Category Archives: Policy Areas

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

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Brazilian church delegation visits Brussels to highlight the situation of indigenous communities in South America

A delegation from the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), led by His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Steiner, visited the Secretariat of COMECE on Monday, 27 October 2025, to draw attention to the situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil and across South America. Photo Gallery The delegation emphasised the importance of maintaining high due diligence standards for companies, including European businesses operating in South America, in order to … Continue reading »

Policy Areas, Press, Social & Economic Affairs

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European Sunday Alliance welcomes EC initiative to explore legislative measures on fair telework and a right to disconnect

In a statement released on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, the European Sunday Alliance (ESA) welcomed the European Commission’s initiative to explore legislative measures on fair telework and the right to disconnect. Read the ESA opinion The Alliance called on the European Commission to “consider a regulation on the right to disconnect, either in addition to or in the form of a new Working Time Directive,” … Continue reading »

International Religious Freedom, Plenary Assembly, Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

🔴 STATEMENT | European bishops urge appointment of EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom

The bishops of the European Union concluded their Autumn Assembly, held in Brussels from 1 to 3 October 2025, with a letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, advocating the reinstatement of an EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union. Statement [EN – FR – DE – IT – ES – HU – … Continue reading »

EU External Affairs, Policy Areas, Press

Press Release

ASSEMBLY | Note from the President of COMECE on the crisis in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan

In the context of the autumn plenary assembly of the bishops of the European Union, taking place in Brussels from 1 to 3 October, the COMECE Secretariat is publishing a note from the President of COMECE, Mgr Mariano Crociata, on the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip, in Ukraine, Sudan, and in other regions affected by war. Below is the text of the note in … Continue reading »

Migration & Asylum, Policy Areas, Press

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Artificial Intelligence and the fight against human trafficking: opportunities and challenges discussed at the European Parliament

Together with the Santa Marta Group, COMECE organised the conference “Artificial Intelligence and Human Trafficking: Threats, Tools, and Legal Frontiers”, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, 30 September 2025. The event was hosted by MEP Javier Zarzalejos (EPP, Spain). The conference examined how human trafficking is increasingly driven by technology, with perpetrators exploiting social media algorithms, encrypted messaging platforms, deepfakes, and virtual … Continue reading »