- Revd Dr Guy Liagre (Photo: UNIPROBEL)
Guy Liagre to be new General Secretary of CEC
Revd Dr Guy Liagre, President of the United Protestant Church in Belgium, will be the new General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches starting in June 2012. He succeeds Revd Prof. Dr Viorel Ionita who retired as Interim General Secretary of CEC in October 2011...
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Climate justice: on the agenda of churches from two continents
CSC/CEC and CLAI dialogue continues
In light of the impact of the global economic and financial crisis, the delegations of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CSC/CEC) and the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) met in Havana from 16–23 January 2012. The meeting took place in the framework of a dialogue programme between two regional ecumenical bodies which started in 2009.
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2012: Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Interview with Rev Dr Peter Pavlovic by Vatican Radio - 16 January 2012 - English
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Church and Society Commission of CEC
PUBLIC STATEMENT
European concerted action required now – People´s Needs first
The European Union today is facing its most significant and existential crisis since its existence. If the financial and economic crisis cannot be effectively solved by concerted action of the EU Member States, the Union itself is at stake. On the eve of the European Council, the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches urges European political leaders to finally take effective measures which live up to the magnitude of the issue and to put the needs of the people at the centre of the solution...
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UPCOMING EVENT
Human Enhancement: Moral, Religious and Ethical Aspects from a European Perspective
Brussels, 25 - 27 April 2012
The general aim is to facilitate an international, interdisciplinary and interdenominational dialogue on the definition, the advantages and the concerns with regard to human enhancement ; to review and further develop the 2009 CSC Paper on Human enhancement so as to present a common voice of the European Churches to the European Institutions ; to strengthen the relationship between the CSC and institutions and bodies of the European Union and the Council of Europe, the European Ethics Group, Ethics Networks and members of the European Parliament; to help identifying the future CSC priorities in this area of work.
For further information and to register please contact our Strasbourg office.
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Migration and Asylum Policies
Recommendations for the Migration and Asylum Policies in the EU "Stockholm Programme" (2010-2015)
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The Conference of European Churches (CEC) is a fellowship of some 120 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic Churches along with 40 associated organisations from all countries on the European continent. CEC was founded in 1959 and has offices in Geneva, Brussels and Strasbourg.
Christians from different confessions are committed to live and witness together in a spirit of ecumenism, sharing, understanding and mutual respect. All are committed in spite of the historic divides, the many languages and the geographical and economic barriers which exist on the European continent. Together, the churches work to promote the unity of the church and to present a common Christian witness to the people and institutions of Europe. The common desire to live in peace and to promote justice and reconciliation has enabled the churches to maintain their fellowship for the 50 years of the CEC's existence.
