2021

Holy Father meets with Metropolitan Hilarion

22 Dec 2021

On Wednesday 22 December, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department for External Church Affairs...

Christmas greetings from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

21 Dec 2021

Ma quando venne la pienezza del tempo, Dio mandò il suo Figlio, nato da donna, nato sotto la legge, per riscattare...

New book to mark 60th anniversary of Pontifical Council

21 Dec 2021

A book entitled “In cammino verso l'unità - 60° anniversario del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell’Unità dei...

Listening to the East. Ecumenical conferences on synodality

21 Dec 2021

Pro Oriente and the Institute for Ecumenical Studies (IES) of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas...

Ecumenical Seminar on new document of Malines Conversations Group

16 Dec 2021

To mark the centenary of the Malines Conversations (1921-2021), the Malines Conversations Group presented its new...

Baptists and Catholics: International theological conversations

14 Dec 2021

The fourth session of the third phase of theological conversations between the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the...

Tillard Chair: Professor Marcus Plested of Marquette University

13 Dec 2021

Professor Marcus Plested, of Marquette University (USA), delivered the eighth lecture of the 2021 “Tillard Chair” on...

WCC Acting General Secretary visits Vatican

10 Dec 2021

On 9 December, Pope Francis received in a private audience Reverend Professor Dr Ioan Sauca, Acting General Secretary...

Pope Francis reflects on his pilgrimage journey to Cyprus and Greece

10 Dec 2021

After the Angelus on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December, Pope Francis reflected on his journey to...

Online meeting of Pro Oriente Commission for Ecumenical Encounter between Oriental Orthodox Churches and Catholic Church

7 Dec 2021

The fourth meeting of the Commission for Ecumenical Encounter (CEE) between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the...

In-flight press conference of Pope Francis returning from Greece

7 Dec 2021

The in‒flight press conference of the Holy Father on 6 December during his return from Greece offered the opportunity...

Participants of seminar of Pontifical Atheneum of St Anselm visit PCPCU

7 Dec 2021

On 6 December 2021, Professor Dr Stefan Geiger, OSB, from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St Anselm in Rome visited the...

Pope Francis meets with His Beatitude Hieronymos II

6 Dec 2021

On Saturday 4 December, on the first day of his visit to Greece, Pope Francis meet with His Beatitude...

Ecumenical prayer with migrants in Nicosia

6 Dec 2021

On Friday 3 December, on the second day of his apostolic journey to Cyprus, Pope Francis presided over an ecumenical...

Pope Francis meets with His Beatitude Chrysostomos II and Holy Synod of Cypriot Orthodox Church

3 Dec 2021

On Friday morning 3 December, Pope Francis visited the Orthodox Archbishopric of Cyprus for a courtesy visit to His...

Bishop Brian Farrell speaks at Faith and Order webinar on "The whole people of God: the roles and ministries in the church”

3 Dec 2021

On 2 December, Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, spoke at a...

Delegation of Holy See takes part in feast day celebration of Ecumenical Patriarchate

30 Nov 2021

Within the framework of the traditional exchange of delegations for the respective feasts of their patron saints, on 29...

Holy Father receives Metropolitan Antonij of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

30 Nov 2021

On Saturday 27 November, the Holy Father received in a private audience His Eminence Antonij (Mihalev), Metropolitan...

Ecumenical symposium in Valencia on encyclical “Ut unum sint”

30 Nov 2021

The 19th Symposium of Historical Theology on the theme “Ut unum sint: The Irrevocable Journey of the Church” was held...

Symposium on liturgical movements and reforms

29 Nov 2021

A symposium on the theme "Der Volksgedanke in den liturgischen Bewegungen und Reformen – eine ökumenische...

Conferral of Ut unum sint Diploma

22 Nov 2021

On 19 November 2021 Cardinal Koch, President of the PCPCU, conferred the ‘Ut unum sint Diploma in Ecumenical Studies’...

