GIORGIO VERDELLI: "PINO DANIELE: TIME WILL REMAIN"
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23 March 2017
President Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari and other members of the Fondazione Mediterraneo participated in the first edition of Giorgio Verdelli's docu-film dedicated to Pino Daniele.
Before the screening there were many guests at the Museum of Peace- MAMT and the section dedicated to "Pino Daniele Alive": from Tullio De Piscopo to Enrico Rovelli, from Maria Letizia Melina to Gianbattista and other friends who collaborated with Pino.
Congratulations to Giorgio Verdelli and thanks for including in the credits the Museum of Peace - MAMT that has provided, for the docu-film, contributions of the emotional videos.
MARCH WOMAN 2017: A NETWORK OF OPPORTUNITY. VISIONS TO THE FEMALE: A LOOK AT THE MEDITERRANEAN
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23 March 2017
The Fondazione Mediterraneo with the Order of Architects of Naples and the patronage of the Municipality of Naples held the following events at the Museo della Pace - MAMT:
- Projection of videos on women's rights.
- Emotional visit to the exhibition "Stracciando i veli, donne artiste dal mondo Islamic".
- Round table: A look at the Mediterranean, coordinated by President Michele Capasso.
Councillors of the Order of Architects led by the arch. Mariella D' Elia and other members of the Order, as well as women engaged in social work.
VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM OF PEACE SINGING PINO DANIELE
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22 March 2017
Emotions at the Museum of Peace with many visitors around the emotional paths and in the Chapel dedicated to Don Bosco.
Some of them wanted to remember Pino singing his most beautiful pieces...
AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE THE DAY OF MEMORY AND LEGALITY
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21 March 2017
On 21 March, the first day of spring, the Museum of Peace - MAMT celebrated with videos, performances and meetings the "Day of Memory and Legality" to commemorate the innocent victims of the mafias, hoping that the awakening of nature will awaken to the desire for truth and social justice.
The Free Association has been celebrating this day since 1996, every year in a different city, reading the names of all innocent victims: from this year, the Museum of Peace - MAMT has been running through 107 large videowalls the names of all victims to NOT DIMENTICATE.
There are widows, children without fathers, mothers and brothers. There are the relatives of the known victims, those whose name immediately evokes a strong emotion. And there are the relatives of the victims whose name says little or nothing. That is why it is a civil duty to remind them all. To always remember that to those names and their families we owe the dignity of Italy as a whole ".
Today, more than ever, there are other victims of illegality, the people who bear the brunt of the daily latrocini perpetrated by a ruling class that at all levels steals and legislates for their own use and consumption, indifferent to the fate of many citizens who live the worst social mortifications, marginalisation, the lack of a present and, above all, the absence of a future.
We must react now if we want to guarantee our children a future worthy of living.
TULLIO DE PISCOPO AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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19 March 2017
Welcomed by Michele Capasso and Alessandro Daniele, Tullio De Piscopo visited some sections of the Peace Museum and, especially, the one dedicated to "Pino DanileAlive". Just one comment: COMMOTION AND EMOTION!
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