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Visit of delegation of Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church
By Admin Webmaster 5/23/2022 9:37:56 AMOn 19 May 2022 a delegation of the Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church, led by Archbishop Abune Paolos, Exarch for Europe, accompanied by Deacon Girmay Zeray Asmeron, of the Patriarchal Secretariat, visited the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics
By Admin Webmaster 5/11/2022 9:01:26 AMTo mark the Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics, celebrated yearly on 10 May to commemorate the historical encounter between Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III on 10 May 1973.
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Pope Francis receives the participants in the Plenary Session of the PCPUC
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 9:24:18 AMOn Friday 6 May, at the conclusion of their Plenary Session, the members, consultors and staff of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity were received in audience by Pope Francis.
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Third day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 9:10:29 AMOn Thursday 5 May, the third day of the PCPCU Plenary Assembly, members and consultors discussed two further topics related to the general theme of the meeting.
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Second day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 9:00:14 AMOn Wednesday 4 May, the second day of the PCPCU Plenary Assembly, members and consultors discussed two topics related to the general theme of the meeting.
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First day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 8:50:48 AMThe Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is being held in the Vatican from 3–6 May 2022 on the theme “Towards an Ecumenical Celebration of the 1700th Anniversary of Nicaea I (325-2025)”.
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New Report of Methodist–Catholic International Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 8:33:18 AMDespite being unable to have their last scheduled meeting in October of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, the Methodist–Roman Catholic International Commission (MERCIC) was able to complete its eleventh report entitled God in Christ Reconciling.
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Anniversary of Armenian genocide
By Admin Webmaster 5/9/2022 9:23:18 AMOn Sunday 24 April 2022 a commemoration was held at the Armenian Pontifical College to mark the 107th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
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Easter celebrations in Ukraine in spite of ongoing fighting
By Admin Webmaster 4/25/2022 7:49:22 PMOrthodox Christians and Eastern-rite Catholics in Ukraine celebrated Easter Sunday amid ongoing fighting in various area of the country.
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Pope to Patriarch Kirill: May we become peacemakers for Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 4/25/2022 4:30:00 PMPope Francis sends his Easter greetings to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, and prays for the people of Ukraine as they long for a “new dawn that will end the darkness of war.”
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Meeting of Global Christian Forum International Committee
By Admin Webmaster 4/25/2022 8:57:22 AMOn 20 April 2022 Reverend Andrzej Choromanski, staff member for multilateral relations, represented the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity at an online meeting of the International Committee of the Global Christian Forum (GCF).
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Visit of Metropolitan Antonij of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
By Admin Webmaster 4/6/2022 8:16:42 AMOn 1 April 2022, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, received His Eminence Antonij (Mihalev), Metropolitan for Eastern and Central Europe of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and Reverend Ivan Ivanov, parish priest of the Bulgarian Orthodox community in Rome and Milan.
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Ecumenical dimension in ecclesiology of Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI
By Admin Webmaster 4/4/2022 8:42:25 AMOn Thursday 31 March Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, made a presentation at the study day on “Chiesa ed ecclesiologia” (Church and Ecclesiology) organized by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
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Ecumenical Patriarch expresses solidarity with Ukrainian refugees
By Admin Webmaster 3/30/2022 9:30:16 AMEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has pledged solidarity with Ukrainians and thanked the people of Poland for taking in so many people fleeing the war. He was visiting Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw accompanied by the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
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Dimensione ecumenica della pastorale migratoria interculturale
By Admin Webmaster 3/30/2022 8:32:25 AMLa Sezione Migranti e Rifugiati del Dicastero per la Promozione dello Sviluppo Umano Integrale ha recentemente pubblicato "Orientamenti sulla pastorale migratoria interculturale".
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Papa Francesco incontra Fratel Alois di Taizé
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2022 8:54:11 AMPapa Francesco ha ricevuto in udienza privata il Priore di Taizé, Fratel Alois lunedì 21 marzo, e in seguito ha incontrato anche alcuni membri della Comunità.