Online meeting of Pro Oriente ‘Forum Syriacum’

22 Nov 2021

An online meeting of the ‘Forum Syriacum’ promoted by the Pro Oriente Foundation was held on 18 November 2021. The...

Pastoral ecumenical guidelines for Catholic Churches in Holy Land

15 Nov 2021

The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (comprising all the Catholic Ordinaries of the Latin and Eastern...

Online plenary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

12 Nov 2021

On Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th November the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity held an online...

Fourth Meeting of the Pro Oriente Steering Committee for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue

8 Nov 2021

The Pro Oriente Steering Committee for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue held its fourth meeting at the Kardinal-König-Haus in...

Executive Meeting of the Joint Working Group

8 Nov 2021

The Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Catholic...

Commemorative event for Metropolitan Damaskinos Papandreou

8 Nov 2021

A commemorative event marking the tenth anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Damaskinos Papandreou, first Orthodox...

Tillard Chair: Professor Myriam Wijlens, Consultor to Synod of Bishops

7 Nov 2021

Professor Myriam Wijlens, of the Univesity of Erfurt (Germany), Consultor to the Synod of Bishops, will deliver the...

Joint letter of Cardinals Koch and Grech to Bishops responsible for ecumenism

7 Nov 2021

In a joint letter of 28 October 2021, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian...

Visit of Working Group of New Apostolic Church

6 Nov 2021

On 28 October the Working Group "Contacts with Denominations and Religions" of the New Apostolic Church...

Visit of Kirchenrat Andris Kraulins

6 Nov 2021

On 27 October, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU), received...

Visit of Association of Christian Churches in Germany

5 Nov 2021

On 26 October, Dr Verena Hammes, General Secretary of the Association of Christian Churches in Germany (ACK), visited...

Videos on Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

3 Nov 2021

The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity is pleased to present two videos dedicated to its work. The first, produced...

Ecumenical pilgrimage “With Luther to the Pope” from Eastern Germany to Rome

29 Oct 2021

On 25 October, Pope Francis welcomed in the Vatican about 500 participants of the ecumenical pilgrimage group “With...

Meeting of the Global Christian Forum Committee

27 Oct 2021

On 26 October, the International Committee of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) held its second online meeting this...

First session of new cycle of “Ut unum sint” Diploma

25 Oct 2021

The first session of the new cycle of the 2021‒2022 Ut unum sint Diploma, the course on ongoing formation in...

Greetings of Pope Francis to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

22 Oct 2021

On 22 October, the Holy Father addressed a letter of best wishes to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the...

Pontifical Council represented at meeting of WCC General Assembly Planning Committee

22 Oct 2021

The seventh meeting of the Assembly Planning Committee (APC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) was held online...

International Synod meeting of Societas Sanctae Crucis

18 Oct 2021

On 14 October 2021, Reverend Anthony Currer, PCPCU staff member responsible for Catholic‒Anglican relations, gave a...

Annual Conference of the Secretaries of the Christian World Communions

18 Oct 2021

More than thirty participants attended the annual Conference of the Secretaries of Christian World Communions (CS/CWCs)...

Tillard Chair: Lecture of Sister Nathalie Becquart, Under‒Secretary of Synod of Bishops

15 Oct 2021

Reverend Sister Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Under‒Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, delivered the sixth lecture of the...

His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews III new Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

15 Oct 2021

On 14 October the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church elected Metropolitan Mathews Mar Severios as new Catholicos, with...

Executive Meeting of the Joint Working Group

14 Oct 2021

The Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches...

Commencement of dialogue between PCPCU and Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe

12 Oct 2021

On 7 September 2021 a meeting took place in the office of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU)...

Meeting of Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group in Rome

11 Oct 2021

The Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group gathered for its 17th annual meeting from 6‒10 October 2021 in...

Meeting of Cardinal Koch with Catholicos Karekin II and Patriarch Sahak II

11 Oct 2021

On 7 October at Domus Sanctae Marthae Cardinal Kurt Koch met with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and...

