EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic

Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region’s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities. As exploration, mining, investment and military activities increase, predatory practices also can increase, said the Brussels-based Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, or COMECE, and Justice and... Read More

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November 18, 2020

EU Bishops call for solidarity and hope on path towards better future

The Bishops’ Conferences of Europe have addressed a message of hope and a call to solidarity to European Institutions and Member states amid the health crisis that has overwhelmed the world these past months. In a message released on Wednesday 18th November under their umbrella body, COMECE, they reiterated their commitment to the construction of Europe... Read More

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November 21, 2019

Do more to fight poverty, say European bishops, Caritas

The Brussels-based commission representing European Catholic bishops has urged the European Commission to do more to combat poverty, warning that one in five EU citizens now face poverty. “Unemployment, adverse economic and working conditions, especially among young people, are affecting millions of families,” the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union said in... Read More

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November 8, 2019

European bishops mark 30th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

Catholic bishops from the European Union marked 30 years since the breaching of the Berlin Wall with tributes to those who worked for peaceful change, as well as warnings against resurgent “ideologies behind the building of walls”. “The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the most important events in European history of the... Read More

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May 30, 2019

Europe’s bishops call for unity, co-operation after crucial EU elections

Catholic Church leaders welcomed the outcome of key European Union elections as endorsing their continent’s unity, but also called for stronger dialogue in European politics. “People have shown responsibility by voting. This is a very positive sign,” said the Archbishop of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Brussels-based Commission of European Union Bishops’ Conference, or... Read More

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April 27, 2016

Austrian bishop says ‘no’ to border fence on Church property and calls on mercy

An Austrian bishop said the government may not use Church property to build a border fence to keep out refugees. “A border fence contradicts both the Gospel and the clear appeal of Pope Francis to Europe,” said Bishop Agidius Zsfikovics of Eisenstadt. “This is especially true in our diocese, which functioned in the shadow of... Read More

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