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Cardinal Hollerich applauds launch of Conference on Future of Europe
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxemburg and president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), applauds the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe on Europe Day.
By Vatican News staff writer
Sunday, 9 May, marks Europe Day, which this year will feature the launch of a Conference on the Future of Europe. The meeting will involve all European citizens, civil society, as well as Churches and religious communities, to discuss what kind of European Union is desired.
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (
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Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich instructed a woman, Milly Hellers (pictured), to deliver the sermons for the traditional Octave of the Mother of God, which begins tomorrow, 24 April, in the Archdiocese of Luxembourg. Hellers, who is a pastoral assistant at the parish of Kordall Sainte-Barbe, will have the task of leading the reflections on the theme of the 2021 Octave “Suddenly everything was different…”. The Cardinal’s decision to appoint a woman is unprecedented, and “it is a sign of hope for the local Church”, said Renée Schmit, chair of the Diocesan Committee for the Octave, “mainly because the service of preaching by the laity and thus also by women is permitted by Canon Law outside the Eucharistic celebration”. The sermons will be delivered every day, until 8 May, at 4pm in the afternoon, in the Cathedral, which is home to the miraculous image of the Comforter of the Afflicted, the patron saint of the Archdiocese. Throughout the day, ther