Qu’est-ce que le droit à la liberté de religion ? Et pourquoi de nombreuses personnes dans le monde se voient-elles refuser ce droit fondamental ? Que fait l’UE pour s’attaquer à ce problème ? Son Envoyé spécial est-il suffisant ? Tout cela et bien d’autres choses encore avec Alex Di Maio, qui s’entretient avec José-Luis Bazán, expert des conférences épiscopales de l’UE.
Press Release
EU Bishops congratulate Metsola on her election as EP President
Statement of H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich, President of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Union, on the election of Roberta Metsola as President of the European Parliament on Tuesday 18 January 2022. “On behalf of the Bishops of the European Union, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to Roberta Metsola on her election as President of the European Parliament. We already … Continue reading
Press Release
Card. Hollerich offers condolences on the passing away of EU Parliament President David Sassoli
On behalf of the Bishops of the European Union, the President of COMECE, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, expresses deep sorrow at the death of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, which was announced on Tuesday 11 January 2022. “I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli. He was a man of values and … Continue reading
Bishop Aegidius Zsifkovics
Bishop of Eisenstadt
Bishop Zsifkovics was born on 16 April 1963 in Güssing (Austria). On June 29, 1987 he was ordained a priest. He worked in the diocese of Eisenstadt as Episcopal Secretary (1987-1988), diocesan chancellor (1992-1999), parish priest in Wulkaprodersdorf (1994-2010) and then as pastoral director of the Croat community (1996-2010), as well as an editor of the Croatian Church newspaper ‘Glasnik’ (1996-2010). He was General Secretary … Continue reading
OBSERVER TO COMECE
Bishop Hugh Gilbert
Bishop of Aberdeen
Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB was born in the south of England on 15 March 1952. He was educated at school and university in London, graduating in History. Baptised as Anglican, he entered the Catholic Church on Christmas Eve 1970. In 1974 he entered the Benedictine monastery of Pluscarden, in the north of Scotland. He made his first profession on 10 March 1976 and was ordained … Continue reading
Observer to COMECE
Bishop Nicholas Hudson
Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
Bishop Nicholas Hudson was born on 14 February 1959 in Hammersmith, United Kingdom. After studies of philosophy and theology at the Venerable English College in Rome, with a Licence in Fundamental Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Southwark in 1986. In 1992, he was appointed Director of the Southwark Christian Education Centre. He then returned to … Continue reading
Observer to COMECE
Cardinal Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Belgrade
Card. Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., was born in Odžaci, Serbia, on the 7th September, 1956. In May 1983 he was ordained a priest. From 1983 to 1985 he served in Yugoslavia. In 1985, he was sent to Rome for his studies, where in 1987, he received his doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. From 1987 to 1994, he worked as a missionary in … Continue reading
Observer to COMECE
Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain
Bishop of Chur
Born on 26 July 1948 in Barcelona, Spain, Mons. Joseph Maria Bonnemain grew up there as a Swiss citizen abroad and completed his schooling in 1967. He then moved to Switzerland to study medicine at the University of Zurich. After graduating, he went to Rome in October 1975 to pursue studies in philosophy and theology. He was ordained a priest of the Prelature of Opus … Continue reading
Vice-President
Bishop Czeslaw Kozon
Bishop of Copenhagen
Bishop Kozon was born on 17 November 1951 in Soendre Taastrup, Denmark, and studied theology and philosophy in Rome. On 6 January 1979, he was ordained a priest and consecrated bishop on 7 May 1995. Since 2015 Bishop Kozon has been President of the Scandinavian Bishops’ Conference. Since 2007 he is the COMECE Bishop Delegate from the Episcopates of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom … Continue reading
News
COMECE welcomes the CAP reform and encourages the EU to make it part of a broader ecological transition
On Tuesday 23 November 2021, the European Parliament adopted a new legislative framework on the financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). COMECE: “The reform should be in line with the requirements of the European Green Deal and embedded in a fundamental transformation of the entire food chain”. The European parliament took a major step forward on the Common Agricultural Policy, clearing … Continue reading