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4 September 2026

DOCUMENT | COMECE publishes position paper on erasure from baptismal registers

Priest pouring water on a baby’s head during a baptism ceremony with family and friends present. (Photo: Shutterstock) The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union…

#Justice & Fundamental Rights

3 September 2026

EVENT | International Symposium, 22–23 September 2026: Churches and Religious Heritage in transformation

Click to enlarge the programme. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) invites you to the international symposium “Churches and Religious Heritage in transformation.

#Education & Culture

28 July 2026

SAVE THE DATE: COMECE to host public presentation of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica humanitas in October 2026

Poster designed with the assistance of AI. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) invites EU stakeholders, the general…

22 July 2026

COMECE publishes Position Paper on the proposed “EU Inc.” and the 28th Regime for a European corporate legal framework

Henna Virkkunen, Ekaterina Zaharieva and Michael McGrath, Commissioner during a press conference on EU Inc. and the 28th Regime. Brussels, March 2026. (Photo: CE – Service audiovisuel /…

#Social & Economic Affairs

13 July 2026

Young Europeans gather in Belgium for the third edition of the European Summer School

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), in collaboration with the University Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) and the Institute for the Global Common Good…

#Education & Culture #EU External Affairs #International Religious Freedom #Migration & Asylum #Youth policies

10 July 2026

🇪🇺🇨🇮 Irish EU Presidency | European Churches meet with Prime Minister Micheál Martin

A delegation from the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin…