14/06/2020
COMECE contribution to the Consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – A European Approach (EN)
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10/06/2020
COMECE-SECAM Joint Statement in view of the 6th EU-Africa Summit (EN)
Press Release
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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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
Press Release
Third Laudato Si’ Reflection Day: “Laudato Si’ for a just recovery”
Five years after the publication of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter on the “care for our common home”, representatives of European Bishops’ Conferences, as well as Catholic organisations and movements, held in Brussels the Third European Laudato Si’ Reflection Day on Thursday 28 May 2020. Leading economist Mariana Mazzucato, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development of the Vatican Monsignor Bruno-Marie Duffé and … Continue reading
28/05/2020
COMECE Social Affairs Commission’s statement “Let Europe recover through justice” (EN)
Press Release
The COMECE Social Affairs Commission releases statement on proposed EU recovery plan
In the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic and its dramatic effects on all EU Member States, on Thursday 28 May 2020 the COMECE Social Affairs Commission releases the statement “Let Europe recover through justice”, giving the contribution of the Catholic Church to the proposed EU recovery plan. Mgr. Hérouard: “The EU has the opportunity to take an important step forward in asserting and expressing … Continue reading
Invitation
Join the 3rd European Laudato Si’ Reflection Day!
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, COMECE and its partners invite you to participate in the third European Laudato Si’ Reflection Day on Thursday 28th May 2020, from 15h00 to 17h00. The event will be held as a webinar due to the current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. The theme of this year’s event is “How the Encyclical Laudato … Continue reading
NEWS
COMECE calls the international community to stop the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
In the context of the growing persecution against Christian communities in Nigeria, COMECE calls the EU, its Member States, as well as the entire international community, to increase their efforts to stop the violence in the African country, bring the criminals to justice, support the victims and promote dialogue and peace. According to recent statistics, some 6,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed since 2015 by, … Continue reading
Press Release
Time for the EU to take a stand for the rights of the elderly
Up to half of the people who died of Covid-19 in Europe are elderly people and many of them were residents of long-term care facilities. “It is time to stop the ‘culture of waste’ and focus on more public policies supporting families”, states the General Secretary of COMECE on Wednesday 13 May 2020. In the current pandemic, elderly people represent the most vulnerable part of … Continue reading