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On ecumenical, interfaith hopes for Holy Land trip
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis is due to depart on Saturday for a three day visit to the Holy Land during which he will visit Jordan, Israel and the State of Palestine. At the heart of the brief but action-packed programme is an encounter in Jerusalem with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew... -
European religious leaders consult on societies in transition
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLeaders of historic faith communities across Europe have gathered in Geneva to consider the role of inter-religious dialogue and cooperation in addressing social divisions and opportunities. On 13 May, the conference focused on a round-table symposium ... -
New initiatives explore relationships between ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAddressing the urgency of witnessing to the gospel in current ecumenical and multi-religious situations, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will develop materials to assist churches engaged in both ecumenical dialogue and inter-religious dialogue. -
Pope tells Armenian patriarch that the 'ecumenism of suffering and martyrdom' leads to unity
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM"In truth, the number of disciples who shed their blood for Christ in the tragic events of the last century is certainly superior to that of the martyrs of the first centuries, and in this martyrology, the children of the Armenian nation have a place of honour,"... -
New days, new ways for mission and evangelism
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA wealth of substantive engagements with and responses to contemporary trends in the theology and practice of mission and evangelism are featured in the newest issue ofInternational Review of Mission (IRM). -
Baptism gains in mutual recognition among European and American churches
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMSwiss Catholic and Protestant churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other's baptisms in part of a growing trend in European and American churches. Baptism is the Christian rite of admission that invariably involves the use of water. -
Coptic Christians make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn Friday April 11th about ninety Coptic Christians landed in Tel Aviv with the intention of celebrating Holy Week in Jerusalem and in the Christian Holy Places scattered in Israel. The news, from security sources and relaunched on the Egyptian media,... -
Joint Catholic-Lutheran Study Document Recommended to Member Churches
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn a joint letter The Lutheran World Federation together with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity recommends the publication “From Conflict to Communion. Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017”... -
Churches use season of Lent to raise awareness of climate change
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLent, a season for prayers and reflections by Christians around the world, has become an opportunity for the churches to respond to climate change, an issue which deeply impacts the communities they serve. -
Pope expresses sorrow for the death of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis has sent a telegramme of condolences to the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antionch and all the East upon the death of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas who passed away in a German hospital on March 21, at the age of 80. -
Francis and Bartholomew in the Holy Land - An Ecumenical Embrace
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe leaders of the Catholic communities in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus have chosen the logo and the motto for Pope Francis’ pilgrimage, slated for May 24-26 this year. The theme ‘So that they may be one’ was picked at the meeting of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of ... -
Seminars in Bossey will provide opportunities of ecumenical formation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDuring 2014 the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey will be holding a number of seminars raising awareness on issues related to women’s concerns, justice and peace, ecology and Christian theology, interfaith relations and migrant churches. -
WCC general secretary shares with pope aspirations for unity, justice and peace
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn an audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit stressed the significance of Christian unity. He also expressed appreciation for Pope Francis’s call to pray for peace in Syria and his call for -
First visit to the Pentecostal Assemblies of Vietnam
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn February 23, 2014 at 9:00 in the morning, seven (7) members of the Inter-faith Dialogue Committee headed by Chairman Fr. Francis Xavier Bao Loc attended the worship and conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies at Elisha Church... -
Première rencontre avec l’Eglise Pentecôtiste du Vietnam
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLe Dimanche 23 février au matin, sur l’invitation du professeur Rick, 7 membres et prêtres de la commission pastorale du dialogue interreligieux ont participé au culte de la communauté pentecôtiste du Vietnam... -
Pentecostal World Fellowship
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Pentecostal World Fellowship is a cooperative body of Pentecostal churches and groups worldwide of approved standing. It is not a legislative body to any national entity, but it is rather a coalition of commitment for the furtherance of the Gospel to the ends of the... -
Anglican Archbishop welcomes members of Catholic ecumenical community
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA prayer service took place on Thursday morning at London’s Lambeth Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to officially welcome four members of the Catholic ecumenical community Chemin Neuf. -
Pope Francis concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMGreeting the representatives of various Christian denominations one by one, Pope Francis concluded the ecumenical celebration of Vespers on Saturday afternoon, 25 January, in the Basilica of St Paul's-Outside-the-Walls. Joining him in this gesture of brotherhood and... -
What should Christian unity week really be about?
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIt is that time of the year when Christians make the right noises praying and professing their quest for union during the January 18-25 Christian unity week. This year Indian Christians ought to do more than what is customary. They should forget about achieving any sort of ... -
Gambian member of WCC Central Committee is remembered
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMArchbishop S. Tilewa Johnson, Anglican primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa and a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 59 on Tuesday 21 January. -
Saigon : Rencontre œcuménique de prière pour l’Unité des Chrétiens
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA l’occasion de la semaine mondiale pour l’Unité des chrétiens, la première réunion œcuménique de l’année 2014 s’est tenue au centre pastoral de l’archidiocèse de Saigon ce mardi 21 janvier. -
Under the same roof
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMToday, with Christians divided into many denominations, we run the risk of simply stopping at a peaceful coexistence. How could we possibly go beyond this? At Taizé we are surprised to see that Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic young people, after spending a few days together on... -
Resources for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and throughout the year 2014 (4)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMCanada is known for its natural splendour: its mountains, forests, lakes and rivers, seas of wheat and three ocean shorelines. This is a land rich in agriculture and natural resources. Canada is also a land of diverse peoples: First Nations, Inuit, and Métis,[5] and many people who ... -
Martin Luther King’s Great Greek Friend & Supporter
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMArchbishop Iakovos is known in the U.S. as the committed and caring pastor who put the Greek Orthodox Faith on the map for Americans and beyond. He is also known as the first Greek Archbishop in 350 years to officially confer with a pope, leaving behind a tremendous body of... -
Cardinal Koch on Christian Unity and Jewish-Catholic relations
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMwhat will be the Holy Father’s most important ecumenical appointments over the coming year? What contribution has Pope Francis brought to the search for Christian Unity? And how should we respond to the theme for this year’s Week of Prayer? Philippa Hitchen put those questions to... -
Pope Francis greets Finnish ecumenical delegation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis met on Friday with members of an ecumenical delegation from Finland, led by Lutheran Archbishop Kari Makinen, urging them to continue working for the goal of full, visible unity among Christians. The group is making its annual pilgrimage ... -
First fruits of 10th Assembly are published
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMChief contributions and highlights of the WCC 10th Assembly are available in the newest issue of The Ecumenical Review, a quarterly journal of the WCC. -
Resources for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and throughout the year 2014 (3)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDay2: (...)Questions: What are the gifts of God’s grace that we already experience from other church traditions in our own communities? In what ways might Christians of different traditions better receive and share the varied gifts that God has given to each of us? -
Resources for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and throughout the year 2014 (2)
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAs we gather for worship during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we respond to God’s call to us and we seek to be renewed and to build up our mutual relationship in Christ through song, word and gesture. This celebration may also serve as an invitation to explore or... -
Resources for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and throughout the year 2014
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMMindful of the need for flexibility, we invite you to use this material throughout the whole year to express the degree of communion which the churches have already reached, and to pray together for that full unity which is Christ’s will.