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The event that touches off this special experience is something called the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Traditionally celebrated between 18-25 January (in the northern hemisphere) or at Pentecost (in the southern hemisphere), the Week of Prayer enters into...

The Pope to Orthodox students in Rome sponsored by the Dicastery for Christian Unity·

The World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed heartfelt condolences on the passing away of Dr Kang Moon-Kyu, an ecumenical leader from South Korea and former president of the WCC from Asia, 1998-2006.

The President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity will also meet with the Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill . In St. Petersburg’s Academy of Theology, the Cardinal addresses conference on the progress of the Catholic-Orthodox dialogue.

Delegations from The Lutheran World Federation; the international Catholic climate organization CIDSE and the World Council of Churches at COP19 hosted a press conference on Friday 22 November to launch a monthly fasting day towards COP20.

The Apostolic Exhortation recently delivered by Pope Francis concerning the proclamation of the Gospel in today’s world has stirred interest and appreciation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a challenging and inviting document.

Pope Franics has sent a Message to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Holiness, Bartholomew I, to mark the feast of the Patron of the Church at Constantinople, St. Andrew the Apostle. Common concern for the plight of Christians in many parts of the world, and especially in ...

According to the community’s press release, Pope Francis said he had deep respect for Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community, and encouraged the community to continue its work.

In a final message to the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) held in Busan, Republic of Korea, the 170 participants in the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI), held prior to and during the assembly, affirmed that they “believe in the future of the ...

Pope Francis met on Tuesday with Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church. Later this evening a "Concert for Peace" in honor of Pope Francis, will be offered by the Russian Orthodox Church, with ...

The problems of politicization of religion, rights of religious minorities and stateless people, peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula were the subjects of statements adopted on Friday at the end of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 10th Assembly in Busan, South Korea.

In one of their first decisions as the Central Committee for the World Council of Churches, the newly installed 150-member committee made history Friday by electing Dr Agnes Abuom of Nairobi, from the Anglican Church of Kenya, as the moderator of the highest WCC governing body.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has made his first appearance at an assembly of the World Council of Churches when he attended the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches Asia meeting in Busan, South Korea.

“Beauty will save the world”. Pope Francis quoted this famous line from one of the most celebrated thinkers of the 1800s in Russia, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, to emphasize to the Moscow Synodal Choir of the Orthodox Patriarchate that “music, painting, sculpture, ...

The 10th Assembly of The World Council of Churches started its two week convention with the opening prayer on Wednesday, October 30 in Busan, South Korea with scores of nations attending.

"Certainly, there are and there will be difficulties, which will require further patience, dialogue, and mutual comprehension, but let us not be afraid! "Unity is not primarily the result of our efforts, but ...

Le 4 octobre 2013, l’Eglise Catholique commémore la fête de Saint François d’Assise. Imprégné par l’Esprit de paix and à travers l’initiative de la Commission du Dialogue Interreligieux, une prière œcuménique s’est tenue à 15h au Centre pastoral de l’Archidiocèse de Saigon.

In a collection of essays, former students of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey share how their years at the Institute created some of their fondest memories. Their experience inspired a new understanding of Christian unity and ecumenical endeavours they have undertaken in churches around the globe.

Migrants are reduced to mere commodities, traded and exchanged in the global market, according to a declaration issued by churches calling for an end to this gross violation of human dignity. The declaration was issued on the occasion of the Second ...

On October 4, 2013, the Catholic Church commemorates the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Imbued with the Spirit of peace, the Archdiocese of Saigon through the initiative of the Commission of Interfaith Dialogue holds an Ecumenical prayer encounter in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon.

The WCC Virtual Conference for Youth promises to be a direct encounter among young Christians living in many different countries. The conference will center on the following topics:...

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) begins at the end of October and promises to be one of the most diverse gatherings of Christians in the world. The assembly will be an opportunity for renewing the worldwide ecumenical movement ...

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) honoured the legacy of the 4th-century Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, saying that Constantine promoted the values of religious freedom, peace and fruitful collaboration between

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches has expressed “profound sadness” over the killings at the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya last week. While condemning these acts of violence in two letters to...

The pain and suffering of Christians in Syria was at the heart of a meeting that Pope Francis had on Friday with Patriarch Youhanna X Yazigi, head of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East. On Sunday the Patriarch will attend Mass in St Peter’s Square, ...

Jesus said… 'I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die'…" John 11:25-26 (NRSV) On behalf of the WCC, I wish to express our heart-felt sorrow...

The Lutheran World Federation has expressed its pain and shock over the brutal extremist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, communicating solidarity with the people and urging the Kenyan government to respond with wisdom and courage.

A three-day World Council of Churches consultation has featured diverse perspectives from Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe on the politicization of religion and how this phenomenon contributes to discrimination and persecution of religious minorities around the world.

Church leaders from Syria, Russia, the United States and European nations have called a political solution the only way towards peace in Syria. This stance was shared in a communique they issued following their meeting with Kofi Annan, former United Nations general secretary, and...

Without unity there is no future for Christians in the Middle East. These are the words that H. B. Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon for Chaldeans, wrote in a letter he addressed to H.B. Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East...