Church and society
(Brussels) The Autumn plenary meeting of Comece, Commission of EU Bishops Conferences, will be held in Brussels from 26th to 28th October. The limelight will be on the critical situation of poor people in Europe and the EU strategies to eradicate the poverty that affects millions of citizens. During the meeting, the bishops – on behalf of the Bishops Conferences of the member states of the European Union – will meet the local associations that take care of poor people in Brussels. In addition, they will discuss the matter with experts and institutional executives. The voices that will be heard in the headquarters of Comece include those of Jorge Nuño Maier, secretary general of Caritas Europe, who will present a survey of the situation of poverty in the EU, and Michel Servoz, European Commission officer, who will speak of the projects that are being carried out to deal with social inequality, social exclusion and poverty in the EU-28. Moreover, the bishops will also consider taking a joint position about the matter. The meeting will be held behind closed doors: there will be, however, a public moment, with a Mass officiated by the president of Comece, cardinal Reinhard Marx, in the Church of the Dominican Friars, on Wednesday 26th October, at 7.00 pm.
