The annual meeting of the Bishop’s Conferences of south-east Europe took place in Corfu, Greece, last weekend with a focus on migration.
The conference from March 3 to 5 gathered the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, the International Conference of SS Cyril and Methodius of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, and Romania, as well as the Greek Catholic Bishops.
The gathered delegates at the meeting, facilitated by Mgr Amédée Grab, President of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), were challenged to consider the issue of migration which continues to change the face of Europe.
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