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Event

EVENT | COMECE invites you to the Conference “Is there a just war?” in Rome on October 25

War is always a defeat, but is it always avoidable? Even in the Third Millennium, are there circumstances that make it as tragic as it is inevitable? How does Catholic moral teaching compare with a situation of conflict that is ever closer to us? Do European history and thought still have an authoritative message to convey on these issues? On 25 October next, at the … Continue reading »

News

Fruitful dialogue meeting on Freedom of Religion with the Hungarian EU Presidency

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) participated in the Article 17 TFEU conference “Shared Responsibility: Cooperation Between States and Religious Communities in Europe,” held in Budapest on Friday, 18 October 2024, under the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council. During the event, Alessandro Calcagno, COMECE Adviser for Fundamental Rights and Article 17 TFEU matters, emphasised that similar events – where … Continue reading »

News

Latin American community leaders in dialogue with the EU at COMECE

A delegation of religious, indigenous and youth community leaders from five Latin American countries visited the COMECE Secretariat on Tuesday, 24 September 2024, to engage in a dialogue with EU policy-makers and representatives of faith-based organisations. Focus: impact of mining on local communities, and perspectives for a people-centred, just and sustainable transition. Photo Gallery COMECE hosted a delegation of nine religious, indigenous and youth community … Continue reading »

Press Release

STATEMENT | A heartfelt appeal for peace in the Holy Land and all the Middle East

In light of the tragic anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks on the Israeli people, and in the face of the exceptionally grave humanitarian crisis in the region, alongside the dangerous Middle Eastern political dynamics involving an increasing number of actors, COMECE issues the following statement from its President, H.E. Mgr. Mariano Crociata, on Thursday, 3 October 2024. Download the Statement “On behalf of … Continue reading »

News

110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

“God walks with His people” is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR), which is held today, Sunday, September 29, 2024. The Message addresses the itinerant dimension of the Church with a particular focus on our migrant brothers and sisters, a contemporary icon of the journeying Church. It is a path to be undertaken in a … Continue reading »

Apostolic Administration of Estonia

Christian ARTworks | Pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Viru-Nigula

This month, our ‘Christian Heritage month by month’ column presents the pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Viru-Nigula, in the Apostolic Administration of Estonia. Click here for more info Every year, Estonian Catholics make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Viru-Nigula, the oldest Marian sanctuary dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The pilgrimage is led by the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia to give thanks for the Graces … Continue reading »