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3 November 2025

EVENT | 30 Years of the Policoro Project at the European Parliament: countering youth unemployment through the contribution of the Church

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) encourages you to participate in the event “30 Years of the Policoro Project” to be held at the European…

#Social & Economic Affairs #Youth policies

27 October 2025

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

H. Em. Card. Leonardo Steiner, Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) in a group photo with representatives from CIMI, COMECE and Brussels-based Catholic organisation. (Photo: COMECE) A delegation from the…

#EU External Affairs

24 October 2025

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…

#Social & Economic Affairs

6 October 2025

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,…

#International Religious Freedom

3 October 2025

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

Mgr. Mariano Crociata, President of COMECE, during the 2025 Autumn Assembly in Brussels (Photo: Ada Lushi/COMECE) In the context of the autumn plenary assembly of the bishops of…

#EU External Affairs

30 September 2025

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

MEP Javier Zarzalejos, Rev. William Kenney CP and José Luis Bazán at the European Parliament during the event on AI and Human Trafficking. (Photo: Office of MEP Zarzalejos)…