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Pope encourages deepening of faith and communion for building Christian unity
By Admin Webmaster 4/19/2024 9:34:40 AMIn his greetings shared with participants at the Fourth World Gathering of the Global Christian Forum taking place in Accra, Ghana, Pope Francis encourages everyone to deepen their faith and revitalize fraternal love, reflecting the unity to which Christians are called as they discuss the challenges facing the global Christian community.
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World Council of Churches does not agree to XXV WRCC's Decree
By Admin Webmaster 4/16/2024 9:38:46 AMThe General Secretary of the WCC says the organization cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council, whose head is the Orthodox Patriarch, which describes the conflict in Ukraine as a "holy war."
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Ecumenical efforts to introduce a Christian Feast of Creation
By Admin Webmaster 4/8/2024 10:06:18 AMReflections on the biblical stories of creation in the context of the growing climate justice movement in the churches
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World churches group's Pillay meets heads of churches in Lebanon
By Admin Webmaster 3/25/2024 8:35:27 AMWorld Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay has met with heads of churches in Lebanon to pray and work together in a country that neighbors Israel and Syria.
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In memoriam of His Holiness Patriarch Neofit
By Admin Webmaster 3/20/2024 9:06:19 AMThe Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned the news of the death of His Holiness Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Church
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Theological symposium in honour of Cardinal Koch
By Admin Webmaster 3/13/2024 8:48:16 AMFrom 6 to 8 March, a symposium in honour of Cardinal Kurt Koch
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Visit by American Methodist Bishop Delegation
By Admin Webmaster 3/11/2024 8:53:10 AMA delegation of ten bishops from American Methodist churches visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
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Visit of Revd Tara Curlewis, WCRC Ecumenical Officer
By Admin Webmaster 3/4/2024 8:39:42 AMRevd Tara Curlewis visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
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Change of Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
By Admin Webmaster 2/28/2024 8:57:52 AMPope Francis appointed as new Secretary Reverend Flavio Pace
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Inaugural Executive Meeting of the New Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church
By Admin Webmaster 2/26/2024 8:46:55 AMThe Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) convened its first executive meeting online on 21 February 2024, marking the initiation of its 11th mandate (2023-2030).
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The DPUC at the presentation of the Focolare's “Comunion Report 2022” in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 2/26/2024 8:39:19 AMOn 20 February, the Focolare Movement’s “Communion Report 2022” was published in Rome in the presence of Margaret Karram and Jesús Morán, President and Co-President of the Focolare Movement.
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Fifth session of the “Ut unum sint” Diploma
By Admin Webmaster 2/21/2024 9:11:39 AMThe fifth session of the Diploma Ut unum sint 2023-2024 organized by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum [Œcumenicum] in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity was held on Friday 16 February.
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Vatican marks first Feast of the Coptic Martyrs
By Admin Webmaster 2/16/2024 9:36:13 PMNine years ago, twenty-one Coptic men were executed by ISIS on a beach in Libya. Now, for the first time, their feast day has been celebrated by the Catholic Church.
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New Centre for ethics unites Jews and Christians in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 2/16/2024 8:43:26 PMThe Centre for Ethics at the Isaac Abarbanel University Institute, the academic institution of higher education and research affiliated with the “Marshall T. Meyer” Seminary is inaugurated in Rome. The new centre was created in collaboration with Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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Rabbis and scholars thank Pope for sowing friendship amidst animosity
By Admin Webmaster 2/16/2024 8:02:50 AMIn a letter to Pope Francis, a group of Rabbis and scholars of Jewish-Christian dialogue express gratitude to Pope Francis for his “outstretched hand to Jews worldwide” and for “his active opposition to anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism."
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Pope Francis receives Joint International Commission for theological dialogue between Catholic Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:54:06 AMPope Francis received in private audience the members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Annual study visit to Rome and the Vatican of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:46:12 AMA group of 39 students, faculty members and staff from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, visited Rome and the Vatican from 19 to 26 January 2024.
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Patriarch Bartholomew conveys solidarity to Catholics after attack on church
By Admin Webmaster 1/30/2024 10:04:40 AMIn a phone call with the Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople expresses his closeness to Catholics in Türkiye affected by the attack on the Church of St. Mary Draperis in Istanbul.
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Pope at Ecumenical Vespers: ‘Christian journey to unity rooted in prayer’
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2024 10:37:03 AMPope Francis presides over Ecumenical Vespers to close the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and invites all Christians to avoid the devil’s trap of division through prayerful, selfless service.
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20th anniversary of the Catholic-Oriental Orthodox dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/22/2024 9:58:55 AMOn the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Pope to Finnish ecumenical group: The saints are a source of unity
By Admin Webmaster 1/19/2024 9:38:43 PMTo mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis meets with a groups of Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox from Finland, encouraging them to journey together as a “pilgrim Church”.
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 10:07:41 AMThe Holy Father Francis will preside over the Second Vespers of the Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Tuesday 25 January at 17.30 in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls with the participation of representatives of the other Christian communities in Rome and Italy.
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Love of God and neighbour at heart of Week of Prayer
By Admin Webmaster 1/17/2024 9:09:42 AMInspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan, this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites us to pray for love of God and neighbour.
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Fr. Louis Twomey: Martin Luther King’s Jesuit Ally
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 9:36:06 PMAs Americans mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we explore the link between a Jesuit priest and the Baptist minister who galvanized the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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MLK Day: US bishops reiterate call for action against racism
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 9:31:58 PMIn a statement released for the federal holiday commemorating the late Martin Luther King, Jr., the Bishops of the United States urge Catholics to continue the pursuit of racial equality and justice in the country.
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Blending local and global ecumenism in Asia
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 11:12:52 AMThe 15th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) finally got underway in late September and early October 2023 in Kottayam, India.
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Pope to students: Share how Christ has won your heart
By Admin Webmaster 1/12/2024 10:19:26 PMPope Francis welcomes students of the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration with the Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches and encourages them to share with one another how Christ "won your hearts and laid hold of your lives' on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Committee's establishment.
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The long road to Christian unity in Pakistan
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2024 9:05:45 AMChurch leaders across denominations must find ways to break the schism and silence within
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Impressions of "Together 2023" - In the same faith
By Admin Webmaster 1/9/2024 9:40:00 AMEven though I knew briefly about the history of the Church, the schisms, the ecumenical movement and the Interfaith Dialogue Pastoral Committee, it was only today that I personally "heard and saw" a meaningful event, and left many impressions on me.
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‘An uninterrupted path of unity’ since 1964 meeting of Paul VI, Athenagoras
By Admin Webmaster 1/5/2024 10:34:03 AMOn the 60th anniversary of the historic meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I, Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, explores the spirit of encounter set in motion by the two Church leaders.