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Archbishop Welby discusses war in Ukraine with Russian Patriarch Kirill
By Admin Webmaster 3/18/2022 5:19:56 AMIn a video call to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow agree on the need to achieve a lasting peace.
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Major Archbishop Shevchuk appeals for solidarity with Ukraine
By Admin Webmaster 2/24/2022 10:28:06 AMAs tensions continue to run high in eastern Europe, the Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, is calling for international solidarity with Ukraine. In a statement, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said it is the duty and responsibility of all humanity to actively work to avert war.
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Ecumenical Charismatic Meeting in Poland
By Admin Webmaster 2/21/2022 8:28:38 AMFrom 10 to 12 February 2022, the conference “The Time is Now” (Już czas) was held in Łódź, Poland, jointly organised by the Catholic Archdiocese of Łódź, CHARIS Poland and the Charismatic Community “Voice in the Desert” of Kraków.
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Cardinal Parolin expresses support for the Ukrainian people
By Admin Webmaster 2/17/2022 10:18:16 AMVatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin telephones His Beatitude Sviatoslav Schevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, to express the Holy See's closeness to the Catholic Church in Ukraine and solidarity with the people of the country, "at this difficult time of escalation of the conflict around Ukraine".
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Global Christian Forum meeting in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 2/14/2022 8:47:23 AMThe Facilitation Group of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) expanded by some experts on world Christianity met in Rome from 5-9 February 2022, hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU).
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Pope to Patriarch of Constantinople: χρόνια πολλά!
By Admin Webmaster 2/11/2022 10:20:20 AMPope Francis sends a video message congratulating Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on thirty years of ministry as Archbishop of Constantinople, and wishing him "many years" - "Chrónia pollá! Ad multos annos!"
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LWF-PCPCU Staff Meeting
By Admin Webmaster 2/7/2022 10:28:38 AMOn 1 February 2022, the annual Staff Meeting of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) took place in Rome.
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Pope celebrates Vespers for Feast of the Conversion of St Paul
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2022 9:53:45 AMPope Francis presides at Vespers for the Solemnity of the Conversion of St Paul, celebrated in the Basilica of St Paul’s Outside-the-Walls at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
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South Sudan ecumenical leader: Don’t give up on war-torn country
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2022 8:54:40 AMAn ecumenical leader in South Sudan has appealed to the world not to give up on his country, which during the first decade of its independence has repeatedly slid backward into political and ethnic violence.
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Centro Pro Unione hosts series of ecumenical services
By Admin Webmaster 1/24/2022 8:33:29 PMAs the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draws to a close, Christians of different traditions have gathered in Rome for various services thanks to Rome's ecumenical centre, Centro Pro Unione.
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Rev. Valjakka: accompanying Finland’s Sámi Christians on the journey to unity
By Admin Webmaster 1/22/2022 9:28:10 PMAn interview with Rev. Mari Valjakka, pastor of Sámi at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, highlights the reality of Europe’s only indigenous people and their unique and precious contribution to humanity’s effort to care for Creation.
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Archbishop Longley: The journey together towards Christian Unity
By Admin Webmaster 1/21/2022 10:56:31 PMAs the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity continues, the Co-Chair of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission, Archbishop Bernard Longley reflects on the immense work done and the road still to travel towards the goal of full visible unity.
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Pandemic as an 'opportunity to help build ecumenical dialogue'
By Admin Webmaster 1/21/2022 10:51:50 PM“Ecumenism in a Time of Pandemic: From Crisis to Opportunity” is the title of a working document presented by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and which is the result of a survey conducted in 2021 among all the Bishops' Conferences and Eastern Catholic Synods in the world.
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“Ecumenism in a Time of Pandemic: From Crisis to Opportunity”. A working paper of the PCPCU
By Admin Webmaster 1/21/2022 8:53:46 AMThe Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity today publishes a working paper on the consequences of the current pandemic for ecumenical relations.