Visit of Vice-Chair of Pentecostal World Fellowship

11 Oct 2021

On 5 October Monsignor Juan Usma received Reverend Pastor David Wells, Vice-Chair of the Pentecostal World Fellowship...

Audience with Pope Francis of Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group

8 Oct 2021

On Thursday 7 October the Holy Father received in private audience the Saint Irenaeus Joint Working Group, a...

Pope Francis prays with Christian and other faith leaders for peace and safeguarding of creation

8 Oct 2021

A two‒day International Meeting for Peace “Peoples as Brothers, Future Earth. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”...

Pope Francis meets with Catholicos Karekin II and Patriarch Sahak II

6 Oct 2021

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholics of All Armenians, and His Beatitude Sahak II, Armenian...

Pope Francis meets with Metropolitan Hilarion

6 Oct 2021

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow...

Pope Francis meets with Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury

5 Oct 2021

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, met with His Holiness Pope Francis in a...

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

5 Oct 2021

Soon after the “Faith and Science: Towards COP26” meeting in Rome on 4 October 2021, Pope Francis met in a private...

Pope Francis meets with religious leaders and scientists in advance of COP26

4 Oct 2021

Many Christian leaders gathered with Pope Francis in the Vatican this morning 4 October together with representatives...

Meeting of the Commission between the Catholic Church and Disciples of Christ

1 Oct 2021

The International Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Disciples of Christ (Church of Christ)...

“Re-thinking the Relationship between Primacy and Synodality”. Ecumenical Conference on the document of the St Ireneus Group

29 Sep 2021

On the occasion of the meeting in Rome of the Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group, the Institute for...

Pope Francis meets with Bishops close to the Focolare Movement

28 Sep 2021

On Saturday morning 25 September, Pope Francis received in an audience a group of Bishops of various Christian...

Resumption of the International Catholic - Pentecostal International Dialogue

24 Sep 2021

A virtual meeting was held on 23 September to mark the resumption of the work of the seventh phase of the International...

In memoriam Bernard Sesboüé, SJ

23 Sep 2021

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death on 22 September of the...

PCPCU takes part in planning meeting of National Office for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of Italian Bishops’ Conference

20 Sep 2021

A three‒day planning meeting of the National Office for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Italian Bishops’...

Bernd Wallet new Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht

20 Sep 2021

On Saturday, 18 September 2021, Right Reverend Bernd Wallet was ordained as Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht in the...

Visit of Cardinal Koch to Patriarch Sako

16 Sep 2021

On 14 September 2021, Cardinal Kurt Koch, accompanied by Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq, and...

Cardinal Koch’s visit to Council of Christian Church Leaders of Iraq

16 Sep 2021

During his visit to Iraq, Cardinal Kurt Koch met with some members of the Council of Christian Church Leaders of Iraq...

Cardinal Koch represents Holy Father at enthronement of His Holiness Mar Awa III

13 Sep 2021

His Holiness Mar Awa III, the new Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, was enthroned at Saint John...

Cardinal Koch's ecumenical visit to Nineveh Plains

12 Sep 2021

Travelling to Iraq as representative of the Holy Father at the enthronement of the new Catholicos Patriarch of the...

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia

12 Sep 2021

On 12 September Pope Francis met with representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia, in which...

Pope Francis meets with Hungary’s religious leaders

12 Sep 2021

During his visit to Hungary Pope Francis met with representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and of Jewish...

Letters of Cardinal Kurt Koch to Rabbi Rasson Arussi and Rabbi David Sandmel

10 Sep 2021

On 12 August 2021, Rabbi Rasson Arussi, Chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for the Dialogue with...

His Holiness Mar Awa elected new Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

9 Sep 2021

On Wednesday 8 September the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East gathered in Saint John the Baptist Church in...

Pope Francis with Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Canterbury in a joint message on caring for God’s creation

8 Sep 2021

In a “Joint Message for the Protection of Creation” issued to mark the 2021 Season of Creation (from...

