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Belarus allows Catholic leader to return from Poland after forced exile

Belarusian authorities allowed the Catholic archbishop of Minsk to return home for Christmas after lifting a four-month ban on him entering the country during the ongoing protesting against government actions.

Archaeologists in Israel unearth ritual bath from Jesus’ time, at Gethsemane

A 2,000-year-old ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists at Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed just before his crucifixion.

Bethlehem inn rooms are empty for 2020 Christmas celebration

The inn rooms are empty in Bethlehem this year for the traditional Christmas celebrations as the Holy Land city battens hatches against the novel coronavirus pandemic at a time of the year it normally throngs with visitors.

COMECE addresses the EU Commission on Covid-19 strategy

COMECE addresses the EU Commission on Covid-19 strategy “It is crucial to maintain the dialogue with Churches” On the occasion of the last 2020 meeting of the COMECE Standing Committee on Tuesday 15 December 2020, the...

The COMECE Working Group on Migration assesses the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

COMECE assesses the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: "put Human dignity and Common Good at the centre of the future negotiations" In view of the International Migrants Day, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of...

Biblical illiteracy ‘utmost problem’ facing global evangelicalism

The biggest crisis facing the evangelical, global church today is the growing lack of biblical literacy worldwide, Thomas Schirrmacher, the newly elected secretary-general of the World Evangelical Alliance says.

COMECE Legal Affairs Commission: children and their rights as a EU priority

COMECE Legal Affairs Commission: children and their rights as a EU priority The COMECE Legal Affairs Commission met on Thursday 3 December 2020 to exchange on current EU and national initiatives in the area of fundamental rights....

Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai in court, chained and is denied bail

Hong Kong pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, a committed Catholic, who has been denied ball after his court appearance has been charged under the territory's controversial new national security law described as political intimidation by a prominent clerical critic of Beijing.

Social Affairs Commission: “Towards a just social and green recovery”

Social Affairs Commission: “Towards a just social and green recovery” The EU strategies for recovery from the ongoing Covid-19 and climate crisis was the main focus of discussion of the COMECE Social Affairs Commission, which was held online on Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1st December 2020, under the...

US puts Nigeria on religious freedom blacklist with China, Saudi Arabia

The United States has included Nigeria on a blacklist of nations where "systematic, ongoing, egregious religious freedom violations" are an issue of concern. The move could pave the way for potential sanctions in the future.

Christian geneticist Francis Collins wants churches to stay with virtual services for now

Christian geneticist Dr. Francis Collins is advising churches to avoid in-person services as countries around the world fight to bring COVID-19 rates down. The advice of the laureate of 2020 came as some religious leaders are pushing for the right to worship as the COVID-19 pandemic rages in the United States.

Webinar: “Faith, Science and Youth: A call for an ambitious climate summit”

Webinar “Faith, Science and Youth: A call for an ambitious climate summit” On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and in view of the upcoming Climate Ambition Summit 2020, the Vatican Covid-19...

No surprises, conservative Christians helped Trump garner 74 million votes, but percentage was high, survey shows

Guess why Donald Trump did not lose by a landslide in the U.S. presidential election? Conservative Christians voted for him in big numbers. That is hardly surprising news, but their huge turnout for him as shown by a recent survey helps explain

The role of the elderly in times of demographic change

COMECE-FAFCE reflection on the role of the elderly in times of demographic change COMECE-FAFCE reflection on the role of the elderly in times of demographic change “Elderly people are a gift and a resource,  they cannot be seen...

Cameroon religious leaders encouraged to become ‘diplomats of peace’ in troubled land

When a group of Cameroonian religious leaders from both English and French-speaking communities, both Christian and Muslim, met to discuss the crisis in the Anglophone western provinces of Cameroon, they committed themselves to being "diplomats of peace."

COMECE participates in the high level EU religious leaders’ meeting

COMECE participates in the high level EU religious leaders’ meeting H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ and H.E. Mgr. Youssef Soueif, respectively President of COMECE and delegate of the Maronites in Cyprus to COMECE, participated...

UK archeologist says ‘strong case’ house in Nazareth crypt was home to Jesus

British archaeologist Ken Dark who has spent 14-years studying an excavation site in Nazareth, Israel, believes that he has discovered the childhood home of Jesus.

Future EU-Africa partnership: Local communities play a key role in building resilience and human security

Future EU-Africa partnership  Local communities play a key role in building resilience and human security    "The human dimension could still be further strengthened in the actions put forward by the European Union in its partnership with Africa, on peace and security in particular”, stated Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, on the occasion...

US Court ruling on religious services irrelevant, says NY governor, but decision shows future inclination

When the U.S. Supreme Court barred restrictions on religious services in New York that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo had imposed to combat the novel coronavirus, numerous religious organizations cheered it as setting down a marker for freedom of religion discourse.

Pro-life student midwife who faced UK university suspension gets payout and apology

A 24-year-old Catholic undergraduate student in a midwife program was barred from placement in a hospital, reportedly due to her pro-life beliefs at the University of Nottingham in England but that decision was overturned last week.

UK Christian charities urge prime minister not to cut development aid budget

The Archbishop of Canterbury who leads the Anglican church, and charities such as Christian Aid have appealed to the UK government not to cut billions from Britain's international development budget.

US bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop federal executions

The United States is heading toward having 10 federal executions in 2020, more than double the previous record of four in 1938. "In the last 60 years, before the Trump administration restarted federal executions, there were only four federal executions," two bishops wrote on the website of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Protestant, Catholic churches in Germany launch campaign against antisemitism

Germany's main Protestant and Catholic churches have announced plans for a campaign to be launched to encourage Christians to take a clear stand against increasing antisemitism, recognizing it also has Christian roots.

In UK religion rather race is cause of more prejudice study shows

Prejudice around religion, rather than on race or xenophobia, is the "final frontier" for diversity, where individuals are prepared to express negative attitudes, a new study in England and Wales has found.

Pope Francis speaks out on fight against sexual abuse after report

Pope Francis renewed a pledge by the Catholic Church to uproot the scourge of a notorious sexual abuser after the Vatican released an extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick former archbishop of Washington.
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