News
-
Pope Francis meets with Chief Rabbi of Cyprus
By Admin Webmaster 12/4/2021 4:39:42 AMPope Francis meets with Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin and through him, extends a greeting to the Jewish community in Cyprus.
-
Cypriot Orthodox Metropolitan Vasilios: Unity makes us stronger
By Admin Webmaster 12/4/2021 4:37:19 AMThe Orthodox Metropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Famagusta is one of the Orthodox leaders welcoming Pope Francis to Cyprus.
-
Pope at Ecumenical Prayer: May the Lord awaken our consciences!
By Admin Webmaster 12/4/2021 4:33:46 AMPope Francis concludes his Apostolic Journey to Cyprus with an Ecumenical Prayer service with migrants, where he reflects on God’s dream for a “world of peace, in which all His children live as brothers and sisters.”
-
Pope at Holy Synod: Differences are not irreconcilable
By Admin Webmaster 12/3/2021 8:05:07 PMOn the second day of his visit to Cyprus, Pope Francis meets with the Holy Synod of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. During his address, the Pope underlined the common bonds between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and his desire to deepen ecumenical dialogue, taking as his model St Barnabas.
-
Pope to Bartholomew: Working together makes our communion visible
By Admin Webmaster 11/30/2021 8:24:20 PMPope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness to Patriarch Bartholomew in a letter for the feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, celebrated on 30 November, the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle.
-
Pope Francis: Listen to the melody of God in your lives
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2021 7:27:19 PMPope Francis welcomes a group of young Lutherans on an ecumenical pilgrimage from Germany to Rome.
-
Pope congratulates Bartholomew on 30 years as Ecumenical Patriarch
By Admin Webmaster 10/22/2021 3:57:21 PMPope Francis sends a congratulatory letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as he marks the 30th anniversary of his election as the Archbishop of Constantinople.
-
Pope: Ecumenical dialogue must be grounded in a reflection of synodality
By Admin Webmaster 10/7/2021 8:04:14 PMPope Francis highlights the importance of dialogue in the service of communion and synodality in his address to members of the St. Iranaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group.
-
Archbishop Welby wearing Paul VI’s pastoral ring
By Admin Webmaster 10/6/2021 8:02:55 PMWhile visiting Rome for a series of meetings with Pope Francis and other religious leaders, the head of the Anglican Communion is wearing a gift Pope Paul VI gave to his predecessor, the Most Revd Michael Ramsey, in 1966.
-
Metropolitan Hilarion: Christians should promote spirit of fraternity, interreligious dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 10/6/2021 7:22:15 PMIn an interview with Vatican News, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk reflects on the importance of joint efforts geared towards the protection of our common home and the need for interreligious dialogue on the path to a world of fraternity.
-
Archbishop Welby: Church is synodal when walks together, serving, not dominating
By Admin Webmaster 10/6/2021 4:08:27 PMAs Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury visits Rome for a series of encounters with Pope Francis and other religious leaders, the head of the Anglican Communion sits down with Vatican News to discuss topics ranging from ecumenical efforts on climate change to synodality and hopes for a joint visit to South Sudan.
-
Pope thanks Slovak Jews for opening doors to healing and fraternity
By Admin Webmaster 9/14/2021 1:19:15 PMPope Francis pays tribute to Slovak Jews, victims of persecution, and thanks the Jewish Community in Bratislava for opening doors on the path to healing and fraternity.
-
Pope in Slovakia: Religions must unite in contemplation and action
By Admin Webmaster 9/13/2021 10:26:15 AMOn the first stop of his Apostolic Journey to Slovakia, Pope Francis urges an ecumenical gathering to resist the temptation of interior slavery with the twin forces of contemplation and action.
-
Pope to Hungary's religious leaders: Be roots of unity, allow world to blossom
By Admin Webmaster 9/12/2021 7:29:44 PMPope Francis meets with representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish communities in Budapest, and tells them to be vigilant of the past, to become roots of unity, and to enable the world to blossom.
-
Card. Koch: Pope seeks to deepen bonds of friendship between Christianity and Judaism
By Admin Webmaster 9/11/2021 8:53:33 AMThe President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, writes to two Jewish leaders in response to concerns raised about the Holy Father’s catechesis during the General Audience on 11 August.