Fourth SOMOS UM conference: Launch of the Catholic–Pentecostal working group in Brazil

7 Sep 2021

The fourth SOMOS UM International Conference was convened on 3 and 4 September 2021 for the SOMOS UM Mission, a...

Students of Centro Melantone summer course visit PCPCU

1 Sep 2021

On 31 August 2021, an international group of 21 Protestant theology students, led by Reverend Vanessa Bayha (Director...

In memoriam Professor Dr Hans Jörg Urban

26 Aug 2021

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death of Professor Dr Hans Jörg...

Recent publications of the Faith and Order Commission

25 Aug 2021

The Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, in which the Catholic Church has participated since...

Message of Pope Francis to Synod of Methodists and Waldensians in Italy

23 Aug 2021

On 22 August 2021, Pope Francis sent a message to the participants of the Synod of the Methodist and Waldensian...

First summer language internship in Paris for Orthodox students

9 Aug 2021

For the first time, a group of Orthodox students sponsored by the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration is...

Visit of new leadership of World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)

7 Sep 2021

On 7 September Cardinal Kurt Koch, together with the Secretary, Under-Secretary and two officials of the Pontifical...

Jubilee of Fr McDonnell, a pioneer of the Catholic Pentecostal International Dialogue

16 Jul 2021

On Sunday, 11th July 2021, Fr Kilian McDonnell renewed his monastic vows at Saint John’s Abbey Collegeville, MN, USA,...

New cycle of the "Ut unum sint" Diploma

14 Jul 2021

In October 2021 a new cycle of the "Ut unum sint" Diploma will begin, an ongoing formation programme in...

Christian Leaders write Joint Letter to the Political Leaders of South Sudan urging Peace

13 Jul 2021

To mark the tenth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence Pope Francis, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop...

In Memoriam His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Paulose II

12 Jul 2021

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity joins in prayer with the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church on the...

Executive Committee meeting of international Catholic–Pentecostal dialogue

9 Jul 2021

An online meeting of the Executive Committee of the international Catholic–Pentecostal dialogue was held on 8 July...

New Apostolic Church Switzerland joins the "Riva San Vitale Declaration”

8 Jul 2021

On 8 July 2021, Bishop Dr Felix Gmür, President of the Swiss Bishops' Conference, signed a mutual recognition of...

Cardinal Koch sends greetings to Baptist World Alliance World Congress

7 Jul 2021

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA), a Christian worldwide communion of Baptist churches, is holding from 7-10 July 2021...

Visit of the German Lutheran Bishop Manzke to the PCPCU

6 Jul 2021

On 6 July 2021 Bishop Karl-Hinrich Manzke, responsible of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany for contact...

Day of reflection and prayer for Lebanon

1 Jul 2021

On 1 July 2021 a Day for reflection and prayer for Lebanon was held in the Vatican on the theme “The Lord has plans for...

Meeting of Pope Francis with His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II

1 Jul 2021

On 30 June His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, was received by the...

Holy Father receives His Beatitude John X

1 Jul 2021

On 30 June 2021 Pope Francis received in a private audience His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch...

Disciples of Christ – Catholic International Commission: Introductory Meeting

30 Jun 2021

In order to dialogue it is necessary to meet, to listen, and to trust. On 25 June 2021, the new Disciples of Christ –...

PCPCU represented at the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting

30 Jun 2021

Some 230 delegates of member churches as well as representatives of ecumenical partners and guests held the ever first...

Pope Tawadros II writes preface for Pope Francis’ new book

29 Jun 2021

Pace in terra. La fraternità è possibile (Peace on Earth. Fraternity is Possible) is the new volume published by the...

Delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Rome for the feast of the Apostle Saints Peter and Paul

29 Jun 2021

Within the context of the traditional exchange of delegations for their respective patronal feasts (on 29 June in...

Tillard Chair: Lecture of Reverend Dr Martin Junge, Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation

28 Jun 2021

On Friday 25 June 2021 Reverend Dr Martin Junge, Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, delivered the fifth...

Homily of Cardinal Kurt Koch in Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church in Rome

28 Jun 2021

On Sunday, 27 June 2021, the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt...

