🔴 NEWS | COMECE warmly welcomes Bishop Treanor’s appointment as new Apostolic Nuncio to the EU
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26/11 - Pope Francis has appointed H.E. Mgr. Noël Treanor, Bishop of the Irish diocese of Down and Connor, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, succeeding to the late Mgr. Aldo Giordano.
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COMECE President Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ congratulates Monsignor Noël Treanor with the following statement: “On behalf of the COMECE Assembly and Secretariat, I would like to express my joy for this announcement. Since decades, Bishop Treanor is a paramount figure for the Church in the European Union. He accompanied the European integration process in an extraordinary manner. In consideration of his long-standing experience at COMECE, I am certain that our cooperation will be particularly strong and effective for the promotion of the common good in Europe. I wish him strength. May God assist him in his important mission”.
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The new Apostolic Nuncio has a profound knowledge of the functioning of the European institutions due to his experience as General Secretary of COMECE (1993-2008), Delegate of the Irish Episcopate to COMECE (2009-2022), Vice-President of COMECE (2018-2022), as well as President of Justice and Peace Europe (2018-2022).
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DOCUMENT | COMECE publishes its contribution to develop Social Economy
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28/11 - COMECE has released its contribution to the EC Consultation on defining the framework conditions of the Social Economy. Mgr. Hérouard: “the market should also be a place that creates alliances, common belonging, and mutual care between living beings”.
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NEWS | The President of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference visits COMECE
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28/11 - COMECE has received a delegation from the Slovak Episcopate led by its President H.E. Mgr. Bernard Bober to exchange on the role of the Catholic Church in addressing today’s challenges faced by the European Union and its citizens. Archbishop Bober: “COMECE is an expression of the Catholic Church’s care for the European project”.
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VIDEO | Conference on the European Care Strategy – Video now available
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30/11 - The video recording of the conference “The European Care Strategy: Responding to challenges faced by women in times of (post-)pandemic?” is now available online on the COMECE YouTube channel. This event was organised by COMECE and FAFCE to exchange on women’s important role as care and essential workers, as well as the way the European Care Strategy supports them.
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NEWS | Mgr. Kenney at COMECE to exchange on Santa Marta Group's recent initiatives
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30/11 - COMECE General Secretary Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto received H.E. Mgr. William Kenney CP, from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, to exchange on the recent activities of the Santa Marta Group and the contribution of the Church in the fight against human trafficking and modern day slavery. Click here to learn more about the Santa Marta Group initiative.
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PHOTO | Blessing of a Nativity scene and of a Christmas tree at the European Parliament
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30/11 - A COMECE delegation participated in n Advent ceremony at the European Parliament. The event included the blessing of a Nativity scene and of a Christmas tree, offered respectively by the Spanish and Austrian delegations of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Photo by the EPP Group.
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