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Plenary Assembly/3

The Church During the Pandemic. Information from the Various Bishops’ Conferences

The Speakers' Interventions

In view of the Plenary Assembly, the Presidents of the National European Bishops’ Conferences prepared for the meeting by completing a questionnaire on “The Church during the Covid-19 pandemic” with information from their respective Bishops’ Conferences. It consisted of a general overview section with the number of infected and dead in each country as well as the start and end dates of restrictions and prohibitions … Continue reading The Church During the Pandemic. Information from the Various Bishops’ Conferences »

Plenary Assembly/2

Europe: together in discerning perspectives for the future

Final Message of the Bishops

The CCEE Plenary Assembly, this year in online mode, concluded with the approval of the Final Message to Europe. The European Bishops encourage peoples and nations not to shut themselves away, to look to tomorrow with a rediscovered confidence while walking together in the light of the Risen Christ and committing themselves to renewed solidarity in the knowledge that they are close to one another. … Continue reading Europe: together in discerning perspectives for the future »

Plenary Assembly

We believe in a Europe that is a family of solidarity

The first day of work in online mode gets underway

The CCEE Plenary Assembly opened this afternoon with the reading of the message that was sent from Pope Francis to the Presidents of the European Bishops’ Conferences. “The experience of this pandemic – wrote the Holy Father – has left a deep mark in all of us, because it dramatically affected one of the structural requirements of our existence – relations among people and in … Continue reading We believe in a Europe that is a family of solidarity »

Intervention by Card. Angelo Bagnasco, CCEE President

The migrant’s religion: a challenge for Society and the Church

Conference promoted by the Catholic University and the Italian Bishops’ Conference on the eve of the 106th World Migrant and Refugee Day

“Recognising that the religious dimension is an integral part of the person is essential for society to be not condescending, but just towards every person”. So was said by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, in his introductory greeting to the conference “The migrant’s religion: a challenge for Society and the Church” ongoing today Friday 25 September at the Dicastery for Promoting … Continue reading The migrant’s religion: a challenge for Society and the Church »

Press Release

Cancelled – The CCEE Plenary Assembly in Prague

The working sessions will take place in online mode

The CCEE Plenary Assembly, previewed from the upcoming 25 to 27 September in Prague, is now cancelled due to the deteriorating situation of infection from Covid-19 in the Czech Republic. During these hours, the daily increase in the number of people infected with Covid-19 is making it increasingly difficult to reach the city of Prague. Many European countries are imposing a quarantine on those who return from … Continue reading Cancelled – The CCEE Plenary Assembly in Prague »

STATEMENT

An appeal from the CCEE Presidency for H. E. Mgr Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz

Since this past 31 August, H. E. Monsignor Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Archbishop of Minsk and President of the Belarusian Conference of Catholic Bishops, after returning from a journey to Poland where he participated in celebrations in honour of Our Lady of Częstochowa, has been prevented from returning to his country The CCEE Presidency expresses the closeness of the entire European Episcopate to Monsignor Kondrusiewicz and to … Continue reading An appeal from the CCEE Presidency for H. E. Mgr Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz »

Press Release

The Church in Europe after the Pandemic. Perspectives for Creation and Community

The CCEE Plenary Assembly in Prague from 25 to 27 September

The Annual Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishop’s Conferences will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 25 to 27 September 2020. Considering the current health regulations and the difficulty travelling from some countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Presidents of the National Bishop’s  Conferences that are will be unable to reach Prague, will participate via videoconference. The chosen theme for this … Continue reading The Church in Europe after the Pandemic. Perspectives for Creation and Community »

European Symposium on the Youth

Moved to 2021 the meeting in Krakow

Organised by the CCEE Youth Commission and Catechesis Section

The travel difficulties and the distance between people, due to the coronavirus pandemic, prevents the meeting taking place this year. The Symposium, entitled “Get up, Christ is calling you!“, which will be attended by delegations from all of the European Bishops’ Conferences and numerous young people, will be moved by one year: it will be celebrated from 20 to 23 October 2021, again around the … Continue reading Moved to 2021 the meeting in Krakow »

Press Release

“Let’s all work together for a recovery that leaves no one behind”

Joint meeting of the CCEE-COMECE Presidencies

The annual CCEE-COMECE Presidencies meeting was held on Wednesday, 3 June 2020 with a special focus on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the day-to-day life in the Church and European societies, as well as on the Catholic Church’s contribution to “a just recovery that leaves no-one behind”. At the centre of the debate was the situation of the Church in Europe, together with … Continue reading “Let’s all work together for a recovery that leaves no one behind” »