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Press Release

The European Catholic Social Days to start this evening in Bratislava

The European Catholic Social Days start today 17 March 2022 in Bratislava, gathering more than two-hundred participants from all over Europe to discuss some of the most pressuring social challenges in European societies. Pope Francis and the President of the Slovak Republic will address the audience. Download the programme Following the first two editions in Gdansk and Madrid, this year the initiative is hosted in … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

Invitation

EVENT | Join webinar on EU mandatory due diligence legislation

In the context of the growing EU awareness about the possible negative impact of corporate activities on our human family and Common Home, COMECE, together with CIDSE and Iglesias y Minería invite you to participate in the event “But let justice roll-on like a river” to be held online on Thursday 24 March 2022 from 16:30 to 18:00 (CET). Click here to register This event … Continue reading »

Ecology & Sustainability, Policy Areas, Press, Social & Economic Affairs, Youth Platform, Youth policies

News

Green Deal: Final Report of the Interfaith Youth Convention is now online

The final report of the Interfaith Youth Convention on the European Green Deal is now available online. The document sets out the 21 proposals that young people of different religious traditions have put forward and developed with the hope of seeing them reflected in the European Green Deal. Download the Report In October and November 2021, over 100 young Europeans, aged 18 to 35, delegated … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

EU Bishops’ President appeals on Moscow Patriarch Kirill: “intercede with Russia to stop the war in Ukraine”

The President of the EU Bishops, Cardinal Hollerich, addressed a letter to Moscow Patriarch Kirill on Tuesday 8 March 2022 asking him to issue an urgent appeal to Russian authorities to immediately stop the hostilities against the Ukrainian people. In the letter addressed to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European … Continue reading »

Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

French EU Presidency: COMECE and CEC meet with Ambassador Leglise-Costa

A delegation of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met with Ambassador Philippe Leglise-Costa, Permanent Representative of France to the European Union, on Monday 7 March 2022, to exchange on the priorities of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Download the COMECE-CEC Contribution The meeting was an occasion to … Continue reading »