Bishops want God in EU birthday declaration

European bishops are urging for the inclusion of a reference to Christianity in the EU's 50 year anniversary declaration next year, after they failed to get "God" included in the shelved EU constitution.

In a document released last week, the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) promotes its views on the content of the so-called Berlin Declaration - to be signed by EU leaders in March next year - marking the 50th birthday of the 1957 Treaty of Rome wh...