Category Archives: Europe

Plenary Assembly /1

How to be Missionary Disciples in a Secularised Europe: A Cultural Analysis of the Current Situation

The Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe started their meeting in Fátima

The CCEE Plenary Assembly opened on Tuesday, 7 October, with a solemn Holy Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, presided by H.E. Msgr. José ORNELAS CARVALHO, SCI, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima and President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference. At the end of the celebration, the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe entrusted their mission and the continent to the Blessed Virgin … Continue reading How to be Missionary Disciples in a Secularised Europe: A Cultural Analysis of the Current Situation »

Europe

Eucharistic Chain 2025: The Prayer of the Church of Europe for Ukraine and the Holy Land During Lent

The European Bishops Celebrated Holy Mass for 40 Consecutive Days to invoke Peace

From Ash Wednesday and throughout the Lenten Season, the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe celebrated Holy Mass to invoke a just and sustainable peace, especially for Ukraine and the Holy Land. The Lenten initiative, called the “Eucharistic Chain”, involved all 39 members of the CCEE, who, through the Eucharistic celebration, surrounded the entire European Continent with the embrace of the Church, as a real sign of … Continue reading Eucharistic Chain 2025: The Prayer of the Church of Europe for Ukraine and the Holy Land During Lent »

Europe

In prayer for peace in Ukraine and the Holy Land

During Lent, the European Bishops praying for a just and sustainable peace

From Ash Wednesday, and during the whole Lenten season, the Church in Europe will remain gathered around the Eucharistic table to pray for peace. The initiative, involving all the CCEE members, sees each one committed to organising and celebrating at least one Holy Mass with the intention to pray for the victims of war and to invoke from the Lord “a just and sustainable peace, … Continue reading In prayer for peace in Ukraine and the Holy Land »

Presidency

Ladislav NEMET, CCEE Vice President, created Cardinal

The CCEE’s gratitude to Pope Francis

The CCEE expresses deep gratitude to the Holy Father who, in the Ordinary Public Consistory held on 7 December in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, looked benevolently upon the Church in Europe as no fewer than 8 European prelates were created Cardinals. Among the 21 new Cardinals, the CCEE Vice President, H. E. Msgr. Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Belgrade (Serbia), to whom … Continue reading Ladislav NEMET, CCEE Vice President, created Cardinal »

Press Release

FAFCE and CCEE renew Memorandum of Understanding

To reaffirm the commitment to family associations at the service of the Church and the Common Good

FAFCE and the Council of European Bishop’s Conferences renew Memorandum of Understanding, reaffirming commitment to family associations at the service of the Church and the Common Good In a meeting in Rome between Archbishop Grušas (pictured left), the President of the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), and Vincenzo Bassi (pictured right), President of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE), both parties signed … Continue reading FAFCE and CCEE renew Memorandum of Understanding »

Plenary Assembly /2

The Future of the Christian Faith in Europe. Praedicate Evangelium and the Bishops’ Conferences

The speeches by Card. Prevost and Prof. Sayer

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, was entrusted with the main report of the Plenary Assembly entitled: “the evangelizing and missionary dimension of the Church in Europe”. A reflection on the “future of the Christian faith in Europe”, that of the Bishops’ Prefect made in the light of the person of Jesus Christ, true God and true man: “the mystery of the … Continue reading The Future of the Christian Faith in Europe. Praedicate Evangelium and the Bishops’ Conferences »

Plenary Assembly/1

Pilgrims of hope. For a synodal and missionary Church

The meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe starts in Belgrade

The annual Assembly of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe began with a welcome from H.E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet, Archbishop of Belgrade and CCEE Vice-President. In his speech, the Archbishop described the current religious and social context of Serbia, with 6.3 million inhabitants, 300,000 of whom are Catholics organised within one Archdiocese, three dioceses and a Greek-Catholic eparchy: a multicultural and multi-ethnic country … Continue reading Pilgrims of hope. For a synodal and missionary Church »

CCEE

Card. Parolin inaugurates the new headquarters in Rome

A home for the Bishops of Europe, to bring a new pastoral impetus and ecumenical momentum

After 53 years in Switzerland, beginning in Chur and then for the last 47 years in St. Gallen, the seat of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences has been moved to via della Pigna 13, in Rome. Blessing the new CCEE offices in the Maffei Marescotti palace was Card. Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State. With him were present Card. Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of … Continue reading Card. Parolin inaugurates the new headquarters in Rome »

Europe

The Church in prayer for the Synod and for peace in Ukraine and the Holy Land

Every nation celebrates Holy Mass on a day in Lent

The Lenten initiative, known as the “Eucharistic chain”, originally conceived as a sign of the Church’s closeness to the victims of covid and their families, has become a regular prayer initiative: from Ash Wednesday, and throughout the Lenten season, the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of our continent invite people to pray for the Synod and for peace in Ukraine and the Holy Land. The … Continue reading The Church in prayer for the Synod and for peace in Ukraine and the Holy Land »

Synod

Grušas: may man be open to the peace that comes from God

The homily from the Mass celebrated at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's

It is an appeal to mankind to be open to the peace that comes from God, that was launched by Archbishop Gintaras Grušas in the homily from the Mass celebrated at the opening of the day at the Synod of Bishops. The focus is, of course, also on the situation in the Holy Land which the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences is following closely, but … Continue reading Grušas: may man be open to the peace that comes from God »