Category Archives: EU External Affairs


The EU started to develop a Common Foreign and Security Policy with the Maastricht Treaty (1992). Moreover, in recent years, the EU intensified efforts to promote Human Rights outside its borders and it has played a major role in International Trade and Development Aid.
EU Enlargement continues to be an important pillar of EU’s External Policy. Since 2004 a specific Neighborhood Policy was elaborated to establish good relations with neighboring countries.
In the hope that a united Europe can take a stronger role on the world stage, COMECE together with Justice and Peace Europe aims to assist the EU in its vocation to promote global peace and assume its responsibility for supporting sustainable development and social justice across the world. COMECE is assisted in this mission by a Commission on the External Relations of the European Union.
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EVENT | Second FCAPP European conference “Supporting the European idea in challenging times: Catholic Social Teaching and European integration today”

What does the future hold for Europe at a time of profound political, economic, social and technological change? And what contribution can Catholic Social Teaching make to the process of European integration? These are the central questions to be addressed at the Second European Conference organised by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation (FCAPP), in collaboration with the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the … Continue reading »

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PEACE | COMECE brings together European Military Ordinariates for dialogue with the EU and NATO on Europe’s role in the global peace architecture

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) brought together Military Bishops and representatives of Military Ordinariates from across Europe in Brussels on 27–28 October 2026. The gathering provided an opportunity to discuss the role of the European Union in the regional and global peace architecture amid an increasingly complex geopolitical environment. COMECE Contribution | Photo Gallery The meeting was chaired by … Continue reading »

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EVENT | FCAPP Second European conference on Catholic Social Teaching and EU integration

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) will contribute to the Second European Conference of the Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (FCAPP), taking place in Brussels on 11–12 November 2026 under the theme “Supporting the European idea in challenging times – Catholic Social Teaching and European Integration today.” Programme The conference will bring together representatives from the Church, European institutions, diplomatic … Continue reading »

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COMECE Presidency in Metz for Pope Leo XIV’s address on Europe’s roots and future

The COMECE Presidency, led by its President, H.E. Mgr Mariano Crociata, was in Metz on Monday, 28 September 2026, on the occasion of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to France. Video | Pope’s speech | Card. Aveline’s speech In this historic city at the heart of Europe, in a region marked by suffering and reconciliation and closely associated with Robert Schuman, one of the founding … Continue reading »