A Mozambican bishop has a described life as "horrific" in the Cabo Delgado region as a violent group known as Al-Shabaab which identifies itself as a cell of the self-proclaimed Islamic State is terrorizing the country's north.
The COMECE Commission on the EU External Relations gathered to discuss the issues of EU’s Eastern and Southern borders on 20 April 2021. In dialogue with EU representatives, the Commission highlighted the important role of the EU in promoting lasting peace and sustainable human development in its neighbourhood.
A Hong Kong Baptist church leader known for his public criticism of the national security law China imposed on Hong Kong and an extradition bill that triggered the 2019 protests has stepped down from his post and moved to Britain.
Persecution of faith groups has drastically increased in more than 95 percent of the world's worst-offending countries – a new report shows, highlighting how new tech is being used to crush religious freedom. The Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021 (RFR) is produced by international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, on April 19, 2021, at the Hospital of St. Alexis, a 5-day course for clergy began on organizing spiritual assistance to the sick in medical institutions....
An evangelical church and an association founded by the late Billy Graham has launched legal action against Scotland's largest charitable trust after it canceled a rental agreement over the church's views on same-sex marriage.
Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults have a mixture of worldviews, otherwise known as syncretism, and only small percentage hold a biblical worldview, a new study by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.
COMECE and CEC: “Churches have an important message and value to add to the Conference on the Future of Europe”
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of...
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases on Tuesday 13th April 2021 the statement “One year after: What place for social, ecological and contributive justice in the EU recovery...
A week of disorder across Norther Ireland has left growing numbers of police officers injured, and Catholic and a Church of Ireland bishops were among those who joined for an ecumenical service before walking together to a peace wall gate at the center of clashes.
Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, who challenged popes, has died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived and lectured since 1960.
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) launches “Christian artworks month by month”, a new initiative promoting Christian cultural heritage from the dioceses of the COMECE Bishop Delegates located across Europe.
The World Evangelical Alliance has welcomed the Malaysian High Court's recent decision that recognized as unconstitutional and invalid a 1986 government directive that banned non-Muslims from using the word "Allah" to refer to God.
Archeologists in Jerusalem's Old City have discovered a box of artifacts, including a rare silver that pilgrims might have used to pay the Temple tax during King Herod's reign, a period of biblical significance.
Americans seem to be following the pattern of Europeans and going to places of worship less and less and becoming more secular.
The proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church, synagogue or mosque has dropped below 50 percent, a Gallup poll has found.
In Mozambique, the Catholic apostolic administrator of Pemba issued an appeal on Palm Sunday for an end to violence in the northern province of Cabo Delgado where jihadi fighters linked to the group calling itself Islamic State are terrorizing the local population.
COMECE and the Pontifical Council for Culture are pleased to invite you to join a webinar on the New European Bauhaus initiative of the European Commission. The event will take place in a digital format on Thursday 15 April 2021, from 17:00 to 19:10 (CEST)
In a joint message for the upcoming Easter, the Conference of European Churches (CEC) together with the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) sheer hope in Christ’s resurrection in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing all people in Europe, especially the poor and the most vulnerable, CEC President Rev. Christian Krieger and COMECE President H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ issued the following message on 31 March.
COMECE welcomes the European Commission’s Action Plan on the Social Pillar: “A step for a more inclusive and fairer EU”
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) welcomes the long-awaited Action Plan...
The World Health Organization chief has played tribute to religious leaders from around the world for the role they have played a vital role in communicating with their communities on the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Spring COMECE Assembly
Catholic Church and EU Commission: “facing this historic period together”
Participating in the Spring Assembly of EU Bishops held online on 17-18 March 2021, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas acknowledged the...
Israeli researchers have unveiled dozens of newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments of biblical texts dating back nearly 2,000 years, the first such find in 60 years.
The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions although it can give blessings to individual persons "with homosexual inclinations," the Vatican has said.
2021 COMECE Spring Assembly
EU Bishops to meet with European Commission’s Vice President Margaritis Schinas
Delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union will participate in the COMECE Spring Assembly to be held in a digital format on 17-18 March 2021 with the participation of European Commission’s Vice President Margaritis Schinas. The...