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10 November 2022

STATEMENT | Energy crisis: COMECE calls for solidarity ahead of the winter

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07/11 - COMECE released a statement on the current energy crisis, calling on the EU to “ensure a fair access to affordable energy for all, especially the most vulnerable, while not losing sight of the long-term objectives of a just and sustainable energy transition”.
Press Release | Read the Statement: EN | IT | SK

INTERVIEW | Mgr Hérouard on the current energy crisis: "Ensure a fair access to affordable energy for all".

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07/11 - H.E. Mgr. Antoine Hérouard, President of the COMECE Social Affairs Commission, was interviewed by Vatican News on our recent statement on ongoing energy crisis. Mgr. Hérouard: "Ensure a fair access to affordable energy for all".
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NEWS | Meeting of the COMECE Working Group on Migration and Asylum

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7-8/11 - The experts of the COMECE Working Group on Migration and Asylum reunited in Brussels for a 2-day meeting on the EU support to Ukrainian refugees, the EU Migration Pact, the social rights policies for migrants and refugees, and on new channels for legal migration to the European Union. https://📷📷📷📷 bit.ly/3UEXa33

EVENT | Conference on the ‘European Care Strategy’ and challenges faced by women during and after the pandemic

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10/11 - COMECE and FAFCE invite you to participate in the conference “The European Care Strategy: Responding to challenges faced by women in times of (post-)pandemic?” to be held on Wednesday 30 November 2022 from 10:00 to 11:30 (CET) at the COMECE Secretariat in Brussels. Info & Registration

EVENT | ELSiA webinar on COP27 and the role of Catholics in Climate Action

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04/11 - The European Laudato Si' Alliance (ELSiA) organises a webinar on COP27 and the role of Catholics in Climate Action. The event is to take place on Tuesday 15 November 2022 at 12:00 (CET). Journalist Lou Del Bello will moderate the round table discussion with speakers and climate change experts Lydia Machaka (CIDSE), Fr. Eduardo Scarel (Laudato Si' Movement) and Fr. Charlie Chilufya SJ (Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network). The webinar will be in English with interpretation in Italian and French. 📎 Click here to register

NEWS | COMECE participate in a meeting of the EPP Group Intercultural and Religious Dialogue Unit

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09/11 - COMECE participated in the meeting between members of the international press and the EPP Group Intercultural and Religious Dialogue Unit. The meeting focused on the activity of the Unit in promoting EU-Churches dialogue.
Following the meeting, COMECE took this opportunity to call on the EU Commission to appoint a Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) outside the European Union.

Next at COMECE

11 November
COMECE General Secretary Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto will participate in the inauguration of the renewed premises of the Foyer Catholique Européen in Brussels.

11-13 November
Eco-spirituality Workshop of the European Laudato Si' Alliance (ELSiA) to take place at the Taizé Community.

14 November
Meeting of the Presidents and General Secretaries of COMECE and CEC.

15 November
ELSiA webinar on COP27 and the role of Catholics in Climate Action. Registration

16 November
Online meeting of the COMECE Commission on EU External Relations. On the agenda: war in Ukraine, EU enlargement, the situation in Lebanon.

17 November
Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto will receive the visit of a delegation of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.

24 November
Meeting of the COMECE Working Group on Culture and Education.

30 November
COMECE-FAFCE event "The European Care Strategy: Responding to challenges faced by women in times of (post-)pandemic?” Info & Registration

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