Category Archives: Policy Areas

Justice & Fundamental Rights, Policy Areas, Press

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Slovenian EU Presidency: European Church delegation meets with Prime Minister Janez Janša

An ecumenical delegation, representing the Commission Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union of the (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC), met with the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša on Friday 5 November 2021 in Ljubljana, to discuss the implementation of the Slovenian EU Presidency’s priorities. In a joint contribution to the Slovenian EU Council Presidency Programme, COMECE and CEC stressed the importance of pursuing a people-centred … Continue reading »

Policy Areas, Press, Social & Economic Affairs

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Join the webinar on “Listen to the Cry of the Poor in the context of COVID-19 and its recovery”

On the occasion of the Fifth World Day of the Poor and following the launch of the statement on poverty by the COMECE Social Affairs Commission chaired by H.E. Mgr. Antoine Hérouard, COMECE is pleased to invite you to its online webinar “Listen to the Cry of the Poor in the context of COVID-19 and its recovery” to be held on Monday 15 November 2021, … Continue reading »

Ecology & Sustainability, Policy Areas, Press

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The Catholic Church to the EU ahead of COP26: “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is a profound moral imperative”

In a letter addressed to all leaders of the European institutions participating in the upcoming COP26, the President of COMECE, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, urges the European Union to play a leading role at the international level for a bold response to tackle the climate emergency: “finding a pathway likely to respect the 1.5°C threshold for global warming is a profound moral imperative”. In the context … Continue reading »

Policy Areas, Press, Social & Economic Affairs

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COMECE releases recommendations to enhance the fight against poverty in the EU

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases on Thursday 14 October 2021 the statement ‘Listen to the cry of the Poor in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery’, proposing some good practices and recommendations to the EU institutions on how to enhance the fight against poverty in Europe. Mgr. Hérouard: “We should aim at reducing marginalization and … Continue reading »

Migration & Asylum, Policy Areas, Press

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Card. Hollerich on migration: “Being European also means to put solidarity in practice”

Following the letter addressed to the European Commission by the Ministers of 12 EU Member States on the recent developments at the external borders of the European Union, I would like to express my concern about the situation of migrants and asylum seekers in vulnerable situation whose human dignity and fundamental rights should be upheld. Their right to seek asylum should be protected and states … Continue reading »