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11 May, 2021
Dialogue Églises-UE : Une délégation œcuménique rencontre la Présidence portugaise de l’UE
Une délégation œcuménique composée de S.Em. le Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich s.j., Président de la Commission des Épiscopats de l'Union Européenne (COMECE), et du Révérend Christian Krieger, Président de la Conférence des Églises Européennes (CEC), a rencontré Augusto Santos Silva, Ministre d'État et des Affaires étrangères du Portugal, le mercredi 12 mai 2021 à Lisbonne, pour échanger sur les priorités de la Présidence portugaise du Conseil de l'Union européenne.
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11 May, 2021
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets with Portuguese EU Presidency
An ecumenical delegation comprising Rev. Christian Krieger, president of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), met with Augusto Santos Silva, Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, on 12 May 2021 in Lisbon, to exchange on the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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9 May, 2021
Erklärung der Präsidenten von COMECE und KEK zur Eröffnung der Konferenz über die Zukunft Europas
Der diesjährige Europatag, der 9. Mai, markiert den Start der Konferenz über die Zukunft Europas. Die Konferenz ist eine gute Nachricht. Die Kommission der Bischofskonferenzen der Europäischen Union (COMECE) und die Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK) wünschen ihr viel Erfolg.
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9 May, 2021
Déclaration des Présidents de la COMECE et de la CEC à l’occasion du lancement de la Conférence sur l’Avenir de l’Europe
Cette année, la Journée de l'Europe, le 9 mai, marque le lancement de la Conférence sur l'Avenir de l'Europe. La Conférence est une bonne nouvelle. La Commission des Épiscopats de l'Union européenne (COMECE) et la Conférence des Églises Européennes (CEC) s’en réjouissent et souhaitent qu’elle soit un succès.
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9 May, 2021
A tangle of COVID-19 challenges for European churches and society: how do we begin to unknot them?
Maria Sonnleithner was reflecting on young people whose mental health has been at risk amid COVID-19, even as the strain on the caring adults and churches in their lives has grown exponentially as well.
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6 May, 2021
CEC and COMECE applaud the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Applauding the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe on Europe Day, Rev. Christian Krieger, president of the Conference of European Churches and H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) issued the following joint statement.
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5 May, 2021
CEC receives EU grant to protect places of worship together with European religious organisations
The Conference of European Churches, together with the European Jewish Congress’ (EJC) Security and Crisis Centre (SACC), Faith Matters and the European Buddhist Union, has received a €3 million grant from the European Commission to assist in the protection of places of worship in Europe.
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4 May, 2021
Theological Reflections: Communion in crisis – A perspective from the Methodist Church in Britain
As part of CEC’s monthly Theological Reflections series “Communion in Crisis: The Church during the COVID-19 Pandemic” read below reflections from Rev. Ruth Gee, BA, M.Litt, Assistant Secretary of the Conference of the Methodist Church in Britain and Connexional Ecumenical Officer.
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21 Apr, 2021
Video: Ecumenical Service celebrating 20 years of “Charta Œcumenica”
Video recording of the Ecumenical Service celebrating 20th Anniversary of the landmark document Charta Œcumenica – Guidelines for the Growing Cooperation among Churches in Europe is now available on CEC YouTube.