The Catholic Church in the European Union
Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union
This Monday, 11 December 2006, Bishop van Luyn, President of COMECE, has sent a contribution of the Member Bishops of COMECE entitled “Common values – the living source of the European project” to the leaders of the EU Institutions. In view of the political declaration on the values and ambitions of Europe which the European Heads of State and Government and the presidents of the … Continue reading
On Monday 27 November last, the “Comité des Sages” (Committee of Wise Persons) set up by the COMECE bishops, met for the second time at the COMECE Secretariat in Brussels. Nine young Europeans aged between 25–30, coming from Romania, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Slovakia, France, Poland and the UK, were invited to present the ethical values that they believed essential for continuing the construction of Europe, … Continue reading
This was reaffirmed by the Bishops of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) today in a contribution to the ‘Berlin Declaration’ on European values and ambitions planned for March 2007. The COMECE bishops adopted the text at their Plenary Assembly, which took place from 22 to 24 November 2006 in Brussels. In the statement adopted on Friday, the bishops consider that … Continue reading
The COMECE Seminar planned for Rome in March 2007 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Rome Treaties will be the main focus of the forthcoming COMECE plenary. The plenary meeting will take place from 22-24 November 2006 in Brussels. Prof. Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the EPP-ED Group in the European parliament, will speak with the COMECE-Bishops on the challenges of the Berlin declaration, which … Continue reading
Churches and church-related Organisations, such as Caritas and Diaconia, are major providers of social and healthcare services in the European Union. In a Dialogue Seminar with the European Commission they underlined their particular commitment to provide social and healthcare services in order to serve European citizens and the common good of the EU. In accordance with a long-established practice, the European Commission, together with the … Continue reading
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome, COMECE (the Commission of the Bishops’s Conference of the European Community) will organise a European Congress in Rome on 23- 25 March 2007. This will bring together Bishops, members of catholic laity movements and representatives of religious orders to discuss the values system on which the European project is based. In order … Continue reading
During a press conference held yesterday in the secretariat of the COMECE in Brussels, Mgr Noel Treanor, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the EU, presented the “Comité des Sages” established by COMECE to help prepare the Congress which will take place in Rome from 23-25 March 2007. This Congress will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty … Continue reading
In view of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which will take place on 25 March 2007, the Bishops of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) have called together a Comité des Sages and assigned it with the preparation of a report on the significance of ethical values for the European unification. The Bishops hope … Continue reading
From 2 September 2006, 80 students from 25 countries participate in the 2006 COMECE Summer University. From September 2nd through September 16th, the 7th COMECE Summer University organized in partnership with the Karl Franzens University and the Diocese Graz-Seckau, will take place in Graz (Austria). Its theme is: “European Identity: Policy, Society, Religion”. The programme is made up of lectures, group- and plenary-discussions. The particular … Continue reading
