Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Switzerland - The Graduate Institute, Geneva
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CONFERENCE DES EVEQUES SUISSES, CES<br />
(Swiss Bishop Conference)<br />
Secrétariat de la Conférence des évêques suisses<br />
Address<br />
(CES), Av. du Moléson 21, case postale 122, CH-<br />
1706 Fribourg<br />
Phone +41 (0)26 322 4794<br />
Fax +41 (0)26 322 4993<br />
http://www.kath.ch/sbk-ces-<br />
Web<br />
cvs/mitglieder.php?sprache=f<br />
E-Mail sbk-ces@gmx.ch<br />
Category Dialogue<br />
MISSION STATEMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> Swiss Bishop Conference was founded to create an assembly of all Swiss Bishops that has regular meetings, is juristically structured and has a<br />
leading function of the Swiss Catholic church.<br />
Founding year 1863<br />
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Swiss Bishop Conference has 14 members and 13 commissions. <strong>The</strong>se commissions treat various questions, such as the role of<br />
women in the Catholic Church, ecumenism, theology, etc. Different Working Groups have been created ad hoc for a limited scope of<br />
time, such as the group on bioethics or the group on Islam. <strong>The</strong>y play a role in the dialogue and collaboration with other religious<br />
communities in <strong>Switzerland</strong>.<br />
Relevant working groups include :<br />
� Interreligious working community in <strong>Switzerland</strong>, www.iras-cotis.ch<br />
� Working group “Islam”. This working group aims at promoting the Interreligious dialogue in <strong>Switzerland</strong> and at supporting<br />
pastors and individuals in resolving important questions on the relations between the Christian and the Muslim world in the<br />
helvetic context.<br />
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<br />
Hafner, F. (2001). Beziehungen zwischen Staat und Religionsgemeinschaften in der Schweiz. Boldern, Zurich,<br />
Forschungsgemeinschaft Mensch-Im-Recht.<br />
Pierre Bürcher: President of the Working Group « Islam »<br />
REMARKS