"During the first part of the assembly reads the release from the Ccee , the bishops will have an opportunity to go into the details of the status of the Catholic Church in Portugal and the role played by the Sanctuary of Fatima. The second part of the Assembly will be focussed, instead, on the service of Ccee for the Church in Europe, with a presentation of the five-year programs of the new bishops in charge of the Ccee commissions for the media (Ceem); for the pastoral of migration; for callings; for catechesis, school and university". In addition, the presidents will discuss the commitments contained in the final message of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (Sibiu, 4-9 September; www.eea3.org) and the new prospects of ecumenism in Europe. The issue of the European institutions and the process of European unification 450 years after the Treaties of Rome will be introduced by the leaders of Comece. Other items on the agenda: cooperation between Ccee and Celam (Latin-American Bishops Council) and between Ccee and Secam (Symposium of the African and Madagascan Bishops Conferences). A short report on the pastoral of prisons will be given by the president of the International Commission for the Catholic Pastoral of Prisons, Christian Kuhn. A press release will be issued at the end of the Assembly. Info: www.ccee.ch.
