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5 Jul, 2017
Summer School on Human Rights: Make human rights central to migration and refugee policy
This was the central message of the fourth annual Conference of European Churches Summer School on Human Rights, which took place in Palermo (Italy) from 2 to 6 July. The gathering brought together 45 human rights experts, scholars, and church representatives from across Europe for a week of intensive learning and dialogue.
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29 Jun, 2017
Syriac Patriarch visits CEC, European Institutions: An ancient faith in the midst of contemporary conflict
The patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, visited the Conference of European Churches office in Brussels today following an international conference at the European Parliament highlighting the future of Christianity in Iraq.
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27 Jun, 2017
Churches to the EU: Our future depends on common values
On 27 June, the European Parliament, under the patronage of President Antonio Tajani, convened a dialogue with representatives of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities on the future of Europe. The high-level dialogue was inspired in part by recent European Parliament resolutions on improving its various treaties and on the 2017 European Commission White Paper on the future of Europe.
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27 Jun, 2017
Have no fear – but hope! 20th General Assembly of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe takes place in Prague
The 20th General Assembly of the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe took place in Prague from 21 to 25 June.
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22 Jun, 2017
No longer strangers: Conference of experts confirms churches’ role in creating welcoming and integrating societies
The biblical imperative to welcome the stranger was at the heart of a Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) conference in Prague (Czech Republic) this week. The event brought together more than 70 representatives from Hungarian, Slovak, and Czech churches, governments, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), regional non-governmental organisations, and delegates to the CCME General Assembly, which follows on 23 and 24 June.
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21 Jun, 2017
Islamic prayers take place at historic Hagia Sophia
Yesterday the president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey Mehmet Görmez took part in Islamic prayers at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which were also broadcast on state televisio
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21 Jun, 2017
Beyond Prosperity: Churches bring dialogue on European economic governance to the EU
The Conference of European Churches convened a conference in the European Parliament today on its recent discussion document Beyond Prosperity? European Economic Governance as a Dialogue between Theology, Economics and Politics.
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14 Jun, 2017
CEC Governing Board meets in Serbia, continues preparation for Novi Sad Assembly
The Conference of European Churches Governing Board recently travelled to Belgrade for its regular meeting. Much of their time together was devoted to preparations for the next CEC General Assembly, which will take place in Novi Sad from 30 May to 6 June 2018 and has already attracted national attention in Serbia.
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12 Jun, 2017
Commemorating lives lost on the way to safety
Since 2000, more than 30 000 migrants and refugees have lost their lives on their way to Europe, often drowning at sea or suffocating in containers on trucks and ships. Churches throughout Europe have responded through intensive solidarity and humanitarian efforts at Europe’s borders and by advocating for safe and legal passage.