The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) addresses a letter to David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, with regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 26...
A national leader and a foreign minister from two countries Poland and Turkey, one Christian and one Muslim spoke out about religious freedom, persecution and triggering hatred during the opening day of the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
A coalition of Roman Catholics and evangelicals have united to urge the Scottish Government to drop part of its controversial hate crime bill as it moves closer to becoming law, particularly part of the proposed law relating to criticism of "transgender ideology."
COMECE-FAFCE joint Webinar on “The Elderly and the Future of Europe”
Following the publication of a joint Reflection Paper on “The Elderly and the Future of Europe“, COMECE and the Federation of Catholic Family Associations...
The United Kingdom is expecting tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents to arrive this year and a UK-wide Church initiative has begun welcome them to Britain as they leave their region that once cherished its civil liberties, but has seen them eroded since China took over.
On her 117th birthday a French nun who survived both world wars, the 1918 flu pandemic and a COVID-19 infection celebrated with a glass of wine, a Mass in her honor and dinner followed by her a taste of baked Alaska.
COMECE contributes to EU consultation on mandatory due diligence
COMECE welcomes EU’s proposed initiative to hold businesses liable for human rights violations and environmental harm throughout their supply chains, and calls for an ambitious approach...
Pope Francis has reached out to the world, offering encouragement to many suffering from the global COVID-19 pandemic, saying "we are in the same boat" and that everybody is vital as he assessed the state of humanity.
Join the webinar “Human Dignity and Resilience: Migrants and Hosting Communities”
COMECE is pleased to invite you to participate in the “Human Dignity and Resilience: Migrants and Hosting Communities”, a webinar to be held together...
The international Focolare Movement that promotes unity and universal kinship has a new president for the next six years -- Margaret Karram -- an Arab Catholic, born 1962 in Haifa, Israel.
Christians from different traditions are looking to the international community to take action after a military coup in Myanmar - also called Burma where politicians, journalists and human rights activists were arbitrarily locked up.
There are those who support the separation of Church and State, and while there is the beginning of the presidency of Joseph Biden, a committed Catholic, the recent role of Christianity in U.S. politics has triggered a torrent of debate in the nation's mass media.
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets with Portuguese EU Presidency
An ecumenical delegation of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) participated in an online...
Religious leaders in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are welcoming the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, even as Japan's Christian council "regrets" that their government has not supported or ratified the treaty.
COVID-19 has shut down church gatherings in many countries, but Americans are most likely to say that the pandemic has strengthened their religious a new Pew Research Center survey conducted in the summer of 2020 reveals.
Global church leaders such as Pope Francis and the head of the World Council of Churches have joined international leaders on World Holocaust Remembrance Day calling for strong action against antisemitism and the danger of it morphing into other hate.
Often labelled the world's smallest army and founded under Pope Julius II, the Swiss Guards have celebrated 515 years guarding the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
COMECE President concerned for the erosion of Freedom of Religion in the Member States
In a statement published on Friday 22, January 2021, the President of COMECE, H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, expresses concerns for...
COMECE meets with EU Commissioner Várhelyi: “the Mediterranean as a place of peaceful encounters”
A COMECE delegation met with Mr. Olivér Várhelyi, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Monday 18 January 2021, to offer policy recommendations on a people-centred and fair future Southern...
The March for Life, bringing many thousands of people to Washington DC each year to protest abortion, is to be virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and security concerns.
American megachurches are more racially and ethnically diverse than ever with more than half of them now having multiracial congregations, a new study from the Hartford Institute for Religious Research has found.
It's only a small village, but police in India's southern Karnataka state have placed a ban on 5 Christian families from gathering for worship services.
Violence mounted in Washington, DC on the day many Orthodox Christians celebrating Christmas Washington erupted into violence over the U.S. presidential election after a speech by President Donald Trump that said his election defeat was a fraud
Despite a national decline in religious observance, slightly over half of Britons continue to see the United Kingdom as a Christian country, but religiousness is low, a new study has found and it is very low in the 16-24 age group.