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COMECE regrets decision over Hagia Sophia, “a blow to interreligious dialogue”

“Converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque distances Turkey from Europe and it is a blow to the Orthodox Church and to interreligious dialogue”, stated Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, on Friday 10 July 2020 commenting the decision of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, to allow the change in status of World Heritage Monument Hagia Sophia from a museum to … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

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Corporate abuses: Bishops demand binding due diligence legislation

The President of COMECE, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, and other Bishop Delegates to COMECE, together with more than 110 Catholic Bishops from all around the world, signed on Monday, 6 July 2020, the declaration “Now more than ever, we need mandatory supply chain due diligence to stop corporate abuse and guarantee global solidarity”, demanding public authorities to introduce binding legislation to stop corporate abuses, … Continue reading »

Justice & Fundamental Rights, Policy Areas, Press

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Churches-EU Dialogue: COMECE and CEC meet with German EU Presidency

An ecumenical delegation of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) have met in Brussels on Tuesday, 7 July 2020, with Mr. Michael Clauss, Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, to exchange on the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The delegation called the … Continue reading »

Ecology & Sustainability, Policy Areas, Press

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Job opportunity: The European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSi’A) is looking for a Project Coordinator

The European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSi’A) is looking for a Project Coordinator who will coordinate its network on behalf of all its member organisations. The position is a full time/5 day per week, one-year contract, with the possibility of extension. The job is based in Brussels. Download the Job Offer or read the offer on Linkedin. The European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSi’A) is a joint … Continue reading »

International Religious Freedom, Policy Areas, Press

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The President of COMECE expresses solidarity to the Christian communities in Nigeria

In a recent letter sent to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, President of COMECE, expressed his solidarity to the Christian communities in the African country, who are “living a situation of continuous attacks by terrorists, insurgents and militias, that in some cases reaches levels of genuine criminal persecution”. In the letter to the Nigerian Bishops, Cardinal Hollerich assured that … Continue reading »

International Religious Freedom, Policy Areas, Press

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The President of COMECE expresses solidarity to the Christian communities in Nigeria

In a recent letter sent to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, President of COMECE, expressed his solidarity to the Christian communities in the African country, who are “living a situation of continuous attacks by terrorists, insurgents and militias, that in some cases reaches levels of genuine criminal persecution”. In the letter to the Nigerian Bishops, Cardinal Hollerich assured that … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

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EU and US Bishops Offer Prayers for US–Russia Arms Control Negotiations

Bishop Rimantas Norvila, President of the COMECE Commission on the EU External Relations, and Bishop David J. Malloy, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, have issued a joint statement in view of a meeting between U.S. and Russian officials, scheduled to take place on 22 June 2020 in Vienna. In the context of the anticipated U.S.-Russia talks … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

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EU and African Bishops call for a people-centred, just and responsible partnership between our continents

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the European and the African Union are currently preparing for the 6th Summit of their political leaders. In this view, COMECE and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) have elaborated a joint contribution on the future EU-Africa partnership. At a time when the world has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences, the Presidents … Continue reading »

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COMECE-CCEE Presidencies: “let’s work all together for a recovery that leaves no one behind”

The annual COMECE-CCEE Presidencies meeting was held on Wednesday, 3 June 2020 with a special focus on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the day-to-day life in the Church and European societies, as well as on the Catholic Church’s contribution to “a just recovery that leaves no-one behind”. At the centre of the debate was the situation of the Church in Europe, together with … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

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Future Eastern Partnership: COMECE supports a people-centred focus

In view of the June 2020 Eastern Partnership Summit, the EU presented a new set of long-term policy objectives for the relations with its six Eastern neighbours. COMECE commends the prioritisation of people-centred resilience in the new proposal. With the current Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework expiring at the end of 2020, the European Commission and the European External Action Service have recently proposed to focus … Continue reading »