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15 January 2026

EVENT | European Reconciliation: event at the European Parliament marks the 60th anniversary of the Polish bishops’ appeal to the German bishops

Fragment of a typescript of the Letter with the signatures. (Photo: Polish Papal Church Institute in Rome). The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE)…

#EU External Affairs

16 December 2025

COMECE calls on MEPs to exercise responsibility ahead of vote on “My Voice, My Choice”

Plenary hall of European Parliament in Strasbourg. (Photo: Ikars/Shutterstock) Ahead of the vote scheduled for tomorrow in the European Parliament on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My…

#Ethics, Research & Health

10 December 2025

CROCEU and COMECE delegation engages with Cypriot authorities ahead of the 2026 EU Presidency

Catholic-Orthodox delegation in Nicosia for a meeting with representatives of the forthcoming Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union. (Photo: COMECE-CROCEU) Yesterday, Tuesday 9 December 2025,…

9 December 2025

COMECE expresses concern on implications of CJEU judgment on marriage

The European Court of Justice on Kirchberg Plateau, Luxembourg. (Photo: Shutterstock/COMECE) The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has examined the…

#Justice & Fundamental Rights

25 November 2025

DANISH EU PRESIDENCY | European Churches meet with Danish government

A delegation from the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met with Morten Dahlin, Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, in…

#Justice & Fundamental Rights

21 November 2025

COMECE calls on the EU to take a leading international role in implementing a universal ban on surrogacy

Adviser José Luis Bazán at the European Parliament, Brussels, on 19 November 2025. (Photo: ECR) The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) took part…