Category Archives: Policy Areas

Ethics, Research & Health, Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

EU Bishops reply to President Macron: “there is no recognized right to abortion in European or international law”

In a statement released on Tuesday 8 February 2022, the Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expresses its deep concern on President Macron’s proposal of including a supposed right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Read the full statement Aware of the tragedy and complexity of the situations in which mothers considering … Continue reading »

Ecology & Sustainability, Policy Areas, Press

News

COMECE welcomes the CAP reform and encourages the EU to make it part of a broader ecological transition

On Tuesday 23 November 2021, the European Parliament adopted a new legislative framework on the financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). COMECE: “The reform should be in line with the requirements of the European Green Deal and embedded in a fundamental transformation of the entire food chain”. The European parliament took a major step forward on the Common Agricultural Policy, clearing … Continue reading »

Ethics, Research & Health, Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

European Churches urge people to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Joint appeal from the presidents of COMECE and CEC

Urging responsibility and care amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and encouraging vaccination together with necessary sanitary measures, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), and Rev. Christian Krieger, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), have issued the following joint appeal. In this time of Advent, let us manifest Christ’s love by demonstrating … Continue reading »

Policy Areas, Press, Social & Economic Affairs

Press Release

3rd European Catholic Social Days to be held in Bratislava on 17-20 March 2022

The 3rd edition of the European Catholic Social Days was presented during a press conference held at the Holy See Press Office in Rome on Friday 10 December 2022 by COMECE, CCEE, the Slovak Bishops’ Conference and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The event is to take place in Bratislava on 17-20 March 2022 with a focus on the Christian contribution for a … Continue reading »

International Religious Freedom

Online event on exposing sexual exploitation of women that targets vulnerable religious communities

Jihadist terrorism has shifted the focus of its operations to sub-Saharan and Indian Africa, and to the regions of Asia bordering the equator, while continuing its presence in the Middle East. This phenomenon has also a dimension that affects women as a group exposed to sexual violence, exploitation, and enslavement. In many cases, these women belong to vulnerable religious communities. This is not just exploitation … Continue reading »