-
Law and grace for Jews and Christians
By Admin Webmaster 8/31/2021 10:53:21 AMArchbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, in Argentina, offers a commentary on the fulfillment of the Law according to the Jewish and Christian traditions.
-
Dr. Bernice King: Pope Francis inspires us to overcome polarization
By Admin Webmaster 8/28/2021 6:11:58 PMAs Americans mark the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reflects on the legacy of that historic day, as well as the inspiration civil rights campaigners can draw from Pope Francis.
-
Ecumenical Prayer for the Reunification of the two Koreas on 15 August
By Admin Webmaster 8/14/2021 9:57:51 AMOn 15 August 1947, the Korean peninsula was liberated from 35 years of brutal Japanese colonization. The day also marks the division of Korea into two nations.
-
COP26: Christian Churches holding ‘Climate Sunday’ ahead of Glasgow conference
By Admin Webmaster 8/7/2021 9:24:24 PMChristians across the United Kingdom and Ireland are marking “Climate Sunday” as part of preparations held in the runup to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.
-
Metropolitan Emmanuel: Our times are not very different from those of the early Christians
By Admin Webmaster 6/28/2021 7:43:47 PMAn interview with the Metropolitan of Chalcedon, head of the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople for the celebration of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: "Announcing the Gospel in the world is not a matter of strategy...
-
Pope to Ecumenical Delegation: We are called on to distinguish, discern and sift
By Admin Webmaster 6/28/2021 7:41:09 PMPope Francis meets with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew and speaks of the importance of Christian communion as an example as we seek global communion after the pandemic.
-
World Lutheran Federation: standing together as a global Communion of Churches
By Admin Webmaster 6/27/2021 7:52:33 AMOutgoing General Secretary of the World Lutheran Federation talks about the Federation's encounter with the Pope and his hopes for the future.
-
Pope to Lutherans: Christ accompanies us on journey toward communion
By Admin Webmaster 6/26/2021 6:56:55 AMPope Francis meets with representatives of the Lutheran World Federation, and encourages Lutherans and Catholics to continue to tread the path from conflict to communion.
-
Estonian theologian elected new General Secretary of Lutheran World Federation
By Admin Webmaster 6/24/2021 6:47:21 AMThe 45-year-old Estonian theologian was elected by the Federation Council on Saturday. She is the first woman and first representative from Eastern Europe to hold this position: " I pray for the guidance of God’s Spirit."...
-
Thoughts on ecumenical dialogue in the digital age
By Admin Webmaster 6/19/2021 7:25:07 AMBishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Professor Jeanine Turner, of the Georgetown University Communications Department, have published an article in the latest issue The Ecumenical Review reflecting on the impact of the digital age on ecumenical dialogue.
-
60th anniversary of “Centro UNO” of Focolare Movement
By Admin Webmaster 6/2/2021 8:18:20 AMMarking the 60th anniversary of Centro UNO, the International Secretariat for Christian Unity of the Focolare Movement held a conference in direct streaming entitled “Love one another as I have loved you”.
-
Pope Francis to meet with Christian leaders from Lebanon
By Admin Webmaster 5/30/2021 8:32:34 PMIn words following Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis said he will receive the leaders of Lebanon's Christian communities in the Vatican, on 1 July to discuss the deep crisis that the country has been going through for several months. He also recalled three lay women beatified on Saturday in Spain.
-
Pope pays tribute to late Armenian Catholic Patriarch Ghabroyan
By Admin Webmaster 5/29/2021 8:24:58 PMPope Francis offers his condolences to Armenian Catholics mourning the loss of Armenian Catholic Patriarch Gregoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, who died on Tuesday at the age of 86 in Beirut, Lebanon.
-
Switzerland’s “Long Night of Churches” signals hope
By Admin Webmaster 5/29/2021 7:26:46 AMThe annual ecumenical event being observed all over Switzerland Friday night is meant to be the symbol of hope and starting anew after the ravages of Covid-19.
-
In memoriam Sua Grazia il Metropolita Philipose Mar Chrysostom
By Admin Webmaster 5/10/2021 9:12:29 AMÈ con profonda tristezza che il Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani ha appreso la notizia della morte di Sua Grazia il Metropolita Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Capo Supremo emerito della Chiesa siro-malankarese Mar Thoma.