Fl‑okkażjoni tax‑Xahar tal‑Ħolqien, il‑Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) tixtieq taqsam xi ħsibijiet, imnebbħa mill‑Enċiklika tal‑Papa Franġisku Laudato Si’, dwar il‑valur tal‑ħajja u l‑ħtieġa li nirrispettawha fil‑forom kollha tagħha. Dan fi żmien meta ħafna qed jiġu influwenzati minn ideat żbaljati li qed jiddominaw il‑midja, u jispiċċaw jaċċettaw diskorsi u ideoloġiji li spiss jgħawġu l‑verità.

Ir‑rispett lejn il‑ħajja jitlob li wieħed japprezza d‑dinjità ta’ kull forma ta’ ħajja, jagħraf kemm hi vulnerabbli u jħarisha minn kull periklu…

With (Re)thinking Europe approaching, COMECE launched the official logo of the event and a web page gathering all the useful information on the event that will take place in the Vatican City from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 October, marking the 60th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome.

The idea of organizing (Re)thinking Europe in the shape of an open forum of dialogue was in COMECE’s agenda since two years, and it is with great enthusiasm that the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community welcomes the Holy See’s collaboration and the direct participation of Pope Francis…

“It is our duty to remind everyone that Europe is not a purely geographic complex, nor just a group of peoples, but it is a spiritual and ethical work; it is not an organogram, but a living body, a community of life and destiny. The European image of person is determined in the most profound manner by Christianity.” It is with this thought that Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), opened the works of CCEE Plenary Assembly, the ecclesial body which gathers the Presidents of all Bishops’ Conferences of the Continent…