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🇬🇱 🇪🇺 STATEMENT | COMECE Presidency expresses solidarity with the people of Greenland
The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) issued a statement on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, expressing its solidarity and spiritual closeness with Greenland and its people in the context of growing geopolitical uncertainty and ongoing discussions regarding its future. Read the Statement: EN | DK | IT | FR | SK | ES | PT At a time … Continue reading
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HOLY LAND | Archbishop Hérouard represents COMECE at the 25th Holy Land Coordination
Archbishop of Dijon (France) and First Vice-President of COMECE, Mgr Antoine Hérouard, represented the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) during the 25th Holy Land Coordination in Jerusalem, from 17 to 21 January 2026, expressing solidarity with local Christian communities and supporting initiatives for justice, peace and reconciliation. Read the Appeal | Photo Gallery The meeting brought together 13 bishops from ten … Continue reading
23/01/2026
Fr. Claudio Visconti’s speech on migration and refugees integration in Europe | Luxembourg peace conference [FR]
23/01/2026
Papal message to high-level peacebuilding conference in Luxembourg [EN]
23/01/2026
COMECE President Mgr. Mariano Crociata’s speech during peace conference in Luxembourg [EN, IT]
22/01/2026
Final Communiqué of the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land [EN]
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DOCUMENT | COMECE encourages MEPs to adopt report on a Just transition
Ahead of the European Parliament vote scheduled for Tuesday, 20 January 2026 on the report “Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies”, the Secretariat of COMECE has published a position paper entitled “A Just Transition that Protects Human Dignity, Work and Communities”, on Friday, 16 January 2026. In this paper, COMECE encourages Members of the European … Continue reading
16/01/2026
COMECE Position Paper in view of the EP vote on just transition report [EN]
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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: what role for catholic social thought and universal values?” to be held in Luxembourg on Friday, 23 January 2026, from 9h00 to 17h00. Participation will be possible in person as well as online, as the … Continue reading