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“Monitoring the ecumenical situation in Eastern Europe and identifying how the process of the Charta Oecumenica may help to tackle existing difficulties”: that’s the objective of the Consultation being held at Leanyfálu, Hungary, from 27 to 30 November, on the invitation of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and the Conference of the European Chuches (CEC). The Charta Oecumenica is a document containing the “guidelines for the growth of collaboration between the Churches in Europe”. Signed by the Presidents of CCEE and CEC in April 2001, the Charter has been sent to all the Churches and Episcopal Conferences in Europe, to be studied, implemented and adapted to the local context. It has now been translated into thirty languages. The programme of the meeting envisages reports from the various countries of Europe on the “signs of hope and the difficulties of the ecumenical process at the present time”. The participants will also seek to “identify future prospects of work to advance in ecumenical relations and to tackle together the challenges of the process of European integration”. A book (in 4 languages), edited jointly by the CCEE and CEC, Charta Oecumenica: a text, a process, a dream of the churches in Europe, will also be presented during the Consultation.
