26/05/2015
COMECE Contribution to the consultation on Tolerance and respect – “Preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe” (EN)
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News
EU Agenda on Migration: “a significant step forward”
COMECE Secretary General Fr Patrick H. Daly reacts to the publication today of the European Commission’s Communication ‘Agenda on Migration’: ‘COMECE, which has European migration and asylum policies as a central concern, welcomes the concrete proposals issued today by the EU Commission. They represent a significant step forward in tackling the repeated tragedies in the Mediterranean. The proposals formulated by the EU Commission, if adopted … Continue reading
Press Release
COMECE President Cardinal Marx: « Europe’s response will be a litmus test for the European values »
Press statement of the President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Reinhard Cardinal Marx, on the tragedy in the Mediterranean. “We cannot allow the Mediterranean to become a vast cemetery!” This was the call of Pope Francis to the European States, in his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 25 November 2014, in which he encouraged “mutual … Continue reading
News
Gestational Surrogacy: a frontal assault on fundamental shared EU values
Gestational surrogacy is an issue of increasing preoccupation and concern in contemporary political and legal debate across the European Union. Against that background, the COMECE Working Group on Ethics in Research and Medicine has published an “Opinion on Gestational Surrogacy: the question of European and International Rules” , which is presented today, 23 February, at an event hosted by MEP Miroslav Mikolasik at the European … Continue reading
23/02/2015
COMECE opinion on gestational surrogacy. The question of European and international rules (EN)
23/01/2015
COMECE Comments on the EU proposal for amendments to the Dublin III regulation regarding unaccompanied minors (EN)
Press Release
Human trafficking: Churches call on the EU for action on a wider front
An estimated 800,000 women, men, and children are victims of human trafficking within the EU today. Up to 60% of the victims originate from EU states. The EU and its member states urgently need to implement the legal framework already in place and to intensify cooperation with civil society and church organisations that work with victims at the grassroots level. This was one of the … Continue reading
24/11/2014
Event Report of the debate | “Fighting trafficking in human beings. A joint effort” (EN)
19/11/2014
20141119 – COMECE Recommendations for the development of safe and legal paths to protection in the EU (EN)
Press Release
The official website for the second series of European Catholic Social Days is online
Today has seen the launch of the official bi-lingual (English-Spanish) website www.catholicdays.eu for the second series of European Catholic Social Days (Madrid, Spain, 18-21 September 2014) on the theme “The Christian faith and the future of Europe’. 150 delegates from the Bishops’ Conferences and church bodies throughout the continent will gather in Madrid to reflect on the Church’s mission in contemporary society and link the … Continue reading