Christian leaders and MEPs unite for Christmas Prayer Breakfast at the European Parliament

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) participated in the Christmas Prayer Breakfast held at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, on Tuesday, 17 December 2024. COMECE General Secretary, Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, together with leaders of other Christian Churches, celebrated an ecumenical prayer, praying for peace in the world and for persecuted Christians. Read Prayer | Photos

The Prayer Breakfast was organised in preparation for Christmas by the EPP Working Group on Intercultural and Religious Dialogue, co-chaired by MEPs Željana Zovko and Vangelis Meimarakis.

The event brought together members of the European Parliament, as well as religious leaders from different Christian Churches. Among them were Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE; Rev. Frank Dieter Fischbach, General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC); and Rev. George Valcu, General Secretary of the Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU). A delegation of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O) was also present.

During the event, an ecumenical prayer was jointly led by the General Secretaries of COMECE, CEC, and CROCEU. They prayed for the European institutions, that they may serve the common good across our continent; for world peace; for the people of Ukraine and the Middle East; and for the protection of Christians in areas of crisis.

The event marks the conclusion of a fruitful year of collaboration between COMECE and the EPP Working Group on Intercultural and Religious Dialogue.

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