In 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.
The 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."
World 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.
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned the news of the death of His Holiness Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Church
From 6 to 8 March, a symposium in honour of Cardinal Kurt Koch
A delegation of ten bishops from American Methodist churches visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
Revd Tara Curlewis visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
Pope Francis appointed as new Secretary Reverend Flavio Pace
The 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).
On 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.
The 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.
Nine 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.
The 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.
In 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."
Pope Francis received in private audience the members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
A 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.
In 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.
Pope 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.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
To 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”.
The 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.
Inspired 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.
As 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.
In 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.
The 15th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) finally got underway in late September and early October 2023 in Kottayam, India.
Pope 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.
Church leaders across denominations must find ways to break the schism and silence within
Even 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.
On 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.