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3 Nov, 2020
Prayer for peace following attacks in France and Vienna
Following recent attack in France and Vienna, CEC is offering the prayer for peace.
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26 Oct, 2020
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets online with German EU Presidency
An ecumenical delegation of COMECE, CEC) and EKD had an online meeting with Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, to exchange on the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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13 Oct, 2020
Critical thinking and critical clicking needed to respond to online hate speech
A new report and resource kit to address hateful content online has been published by WACC Europe, the European region of the World Association for Christian Communication.
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13 Oct, 2020
Churches call for immediate end to military actions in Nagorno-Karabakh region
Together with the World Council of Churches the Conference of European Churches shares “deep concern about the violations of the humanitarian ceasefire agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
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6 Oct, 2020
CEC offers prayer for peace among Armenia and Azerbaijan and encourages international organisations to find a durable peace solution
CEC has encouraged the OSCE Minsk Group and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to increase their efforts in searching for a durable peaceful solution in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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24 Sep, 2020
Ecumenical statement on migration received by European Commission
The advocacy statement of ecumenical organisations responding to the new EU Migrant Pact and the situation of migrants and refugees in Europe was received 25 September in the European Commission
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22 Sep, 2020
Christian organisations representing 2.8 billion people call for more compassionate EU migration policy
Christian organisations representing 2.8 billion people—about one-third of the world's population—have released a statement on the dire situation of migrants and refugees in Europe, and they are demanding a more compassionate approach.
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21 Sep, 2020
Global religious leaders urge end to “broken state of European migration”
A dozen global and regional religious organisations, including CEC and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe released an advocacy statement on the situation of migrants and refugees in Europe that defines their calling as Christians to “welcome the stranger.”
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24 Aug, 2020
Churches and people of goodwill are invited to celebrate Season of Creation
The values of Season of Creation go back to the roots of the Christian faith.