Churches meet German EU presidency. Conversation with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Churches have a specific role in the European integration process, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier stated during a meeting with representatives from German and European churches this Monday. Churches in Europe are closely linked with each other through their numerous ecumenical contacts and European umbrella organisations. This makes them important partners in their national … Continue reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »