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
In preparation of the ordinary Jubilee 2025, Pope Francis has called affluent nations to “forgive the debts of countries that will never be able to repay them”. Echoing his call, Justice and Peace Europe invites the European Union and its Member States to assume its part in a global effort to resolve the current debt crisis. Read the full Statement.
Justice & Peace Europe discussed the challenges of disinformation and the contribution of Catholic Social Teaching to the renewal of an authentic public discourse. The forty delegates representing twenty European Justice and Peace commissions and several invited guests gathered from 20 to 23 September 2024 for the annual International Workshop and General Assembly in Prague. Read here the Press release
Archbishop Noël Treanor, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union and former President of Justice & Peace Europe passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of 73. Read our homage to him.