” “The presentation of the report of the Committee of the Sages, conducted by Comece (Commission of the EU Bishops Conferences) last September, and the presentation of the congress "Values and prospects for the Europe of tomorrow. The fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome", promoted by Comece in Rome from 23rd to 25th March: these are the goals of the press conference due tomorrow, 22nd March, at 11 am, in the Foreign Newsroom (Rome, via dell’Umiltà, 83/c), with mgr. Adrianus van Luyn, president of Comece. The congress that will take place at Hotel Ergife (via Aurelia, 619) will be opened on 23rd March at 11 am by mgr. van Luyn. It will be followed by the reading of the message of the President of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, and the welcome addresses of mgr. Angelo Bagnasco, president of the Italian Bishops Conference, and Hans-Gert Pöttering, president of the European Parliament. The goal of the congress, which will be attended by the delegations of the 23 EU Bishops Conferences, Catholic movements and religious communities, is to "identify and state the values that have guided the European project since the beginning and that must be renewed today so that the EU will be able to respond to the ambitions that the citizens and the world create around it". The text of the "Message of Rome" to the European Council will be proclaimed on Saturday. For information, Sir, tel. 0666048415” “
