The autumn Plenary Assembly of the 27 Bishops’ Conferences of COMECE
will be held in Brussels from 26 to 28 October on the topic ‘The Plight
of Europe’s poor & EU Strategies to eliminate poverty’.
The COMECE bishops will meet local associations in Brussels, which
provide help to the poor. As in every plenary assembly, experts and EU
officials will be invited to exchange with the bishops on the main
topic:
– the secretary general of Caritas Europa, Jorge Nuño Maier, will
outline an analysis of poverty within the European Union, between
individual action and institutional advocacy;
-Ms Doreen Huddart, Rapporteur for the opinion on Child
Poverty(Committee of the Regions) will share her view on structural
poverty in Europe;
– Michel Servoz, European Commission, Director-General for
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, will present EU actions to
tackle poverty and social inequalities in the EU.
In the light of a re-reading of the joint report on Poverty issued by
COMECE, CEC, Eurodiaconia and Caritas Europa, the bishops will consider
a statement on poverty and social inequalities in Europe.
COMECE is made up of bishops delegated by the Catholic Bishops’
Conferences of the 28 Member States of the European Union.
Bishop Noel
Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor, is the COMECE representative from
the Irish Bishops’ Conference.
For more information on COMECE visit www.comece.eu.