Panel: RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND MIGRATION IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERSECTIONS



725.2 - AN EU COORDINATOR ON COMBATING ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATRED

AUTHORS:
Di Nunno F. (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia ~ Modena-Reggio Emilia ~ Italy)
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This study examines the recently proposed appointment of an EU Coordinator on combating anti-Christian hatred by the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), to ensure equal protection to all dimensions of this core fundamental right, including the institutional one, allowing Churches and religious communities to function normally and without having to face bias or undue obstacles-interferences. Indeed, Jewish and Muslim communities are already covered by similar coordinators and European bishops, now, demand equal access to tools of protection, overcoming the usual dynamic majorities vs. minorities, considering also the migratory flows which are changing European societies.