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Pope Francis: A new stage in relations between Catholics and Evangelicals
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn a meeting on Thursday with a delegation from the World Evangelical Alliance, Pope Francis expressed his confidence that the Holy Spirit “can inaugurate a new stage in the relations between Catholics and Evangelicals... -
La paix et le dialogue au centre de la rencontre entre Andrea Riccardi et le patriarche de Moscou et de toutes les Russies, Kiril
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAu cours de sa visite, le fondateur de Sant’Egidio a également reçu le doctorat honoris causa de l’école doctorale et des hautes études théologiques de l’Église orthodoxe russe -
Anglicans and Catholics meet to coordinate anti-trafficking efforts
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAnti-trafficking experts from across the Anglican world are meeting in Rome this week to coordinate their efforts more closely with partner organisations in the Catholic Church. The November 3rd to 7th meeting, which will be attended by... -
Workshop at ACT Alliance assembly focuses on 'diakonia'
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhen we talk about assets-based ‘diakonia’, we mean building and strengthening fellowship among churches and their ecumenical partners,” said Rev. Dr Dongsung Kim, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for diakonia and ecumenical solidarity... -
Patriarch Younan: Help Iraq/Syria's Christians, stop violent rhetoric
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWhile issues of everyday concern to families are on the agenda at the extraordinary Synod on the Family, one participant has come to Rome with a very sinister tale to tell. It’s the plight of tens of thousands of Iraqi Christian families who fled for their lives... -
Prayers for peace in Palestine and Israel
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPrayerful biblical reflections marked the end of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel in a service on 29 September at the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva, Switzerland. Prayers for justice and peace in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East... -
The Visit of the Adventist Church’s representative at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn the afternoon of September 5, 2014, Mr.Tran Thanh Truyen, the Pastor of Phu Nhuan Adventist Church came to the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre with Professor Garth K. Hibbert, Coordinator of Asia Pacific International University to visit the Inter-faith dialogue Commission of the Archdiocese of Saigon. -
Prayer vigil for jailed pastor and all persecuted Christians
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMChurches in over 30 countries around the globe on Friday are holding prayer vigils for the release of an Iranian-American pastor held in jail in Iran and for all Christians who are suffering for their faith worldwide. -
Catholic-Orthodox Commission prays for persecuted brethren
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church has released a Communiqué following the Commission's 13th plenary session, which was held in Amman, Jordan... -
Cardinal Koch on hope for closer Catholic-Orthodox relations
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe head of the Vatican’s Council for Christian Unity says he regrets that Catholics and Orthodox leaders are unable to give a stronger sign of unity for Christians suffering persecution in the Middle East. -
World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel: prayers and action for “just peace”
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTo commemorate the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel this year, the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has encouraged and invited expressions of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners unjustly detained in Israeli jails. -
To save the earth, all must change their ways, says Ecumenical Patriarch
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIf we are to respond to the ecological crisis in a responsible and substantial way, we must move beyond mere talk to practical action,” said Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in an official message to the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change... -
'Cricket diplomacy' to boost Catholic-Anglican friendship
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMNearly 500 years after the schism between Canterbury and Rome, the Catholic and Anglican Churches are "challenging" each other again. A cricket match will provide the unusual occasion got the Vatican XI and the Anglican XI to play each other. -
WCC calls for increased humanitarian response and responsibility to protect populations in Northern Iraq
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA World Council of Churches team met last week with religious leaders and community members in northern Iraq to assess the situation of heightened violence and displacement due to attacks by militants of the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” -
LWF Emergency Team Visit, Bring Supplies to Northern Iraq IDPs in Kurdish Region
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe LWF emergency team has begun supporting internally displaced people in northern Iraq in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdish region. Through the ACT Alliance emergency appeal, the international humanitarian and development network is providing around ... -
World Council of Churches expresses deep solidarity on Ebola
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe World Council of Churches has expressed deep concern and solidarity with the people of countries affected by the Ebola Virus Disease. Writing from Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Apawo Phiri says that the WCC shares the devastating concerns that the Ebola crisis has brought ... -
Lutheran World Federation: Fast for the Climate
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Lutheran World Federation is calling for a fast on the first day each month until December 2014, when the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Lima, Peru. -
WCC to hold seminar on migration and theological education
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMHow should the growing phenomenon of migration affect training for ministry? An upcoming seminar organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey will focus on evaluating experiences and ... -
World Evangelical Alliance Responds to Papal Apology With Its Own
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe head of the World Evangelical Alliance applauded Pope Francis’ meeting Monday with Pentecostals in Caserta, Italy, and responded to the Holy Father's apology for a lack of understanding by Catholics with his own request for forgiveness for... -
WCC invites churches to participate in UN dialogue on culture and development
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMEncouraging faith-based perspectives in the United Nations initiated dialogue on culture and its role in shaping the post-2015 development agenda, the World Council of Churches UN office in New York invites churches to participate in an e-consultation. -
Pope in Caserta asks pardon for persecution of Pentecostals
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis returned to the southern Italian city of Caserta on Monday for a private visit to the Pentecostal community known as the Evangelical Church of Reconciliation. The Pope first met the founder of the community, Pastor Giovanni Traettino, during his time as... -
Saddened by 'the timidity of the civilised world,' Baghdadpatriarch's heart bleeding 'for the innocent in Iraq, Syria and Gaza'
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM'Forget us not!' says Mar Louis Sako in a message to Card Barbarin on the occasion of the march of solidarity with Iraqi Christians, held today in Lyon. -
Pope Francis prays for success of Ordinariate’s Exploration Day
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis has said he is praying for the success of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham's forthcoming "Called To Be One" exploration day, which it has planned with the aim of increasing understanding of the Ordinariate's purpose... -
WCC expresses sorrow at loss of life in Malaysia Airlines disaster over Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe World Council of Churches today expressed sympathy and sorrow to family, friends and colleagues who mourn the deaths of nearly 300 passengers and crew on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17 when it crashed in eastern Ukraine on 17 July... -
Consultation plans a Handbook on evangelism in Europe
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTwelve participants drawn from diverse church traditions met in Bossey, Switzerland from 22 to 26 June to explore fresh approaches to Christian witness in contemporary Europe. A primary outcome of the consultation will be the drafting of a resource for... -
Delegation from Ecumenical Patriarchate to visit Rome
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity issued a press release today with the information that a delegation sent by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will visit Rome from 27 to 29 June 2013 as part of the traditional exchange... -
Church councils reflect on the spirit of Christian unity in a time of change
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn her opening address to a world conference on the affect of ecumenical councils on the search for justice, peace and unity, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee called for an openness to change in an era of encounter with “different types of ... -
We share the same hopes
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFrancis meets with Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church . In the "journey toward full communion , we share the same hopes and the same responsibility and commitment". Christians who "live in areas ravaged by conflict and violence" need trust and... -
Pope Francis speaks at ecumenical celebration in Jerusalem (May 25, 2014)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis lamented the “tragic” divisions between Christians and said our disagreements must not frighten us and paralyse our progress towards unity. His remarks came during an ecumenical prayer service held with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ... -
Paul VI’s trip to the Holy Land 50 years ago marked he dawn of papal visits
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn January 1964 Pope Paul VI embarked on his visit to Jesus’ homeland, where the great embrace with the Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras, took place. Here is the story of his historic trip: It was the first of Paul VI’s nine trips outside Italy ...