PLENARY MEETING OF CCEE: CARD. MURPHY-O’CONNOR, HIS "DREAM" IS A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CCEE AND COMECE" (2)

” “"Too often – specified the deputy president of Ccee – the nice job we do disappears into thin air and does not turn out to be so effective as it should be. So basically my dream involves European bodies working together and letting their presidents concentrate on priority issues, without neglecting those topics that are less important but still need to be tackled". In other words, card. Murphy-O’Connor "would like to see a document drawn up by the members of both bodies, to be submitted to us before next year’s meeting and explaining in detail how any form of duplication may be avoided, how the secretariats can work more closely and can work together in support of the Bishops Conferences and above all propose a way in which the major issues that affect Europe may be addressed". Such a document would have to be sent to the presidents of the Bishops Conferences of each country "as soon as ready", "to discuss it with the bishops their brothers in their Bishops Conferences and so report the opinions of the European Bishops on this crucial issue". ” “