Special Relationships The CCEE collaborates with the Holy See and other episcopal bodies to strengthen the communion among the Bishops of the world who are committed to the ecclesial mission entrusted to them. Among the continental episcopal organizations: SECAM-SCEAM in Africa, CELAM in Latin America, FABC in the Asian continent and FCBCO in Oceania; The COMECE, ie the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the … Continue reading Special Relations
REGULAR Meetings During the year, the CCEE organises various meetings, four of which are held regularly on a yearly basis: The Plenary Assembly, which brings together the Presidents of the thirty-three Bishops’ Conferences, the Archbishops of Luxembourg and the Principality of Monaco, the Maronite Archbishop of Cyprus, the Bishops of Chişinău (Moldavia), the Eparchy of Mukachevo and the Apostolic Administration of Estonia. The meeting of … Continue reading Annual Meetings
Commissions “The Plenary Assembly nominates or establishes delegates or permanent commissions so that they might examine permanently matters relating to a particular kind of problem or a particular position of people; the Presidency can set up commissions ad tempus” (CCEE Statutes). Through its Commissions, CCEE organizes various meetings which translate into real and effective collaboration of the particular churches where this collaboration reveals itself to … Continue reading Commissions
A network of the national directors or centres for Vocations of special consecration has been in existence since 1999 (European Vocations Service – EVS) and became a commission of CCEE in 2006. Since 2012 it is known in CCEE as Commission for Vocations.
CCEE has a specific section of the Commission “Catechesis, School and University” dedicated to pastoral care in Universities; Dialogue between faith and reason and the roots of our culture.
Pastoral care in schools, the teaching of Catholic religion and Catholic schools represent a very rich expression – albeit a diverse one – of a great tradition. A Specific Section of the Commission ´Catechesis, School and University´ deals with these questions.
On of the urgent and of particular interest field of work for the CCEE is the search for the unity of the Church through the promotion of encounters and friendships between people of other Christian confessions. Since its inception, the CCEE has committed itself to a continuous collaboration with the KEK (Conference of European Churches). In recent years, through the Global Christian Forum, with the … Continue reading Ecumenism
Within the Catholic Church there are particular Churches called sui iuris Churches or Rites. These are in full communion with the Church of Rome but distinguished from the Latin Catholic Church by their different forms of liturgical worship and popular devotion, sacramental (administration of the sacraments) and canonical (juridical norms) disciplines, terminology and theological traditions.
The Bishops are primarily responsible for teaching the faith. Catechesis is one of the most important dimensions of a Bishop’s mission…
