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Message of Pope Francis for inauguration of Community of the Crossing
By Admin Webmaster 9/14/2022 9:33:10 AMOn 8 September 2022, the ecumenical Community of the Crossing was inaugurated during an evensong service at the Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York.
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Pope sends message for launch of ecumenical community in New York
By Admin Webmaster 9/9/2022 9:10:49 AMPope Francis offers his encouragement to the "Community at the Crossing", an ecumenical project for young people sponsored by the Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in the US city of New York.
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Ecumenical summer course of Centro Melantone visits DPCU
By Admin Webmaster 9/9/2022 9:03:23 AMThe participants of the ecumenical summer course of the “Centro Melantone” in Rome
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Catholic participation in 11th Assembly of World Council of Churches
By Admin Webmaster 9/9/2022 8:46:45 AMSome 190 Catholics attended the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches
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Ecumenical prayer and advocacy for creation and climate justice
By Admin Webmaster 9/7/2022 9:13:54 AM(LWI) - Every year, from 1 September to 4 October, Lutherans join many Christians all over the world to observe the Season of Creation. This year its theme is “Listen to the Voice of Creation”. An ecumenical opening event takes place online on 1 September.
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We need increased climate ambition, says German bishop
By Admin Webmaster 9/7/2022 8:57:51 AMSeason of Creation is a time for engaging with uncomfortable questions
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Message of Pope Francis to 11th Assembly of WCC
By Admin Webmaster 9/5/2022 8:50:51 AMThe first thematic plenary focused on Care for Creation
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Pope to WCC: Christian mission is to bring reconciliation to world
By Admin Webmaster 9/3/2022 6:51:24 AMIn a message to the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Pope Francis calls on all Christians to work for unity and reconciliation among themselves, in order to bring God’s reconciliation to a world still plagued by division and conflict.
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WCC holds 11th General Assembly in Karlsruhe
By Admin Webmaster 8/28/2022 6:40:55 AMAfter being postponed for two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest governing body of the World Council of Churches will convene next week in Germany for nine days under the theme "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity”.
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Madagascar: Volunteers put their faith, gifts and talents into community development
By Admin Webmaster 8/26/2022 10:19:12 AM(LWI) – A project managed by hundreds of volunteers in the Malagasy Lutheran Church (MLC) is proving how talent and expertise from local inhabitants, congregations and public authorities can promote citizen participation and inclusion in community development.
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Joint Working Group: Tenth Report and Two Study Document
By Admin Webmaster 8/24/2022 9:11:58 AMThe Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC) has published its Tenth Report 2014–2022, entitled Walking, Praying, and Working Together: An Ecumenical Pilgrimage.
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Holy Father's condolences to Pope Tawadros II for Coptic church fire in Egypt
By Admin Webmaster 8/22/2022 8:46:15 AMPope Francis sent condolences to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, for the victims of the fire at the Coptic church of Abu Sefein in Giza, Egypt
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DPCU represented at Lambeth Conference
By Admin Webmaster 8/12/2022 9:27:02 AMThe Lambeth Conference was held at Canterbury from 26 July‒8 August.
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World Council of Churches delegation visits Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 8/9/2022 6:50:02 AMA delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) expresses its solidarity with Ukraine during a visit amid the ongoing war, and meets with church and state institutions.
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Pope Francis meets with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij
By Admin Webmaster 8/6/2022 6:12:09 AMMetropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, who succeeds Metropolitan Hilarion, visits the Vatican for the first time, after his appointment in June.
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Asia Sunday–2022 focuses on theme ‘Christ’s Love Reconciles and Unites’
By Admin Webmaster 8/3/2022 11:19:08 AMThe Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will observe the Asia Sunday–2022 on the theme ‘Christ’s Love Reconciles and Unites’.
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Fifteenth Lambeth Conference kicks off in Canterbury
By Admin Webmaster 7/28/2022 6:34:07 AMThe most important event of the Anglican Communion gathering bishops from across the world every ten years runs from 26 July to 8 August on the theme "God’s Church for God’s World"
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Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI)–2022 to offer training for prospective ecumenical leaders
By Admin Webmaster 7/18/2022 11:18:56 AMThe month-long ecumenical course Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI), designed to train prospective young Asian ecumenists and church leaders, will be held from 19 September to 14 October 2022 on the Payap University campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Catholics and Pentecostals on Kerygma/Preaching and Christian life
By Admin Webmaster 7/18/2022 9:18:32 AMFrom 8-14 July, the second plenary session of the seventh phase of the International Catholic Pentecostal Dialogue, hosted by the Catholic Church, was held in Rome.
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Meeting in Taizé on ecumenical dimension of synodal process
By Admin Webmaster 7/18/2022 9:12:30 AMFrom July 10 to 12, on the invitation of the Taizé Community, a meeting brought together representatives of several national youth ministry services and Catholic movements involved in ecumenism
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Ecumenical meeting of consecrated men and women in Switzerland
By Admin Webmaster 7/18/2022 9:03:33 AMFrom 6 to 12 July 2022 the 38th International and Interconfessional Meeting of Consecrated Men and Women was held in St. Niklausen, Switzerland.
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Message of Pope for 50th anniversary of international Catholic‒Pentecostal dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 7/13/2022 8:09:30 AMTo mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the international Catholic‒Pentecostal dialogue, Pope Francis sent a message to members of the Commission gathered in Rome from 8‒14 July for its plenary session.
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Pope: Help others experience transforming power of God's love
By Admin Webmaster 7/12/2022 8:04:38 PMGreeting all commemorating 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Commission for Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue, Pope Francis calls for continued dialogue, renewed zeal to proclaim the Gospel, and showing to others God's transformative love.
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43rd European Meeting of Taizé concludes in Turin
By Admin Webmaster 7/9/2022 7:21:55 PMThe annual ecumenical meeting, which was originally due to take place in December 2020, but had to be postponed to July this year, wraps up in the Northern Italian city on Sunday, after three intense days of prayers and spiritual and cultural events gathering hundreds of youths from across Europe and other continents.
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Russian Pentecostals divided over the war in Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 7/8/2022 8:43:59 AMBishops Lavrenov and Novikov clash. The community is allowed to have different points of view, as long as they do not contradict the Holy Scriptures.
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Catholics and “Disciples of Christ”: New phase of dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 7/6/2022 7:58:40 AMThe first plenary session of the new phase of international dialogue between Catholic and Disciples of Christ took place at the Saint Anne Retreat Center, Melbourne, Kentucky, USA, from 24‒29 June.
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Delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Rome for the feast of Apostle Saints Peter and Paul
By Admin Webmaster 7/4/2022 9:36:54 AMA delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate visited Rome from 28 to 30 June 2022
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Visit of delegation of Orthodox Church of Georgia
By Admin Webmaster 7/4/2022 9:17:34 AMOn Tuesday 28 June Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, received the Reverend Archimandrites Ioane Khelaia and Mosè Chankvetadze, together with Father Matteo Kutelia, of the Orthodox Church of Georgia
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Christ Lutheran Church in Rome celebrates centenary
By Admin Webmaster 7/4/2022 9:05:38 AMOn 26 June 2022, the Lutheran congregation in Rome celebrated the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Christ Church with a festive cantata service at which the President of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Präses Dr. h.c. Annette Kurschus, delivered the homily.
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Pope: Christian reconciliation a way toward peace amid 'senseless' war
By Admin Webmaster 6/30/2022 8:35:02 PMMeeting with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis thanks God for ecumenical progress over the years, and stresses the need to reconcile with separated Christians, especially as the world faces a "cruel and senseless war."