04/02/2019
Robotization of Life – Ethics in view of new challenges (EN)
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COMECE publishes reflection on “Robotisation of Life”
The quick development of new technologies based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is leading COMECE to publish the reflection “Robotisation of Life – Ethics in view of new challenges”. The document reaffirms the primacy of the human person and promotes a right-based and person-centred approach in reviewing the main principles that define the relationship between human persons and robots. Produced by an ad-hoc working group on … Continue reading
28/01/2019
A Catholic Church Reflection on the priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EN)
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EP gives new impetus to Freedom of Religion outside the EU
The European Parliament adopted on 15 January 2019 the resolution on the EU guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion outside the European Union. COMECE welcomes the adoption of this resolution as it enhances the community dimension of the fundamental right to religious freedom, including the recognition of legal personality to communities in the framework of International Law (Art. … Continue reading
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COMECE Standing Committee calls EU Member States to take their responsibilities towards migrants in distress at sea
COMECE welcomes the solution reached today among some EU member states, with the intervention of the EU, that have accepted to receive some migrants who were for days stranded at sea, rescued and brought to a Maltese harbour. The deep concern expressed by the Bishops’ Conference from Malta with regards to the situation of these migrants is shared by COMECE: we can’t remain “deaf to … Continue reading
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70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Statement of the President of the COMECE Legal Affairs Commission
On the date marking the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Mgr. Theodorus C.M. Hoogenboom, President of the COMECE Legal Affairs Commission, recalls its legal and political significance for the Church. In this context, during the year 2018, COMECE organised and participated in various high-level events on the topic of Fundamental Rights, including: – Criminalisation of circumcision: putting the fundamental rights’ system … Continue reading
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COMECE recalls core human rights principles in major EP Dialogue Seminar
“The hierarchisation of human rights is a grave obstacle to their promotion and protection”, reaffirmed COMECE during the Article 17 TFEU Dialogue Seminar on “Religion and Human Rights within the EU: A Shared Responsibility”, held at the European Parliament on 4 December with representatives of churches and religious communities. The event took place on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of … Continue reading
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COMECE President’s Statement recalling the support of the Catholic Church to the UN Global Compact on Migration
“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34). Following Pope Francis, the Catholic Church in Europe reaffirms “our shared responsibility to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate”, migrants and refugees in our societies. … Continue reading
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Conference “Shaping the Future of Work”. Towards a decent, sustainable and participative world of work
During the COMECE-organised interreligious conference “Shaping the Future of Work” held at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 27 November, Mgr. Antoine Hérouard, President of the COMECE Social Affairs Commission, officially presented the reflection on the changes in the labour world, encouraging the EU to shape the digital and ecological transformations Result of a one-year long process of consultation and dialogue started in … Continue reading
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COMECE Working Group on Migration: preventive trafficking and protecting refugees
The COMECE Working Group on Migration and Asylum discussed the current EU challenges in the fight against trafficking in human being and in the protection of refugees. Held on 22 November, the working group gathered experts from Bishops’ conferences together with representatives of Catholic organizations and EU officials. The participants examined the post-2016 framework in the fight against the trafficking in human beings, calling the … Continue reading