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EU Catholic Bishops Issue Urgent Cry From Cyprus: Let Those Who Have Weapons Lay Them Down

Michael Ringer

30 Apr 2026 — 2 min read

COMECE Bishops Conference in Nicosia Calls for Global Peace and Highlights Plight of Holy Land Christians

The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has issued a thunderous call for peace from Nicosia, Cyprus, demanding that the world's powers abandon weapons and choose dialogue over dominance.

"Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace!" the bishops declared in their official communique on 30 April 2026.

Catholic Bishops Use Cyprus Meeting to Spotlight Persecuted Christians in the Holy Land

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, addressed the bishops by video link with an urgent update on the plight of Christians in the Holy Land, where ancient Christian communities are being squeezed out of their historic homelands by war, emigration, and persecution.

The bishops also pointed to Cyprus's 1974 division, still festering five decades on, which continues to cut Christian communities off from their churches and ancestral places of worship. Vasiliki Kassianidou, Cypriot Deputy Minister of Culture, welcomed the meeting as Cyprus assumes the presidency of the EU Council.

The bishops rejected force imposed peace and called instead for genuine dialogue, warning against great power dominance dressed up as diplomacy.

The Crusader's Opinion

While the secular world plays at chess with bombs, it is the bishops of the Church who still speak with moral authority on peace. The Holy Land, Cyprus, Ukraine, Nigeria, the entire crescent of Christian suffering bleeds while Western capitals drone on about strategic interests. COMECE is right: weapons must be laid down, but peace built on the ashes of persecuted Christians is no peace at all. The West must defend its ancient brothers and sisters in Christ, or the cradle of our faith will be erased on our watch.

Take Action

Donate: Aid to the Church in Need, supporting persecuted Christians in the Holy Land
Read: COMECE's full Nicosia communique
Contact: Your government demanding visa and resettlement protections for Christians fleeing the Holy Land
Pilgrimage: Visit Christian sites in the Holy Land and Cyprus while they still stand
Pray: The Lord's Prayer for peace, for Cardinal Pizzaballa, and for the dwindling Christian remnant in Bethlehem and Jerusalem

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