Politics and Religion

Women & Spirituality: Women's Rights Human Rights, Religious Rights : A sacred triangle?

Women and Spirituality
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges MEP (Luxembourg) is organising a hearing on Women and Spirituality on Thursday 13th November in the European Parliament in Brussels...

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Regional dialogue
The second Regional Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament takes place in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine on 24 July 2008...

Breaking new Ground for Europe through solidarity for People
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Regional Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and Religious Communities in the Region of South Caucasus and the EPP-ED Group
l-r: Panayiotis Demetriou MEP (EPP-ED, Greece), Eija-Riitta Korhola MEP (EPP-ED, Finland), Doris Pack MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP (Romania), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, His Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, HE Metropolitan Emmanuel, Archbishop of France, HE Metropolitan Gerasim Sharashenidze, Director of Foreign Affairs Department, Patriarchate of Georgia, and Urszula Gacek MEP (EPP-ED, Poland)

Regional dialogue
The Regional Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and Religious Communities in the Region of South Caucasus and the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats in the European Parliament, took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 17-18 March 2008...

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Photos of the meeting

The Grand Mufti of Syria meets Members of the EPP-ED Group
Joseph Daul MEP (France), Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (3rd from left), (l-r) John Purvis MEP (EPP-ED, United Kingdom), a Member of the Syrian Delegation, Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, the Grand Mufti of Syria, Mario Mauro MEP (EPP-ED, Italy), Vice-President of the European Parliament, Bishop Antoine Odo, President of the Chaldean Bishops of Syria, Syed Kamall MEP (EPP-ED, United Kingdom), Member of the EPP-ED Working Group on Islam, and Antonio Tajani MEP, Head of the Italian Delegation (FI) of the EPP-ED Group

The Grand Mufti of Syria meets Members of the EPP-ED Group
Strasbourg, 16 January 2008

Ten Years of Dialogue between the EPP-ED Group and Orthodox Church
l-r: Othmar Karas MEP (Austria), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP (Romania), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, and Margaritis Schinas MEP (EPP-ED, Greece)

Reflection Meeting with H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Ten Years of Dialogue between EPP-ED Group and Orthodox Church. Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP
Istanbul, 3 December 2007

Religious Freedom in Turkey: a key issue for Turkey's accession, according to the EU Council. Antonios Trakatellis MEP and Georgios Dimitrakopoulos MEP
8 June 2006 more

EPP-ED Group Presidency visit to China
Hans-Gert Poettering MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, and Li Changchun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Hans-Gert Poettering urges Beijing to open up dialogue with the Vatican
24 May 2006
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EPP-ED Group audience with Pope Benedict XVI
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and Hans-Gert Poettering MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Pope Benedict XVI receives EPP-ED Group in the Vatican. Hans-Gert Poettering MEP
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Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI

Address of the Chairman, Hans-Gert Poettering MEP