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Pope hopes to visit Turkey for anniversary of Council of Nicea
By Admin Webmaster 6/28/2024 4:42:34 PMIn remarks to a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis expresses his hopes of travelling to Turkey in 2025 to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea.
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Lutheran World Federation meets with Pope: Already ‘so much' in common
By Admin Webmaster 6/21/2024 4:47:45 PMAfter the Federation’s leadership met with the Pope, Vatican News spoke to its General Secretary about the state of Catholic-Lutheran dialogue today.
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Pope highlights ‘signs of hope’ in encounter with Lutherans
By Admin Webmaster 6/20/2024 7:15:09 PMSpeaking with a delegation from the Lutheran World Federation, Pope Francis points to the joint commemoration of the anniversary of Nicea and to the Joint Declaration on justification as ‘signs of hope’ on our common ecumenical journey.
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The Bishop of Rome, servant of unity
By Admin Webmaster 6/14/2024 9:23:30 AMThe Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity presents a new study document that surveys the ongoing ecumenical dialogue concerning the role of the Pope and the exercise of the Petrine Ministry.
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Koch: Papal primacy is service, exercised in a synodal manner
By Admin Webmaster 6/14/2024 9:11:47 AMCardinal Kurt Koch, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, explains the ecumenical document entitled ‘The Bishop of Rome’: the ministry of the Successor of Peter is no longer seen by the other Churches simply as a problem, but rather as an opportunity for a common reflection on the nature of the Church and its mission in the world.
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Rethinking primacy in an ecumenical sense
By Admin Webmaster 6/14/2024 9:05:29 AMA reflection on the study document “The Bishop of Rome”: the role of the Pope, synodality, and the other Churches.
World churches' body head visiting China
By Admin Webmaster 5/27/2024 9:47:21 AMThe World Council of Churches general secretary, Rev. Jerry Pillay, is visiting China from May 23 to 28.
Vice-President of World Methodist Council visits Rome
By Admin Webmaster 5/27/2024 9:21:19 AMThe Vice-President of the World Methodist Council, Mrs Gillian Kingston, visited Rome from 21 to 24 May.
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Pope prays for Christian Unity with ecumenical delegation from Hong Kong
By Admin Webmaster 5/22/2024 10:28:21 PMPope Francis greets a delegation from the Hong Kong Christian Council and prays for Christian Unity together with the members of the delegation.
Audience with a delegation of the ‘Apostoliki Diakonia’
By Admin Webmaster 5/22/2024 12:14:09 PMOn 16 May 2024, the Holy Father received in private audience a delegation of the ‘Apostoliki Diakonia’ of the Church of Greece, led by Metropolitan Agathanghelos, and of the Theological College of Athens.
Ecumenical conference on synodality in Louvain-la-Neuve
By Admin Webmaster 5/22/2024 12:03:58 PMDal 14 al 16 maggio 2024, si è tenuta a Louvain-la-Neuve, in Belgio, una conferenza internazionale sulla sinodalità.
Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics
By Admin Webmaster 5/20/2024 11:23:32 AMOn the occasion of the 11th Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics
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Ecumenical Prayer on the Feast of the Ascension
By Admin Webmaster 5/20/2024 11:16:28 AMAn ecumenical service was celebrated in the Lutheran Christ Church in Rome to commemorate the Feast of the Ascension.
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Pope seeks “communion in legitimate diversity” with Church of Greece
By Admin Webmaster 5/16/2024 7:37:07 PMPope Francis meets with the Metropolitan Agathanghelos, Director General of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece, and a Delegation of the Theological College of Athens. He thanks them for two decades of cooperation between the Church of Greece and the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration.
Primates of the Anglican Communion meet in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 5/13/2024 9:49:35 AMThe 23rd Primates’ Meeting of the Anglican Communion took place in Rome
Malines Conversations Group Meeting in Helsinki
By Admin Webmaster 5/13/2024 9:33:08 AMThe Malines Conversations Group, an unofficial theological dialogue of Catholic and Anglican theologians, met in Helsinki, Finland, from 20 to 26 April 2024.
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Pope sends Paschal greetings on Julian calendar Easter
By Admin Webmaster 5/6/2024 10:20:47 AMPope Francis offers Easter greetings to Eastern-rite Catholics and Orthodox brothers and sisters who celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection according to the Julian Calendar, and prays for peace for Ukraine, and for Palestine and Israel.
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Pope to Anglican bishops: ‘Patient dialogue’ needed on papal primacy
By Admin Webmaster 5/2/2024 7:01:55 PMSpeaking to the Primates of the Anglican Communion, Pope Francis says that even the very earliest Christians had their disagreements.
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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."
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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).
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.