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Presidency

The first official meeting of the CCEE with Pope Leo XIV

Among the themes of the meeting were ecumenical dialogue, synodal challenges and evangelization in Europe

“You have my support”, stated Pope Leo XIV, receiving in audience the Presidency of the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) in the private Library of the Apostolic Palace, on Saturday 28 June 2025. The CCEE has worked in close contact with Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, at that time Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, and who participated at numerous CCEE meetings. However, this … Continue reading The first official meeting of the CCEE with Pope Leo XIV »

Church

The CCEE congratulates the new Pope, Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Successor of Peter

The CCEE Presidency expresses, on behalf of all the European Bishops, joy and gratitude to the Lord for the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope, and extends to the new Pope, Leo XIV, its best wishes for his ministry as the Successor of Peter at the service of the whole Church and the world. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, as Prefect of the Dicastery … Continue reading The CCEE congratulates the new Pope, Leo XIV »

CCEE

The European Magisterium of Pope Francis

The tribute of President Grušas

The Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences joins the universal Church in mourning the death of Pope Francis and invites all the bishops of Europe to celebrate Masses of suffrage for the soul of the pontiff and for the Catholic Church, who now faces the challenge of electing a new successor to Peter. The Pope “who came from the end of the world”, the first … Continue reading The European Magisterium of Pope Francis »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Press Release

Nagorno Karabakh, the CCEE appeal to overcome the humanitarian emergency

Looking with concern at the humanitarian emergency taking place in Nagorno Karabakh, the Presidency of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences joins the Pope’s repeated calls for a negotiated solution in the region that has been at the centre of conflict for too long and asks the international community to alleviate the humanitarian emergency of the hundreds of thousands of displaced. According to the latest … Continue reading Nagorno Karabakh, the CCEE appeal to overcome the humanitarian emergency »

Presidency

The CCEE Presidency with Pope Francis

A letter containing best wishes from the General Secretaries of the European Bishops’ Conferences is delivered to the Pope.

On 24 June, the Presidency of the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences was received in audience by Pope Francis. The annual appointment with the Pope is an opportunity to take stock of CCEE’s activities and identify priorities for the Church on the Continent. Among the topics on the agenda were the presentation of the Continental Assembly of the Synod, held in Prague from 5 … Continue reading The CCEE Presidency with Pope Francis »

Presidency

Patriarch Bartholomew to Grušas: “continue our fruitful collaboration”

The CCEE President in Istanbul for Pentecost

At the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, participated in Istanbul at the celebration of Temperance Day, which in the Orthodox calendar kicks off the Pentecost celebrations. Bartholomew called for ever greater cooperation with the CCEE, especially in the light of the “unholy war” that is taking place in Ukraine and, … Continue reading Patriarch Bartholomew to Grušas: “continue our fruitful collaboration” »