17-18 March 2016: President of J&P Europe, H.E. Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich, and General Secretary Stefan Lunte, met H.E. Stanislav Zore, Archbishop of Ljubljana and President of the Slovenian Justice & Peace Commission, H.E. Stanislav Hocevar, Archbishop of Belgrad, H.Em. Josip Cardinal Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb and Bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak, President of the Croatian Justice & Peace Commission.
17-18 March 2016: President of J&P Europe, H.E. Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich, and General Secretary Stefan Lunte, met H.E. Stanislav Zore, Archbishop of Ljubljana and President of the Slovenian Justice & Peace Commission, H.E. Stanislav Hocevar, Archbishop of Belgrad, H.Em. Josip Cardinal Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb and Bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak, President of the Croatian Justice & Peace Commission.
Welcome to the site of the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions.
We are a European network of 32 national Justice and Peace Commissions mandated by their Bishops' Conferences to speak out on the fight against Poverty and for Human Rights, Peace, Reconciliation, Development and the Care of Creation. On this site you will get a look into the work of a justice and peace network inside the Catholic Church.
If you like to contact us you will find our address below
Secretariat of the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions
19, Square de Meeûs
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0) 22 35 05 17
E-Mail: secretary@jupax-europa.org
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08.05.2019 Raising Awareness about the Common Good of the (World’s) Seas
A major conference, “The Common Good and our Common Seas”, took place in Copenhagen from 3 – 5 May 2019. It brought together a wide and international audience from the Catholic Church, from Europe and from further afield. Representatives from the Church, science, business and civil society met to consider the challenges facing the world’s oceans, seas and coastal areas. Read the press release about the conference here.
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04.03.2019 "Adjust Europe to the Common Good" - Justice & Peace Europe Concerted Action 2019 in view of the European elections
On Ash Wednesday, Justice and Peace Europe starts its annual concerted action. This year its theme is the European election. The basic document has been adopted by the national Justice and Peace at their general assembly last October in Manresa/Spain. The document focuses on four areas requiring action by the next European Parliament: EU regional policy, food waste, arms exports and support for an internationally binding legal instruments on multinationals and human rights. Click here and read the document.
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18.01.2019 Justice & Peace Europe Prayer Breakfast
Read the reflection of Bishop Noel Treanor, President of Justice and Peace Europe, on Pope Francis' 2019 Peace Message entitled "Good politics is at the service of peace".
