Accompanying the response to God’s call Szeged, Hungary, 27-29 April 2016 The annual meeting of bishops and national delegates responsible for university pastoral work, meeting this year along with bishops and national delegates responsible for pastoral work with young people, in order to prepare together for the 2017 Symposium …
Europe with two lungs 13 April 2016 On 13 April 1991, with a provision made by Saint John Paul II, the Latin Rite Catholic Church in the Soviet republics of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan was re-organised …
CEC-CCEE message on the occasion of International Roma Day St. Gallen/Geneva, Switzerland, 7 April 2016 On the occasion of International Roma Day, 8 April, the general secretaries of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) call for renewed efforts for healing and reconciliation …
Attacks in Brussels. Sympathy from Cardinal Péter Erdő St. Gallen, Switzerland, 22 March 2016 Having heard this morning the news about the attacks carried out at Brussels Airport and on the Belgian city’s underground, in the face of this callous act, I assure …
Catechesis in Europe: old and new challenges Rabat, Malta, 1-4 March 2016 Catechesis in Europe today faces old and new challenges. The rapid change of our societies, especially in the light of the new social media, requires a differentiated approach. Through a sharing on the situation of catechesis in Europe …
The 2017 Symposium process begins Rabat, Malta, 1-4 March 2016 The process which will culminate in the celebration of a Symposium in Barcelona in Spring 2017 on Christian journeying with young people is about to begin with a meeting of national delegates for catechesis, the first of a series of four meetings …
Letter of Cardinal Péter Erdő to Patriarch Kirill St. Gallen, 5 February 2016 Having received the news of the forthcoming meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and of All Russia, Cardinal Péter Erdő wanted to express his joy at this historic meeting by sending a letter to Patriarch Kirill.The text of the letter is as follows: …
Refugee crisis in Europe: how is the Church responding? St. Gallen/Geneva, 15 January 2016 A survey recently carried out among the European Bishops’ Conferences reveals that the Church in Europe has positively responded to the urgent needs of refugees and migrants, and to the appeal of the Holy Father to host refugees…
You Are Not Forgotten Statement, 14 January 2016 As the Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination, we echo Pope Francis’ plea in his recent Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si (Praise Be to You), to remember our interdependence in an integrated world. Here in this land holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, we have …
Alongside refugees to demonstrate God’s mercy Holy Land, 7-14 January 2016 A meeting with refugees in Jordan and those suffering in the region’s atmosphere of conflict and political and economic instability will be the focus of this year’s visit of the Holy Land Co-ordination (HLC2016)…
