#European Union

European Union: Comece Assembly in Rome from 22nd to 24th March to elect the new Presidency. Meeting with Pope Francis and dialogue with Minister Tajani

Ukraine. Card. Hollerich: We are asking for a ceasefire that may bring peace”. “We do all we can so that the impossible may become possible”

“We must do everything possible to have a just peace and all efforts must be aimed at reconciliation, for there…

European Commission: EU opens its doors to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Von der Leyen “historic day”

EU: Comece, “Europe, renew your vocation to promote peace”. Calling on the European Council to grant Ukraine EU candidate status

Leaders of the Christian Churches in Europe: “May the shock of war yield a show of solidarity”

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union ( COMECE) and Rev…

Sanctions against Russia in place. Kessler: “Europe has been late in responding”

After having worked on negotiations with governments for days, the EU closes its airspace and intensifies sanctions against Russia over…

David Sassoli: Card. Hollerich (EU Bishops), “deep sorrow. His legacy in favour of democracy and solidarity” passed on to young Europeans

Msgr. Aldo Giordano: always practising a culture of dialogue and encounter

He had returned to Europe this year as Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union and we were full of hope…

Belarus-Poland: COMECE to the EU, “instrumentalising the despair of migrants has severe and harming human consequences and must be prevented”

Msgr. Grušas (CCEE): “Migrants used as human shields. This is a hybrid attack on border integrity”

“They are not just migrants and refugees. They are persons used instrumentally by a governing regime. Trafficked for political purposes…

Migrants: letter asking the EU to fund walls at borders. Card. Hollerich (COMECE), “right to asylum should be protected and respected”