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(LWI) - The 2020 Christmas card of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) depicts a mother and child in the dress of the indigenous people in Guyana and Suriname.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is pleased to announce that its new document “The Bishop and Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Vademecum”

On Friday 4 December 2020 at 11.30 am in live streaming from the Press Office of the Holy See, a press conference will be held for the presentation of the new document of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Pope Francis sends a message to his Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the feast of the Apostle Andrew, patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

A new volume of the “Exchange of Gifts” series of the Vatican Publishing House (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, LEV) has been issued. Entitled “Il Cielo sulla Terra: Amare e Servire per la trasformazione del mondo” (“Heaven on earth: Loving and serving in order to transform the world”), the book draws together a collection of Pope Francis’ statements on the way in which faith can be transformed into tangible acts of charity towards others.

Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby speaks with Vatican Media about the challenges facing Christians due to the pandemic, the ecumenical importance of the encyclical “Fratelli tutti”, and his hopes for peace in South Sudan.

“Do This in Memory of Me: Christians Formed and Transformed by the Eucharist” is the title of the final report of the Commission for Dialogue between the Disciples of Christ and the Catholic Church. 

The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, remembers Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, who died Saturday morning, aged 72.

The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification  is the historic agreement signed by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church in 1999.

The Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (CRRJ) and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), the official partner representing world Jewry, exchanged messages to mark the 55th anniversary of “Nostra aetate”. 

WF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, left, with Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion and the chair of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, Gretchen Castle, who also serves as General Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). 

On the afternoon of 20 October an International Prayer Meeting for Peace took place in Rome promoted by the Community of Sant’Egidio on the theme “No one is saved alone – Peace and Fraternity” in the spirit of Assisi and Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti.

Pope Francis participates in an International Prayer Meeting for Peace, in the presence of leaders of various Christian denominations, and urges everyone to follow Jesus's example of self-giving love in order to spread peace.

Representatives of different Christian churches and ecumenical organizations gathered online to mark the closing of the 2020 Season of Creation and pray for a ‘Jubilee for the Earth’.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity was represented by Reverend Andrzej Choromanski at the online meeting of the Assembly Planning Committee (APC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) held from 22-25 September 2020

Sua Santità Karekin II, Patriarca Supremo e Catholicos di tutti gli Armeni, ha visitato il Vaticano nei giorni 26-27 settembre 2020 ed è stato ricevuto in udienza privata da Papa Francesco domenica 27 settembre presso la Domus Sanctae Marthae.

The Pope, after reciting the Sunday Angelus, expresses his solidarity and closeness to the victims of the Moria refugee camp fire who have now been left without accommodation.

In a Message released on Tuesday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew says “a change of direction toward an ecological economy is an unwavering necessity.”

As the Taizé Community marks 15 years since the death of Brother Roger, a Canadian Taizé member reflects on how the founder’s legacy lives on to the present.

The World Council of Churches this Wednesday celebrates the contributions of young people to the ecumenical movement.

Pope Francis extends the jurisdiction of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs over the Arabian Peninsula, in response to requests from the Patriarchs, for the greater spiritual good of the faithful.

Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps his delegation from making a traditional visit to Rome.

Bishop Brian Farrell reflects on the changes that have marked the ecumenical movement in the 60 years since the foundation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Father Avelino González-Ferrer from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity describes the importance of ecumenism, and the dicastery’s journey as it celebrates 60 years since its foundation.

Cardinal Kurt Koch speaks about the challenges and progress made along the Church’s ecumenical journey, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of what is now the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Pope Francis shares a Pentecost message for “Thy Kingdom Come”, an annual global ecumenical prayer movement promoted by the Right Reverend Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Sweden’s Catholic and Lutheran Churches organise an online ecumenical spiritual retreat, beginning on the eve of Pentecost.

The chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs honours the 25th anniversary of “Ut unum sint” with a call “to build bridges by continuing to reach out with love” to our fellow Christians.

A passionate appeal to all Christians to respond to Jesus’ prayer for the unity of His disciples: Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical helps us to see the reality of today’s Christian communities with a renewed ecumenical commitment.

In a letter marking the 25th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s landmark encyclical “Ut unum sint”, Pope Francis calls for a renewed commitment to ecumenism.