Press 08/05/2012: COMECE and CEC-KEK both look for a profound reflection of the European Integration process based on a search for the common good and the human dignity. We are also convinced that the roots of the financial and economical crisis are not purely to be found in the economical sphere but also ethics and spirituality have their say in this crisis. To deepen this reflection we are glad to invite you for an evening debate on this topic on Wed 23 may 2012.

COMECE Press: On Wednesday 9 May, the EPP and ECR political Groups of the European Parliament will be co-organising together with COMECE a half-day Seminar on Christians in the Middle East and North Africa which will focus on 'Christians in the Arab World: One year after the Arab Spring'.

COMECE Press: On Wednesday 9 May, the EPP and ECR political Groups of the European Parliament will be co-organising together with COMECE a half-day Seminar on Christians in the Middle East and North Africa which will focus on 'Christians in the Arab World: One year after the Arab Spring'.

Press 02/04/2012: In every country where the people’s rights of freedom of religion has been violated - and even threatened -, the society itself is at risk. Freedom of Religion is actually an important indicator for assessing the implementation of Fundamental Rights as a whole. The EU should therefore more clearly monitor violations of Freedom of Religion both within the EU and throughout the world. This was the main request put forward by the Church and Society Commission of CEC and COMECE to the European Commission and the European External Action Service on the occasion of the Dialogue Seminar held in Brussels on 30 March.

Press 23/03/2012: “We are at a decisive moment for the future of Europe”. This is the statement of Cardinal Reinhard Marx after his election as the new President of the Commission of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in the EU. The Archbishop of Munich and Freising was elected by the Bishop Members on 22 March 2012 for a 3-year term of office as the COMECE Chair. He will be assisted by four Vice-Presidents: Mgr Gianni Ambrosio (Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy), Mgr Virgil Bercea (Bishop of Oradea Mare, Romania), Mgr Jarecki (Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw, Poland) and Mgr Jean Kockerols (Auxiliary Bishop of Brussels-Malines, Belgium).