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UNITY IN DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN CHURCHES

(From SIR Europa's correspondent in Esztergom - Hungary) - "If we have to denounce some misinformation, sometimes fairly serious, about the Church, we must add that the Church does not suffer from self-pity and responds responsibly, proposing on one side a specific training of the media operators and on the other side the consolidation of the Catholic media, to be added to the presence of Catholic professionals within the lay media". These are the words, from Esztergom, of card. Peter Erdõ, archbishop of Budapest and president of the Council of European Bishops Conferences (Ccee), during the press conference for the closing of the Ccee assembly. After presenting the subjects that have been addressed over the last few days (media, bioethics, immigration, ecumenical dialogue, teaching of Catholic religion, religious freedom, etc.), the president of Ccee highlighted "the unity of the European Churches on ethical, cultural and social issues, considering the different situations in which those Churches are". "Unity in diversity - he commented - is an asset that comes from an experience of faith which remains full and lively in the encounter with the other cultures". As to the election of the European Parliament in June 2009, card. Erdõ, after emphasising the importance of participation, pointed at the "social doctrine of the Church as a landmark for the political choices that will be taken".