” “The congress "Values and prospects for the Europe of tomorrow. The 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome", promoted by Comece (Commission of the EU Bishops Conferences), is opening in Rome today until 25th March. The event, which will be attended by nearly 400 people from all over Europe, aims at "helping Christians identify and assert the values that have guided the European project since its very start and that must be renewed today for the European Union to respond to the ambitions that the citizens and the world build around them". The congress will be opened by mgr. Adrianus van Luyn, president of Comece, followed by the reading of the message of the president of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, and speeches from mgr. Angelo Bagnasco, president of the Italian Bishops Conference, and Hans-Gert Pöttering, president of the European Parliament. After the presentation of the Report of the Committee of the Sages, "A Europe of values. The ethical dimension of the European Union", to Comece, a draft of the "Message of Rome" will be presented to the European Council at 01.15 pm. Mgr. Dominique Mamberti, secretary of the Holy See for the Relations with the States, Mario Monti, member of the Committee of the Sages, the metropolitan bishop Emmanuel, member of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Metropolitan Bishop of France, will speak in the afternoon.” “
