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16 January 2026

EVENT | High-level conference on Peacebuilding in Luxembourg

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) is pleased to invite stakeholders, institutions and the wider public to participate in a high-level conference “Peacebuilding in Europe:…

#EU External Affairs

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…