Meeting of Caritas Internationalis and the World Service of the LWF at PCPCU

25 Jun 2021

On 25 June 2021, representatives of Caritas Internationalis (CI) and LWF World Service (WS) met in the offices of the...

Representatives of the Lutheran World Federation in Rome

25 Jun 2021

On 24 June 2021, a delegation of the Lutheran World Federation, led by its President, Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa,...

German Lutherans visit the PCPCU

24 Jun 2021

As part of their annual consultation, a joint delegation of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD)...

Baptist-Catholic Theological Conversations

22 Jun 2021

Phase III of international ecumenical conversations between the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council for...

Anne Burghardt new General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation

21 Jun 2021

On 19 June 2021, the Lutheran World Federation Council elected Rev Anne Burghardt, a native of Estonia, to succeed Rev...

Lecture of Cardinal Koch at Conference on “Dominicans and Christian Unity”

21 Jun 2021

Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, gave the inaugural lecture at...

Thoughts on ecumenical dialogue in the digital age

15 Jun 2021

Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Professor Jeanine Turner,...

Symposium in Rome on Malines Conversations

14 Jun 2021

The symposium “The Malines Conversations 100 Years On” was held at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Holy...

Texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2022

11 Jun 2021

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is delighted to be able to publish the materials prepared for the...

Ecumenical visit of Cardinal Koch to Hungary

11 Jun 2021

At the invitation of the Archabbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, Ciril T. Horobágyi, and the Presiding...

Pope Francis sends message to John 17 Movement

10 Jun 2021

On 9 June Pope Francis sent a video message to members of the John 17 Movement, an ecumenical initiative that helps...

Tillard Chair on Synodality: Lecture of Reverend Dr Martin Junge, General Secretary of Lutheran World Federation

4 Jun 2021

On Friday 25 June 2021, Reverend Dr Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, will deliver the...

60th anniversary of “Centro UNO” of Focolare Movement

31 May 2021

Marking the 60th anniversary of Centro UNO, the International Secretariat for Christian Unity of the Focolare Movement...

Eighth session of the 2020–2021 “Ut unum sint” Diploma

31 May 2021

The eighth session of the Ut unum sint Diploma, the course on ongoing formation in ecumenism organized by the Institute...

Tillard Chair on Synodality: Bishop Giacomo Morandi, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

31 May 2021

On Friday 28 March 2021 Bishop Giacomo Morandi, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, delivered...

Cardinal Koch sends message to WCRC Executive Committee Meeting

28 May 2021

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) held its Executive Committee meeting from 25–28 May on the theme “At...

Greeting of Cardinal Koch for the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius

27 May 2021

On 27 May, on the feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Julian calendar, His Eminence Antonij (Mihalev),...

Cardinal Koch delivers homily at the Anglican Centre Rome

26 May 2021

On the invitation of Archbishop Ian Ernest, Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See and Director...

Ecumenical Pentecost vigil 2021 organized by CHARIS

24 May 2021

The Commission for Christian Unity of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service (CHARIS) organized an...

Visit to Vatican of His Eminence Metropolitan Polycarpos

22 May 2021

On 22 May Pope Francis met with the new Orthodox Metropolitan of Italy and Exarch of All Southern Europe, His Eminence...

2021 Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics

17 May 2021

On the Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics, which is celebrated yearly on 10 May commemorating the historical...

Ecumenical worship for the Ascension in the Lutheran Church in Rome

17 May 2021

On 13 May 2021 the community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rome organized, as in previous years, an “Ecumenical...

ARCIC plenary meeting

14 May 2021

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission was, for the second consecutive year, unable to meet in plenary...

Visit to Pontifical Council of Archabbot Cirill Hortobágyi, OSB

13 May 2021

On 12 May 2021, the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, received the...

Visit to Pontifical Council of German Foreign Affairs Minister

12 May 2021

On 11 May 2021, as part of a visit to the Vatican where he was received by Pope Francis, Mr Heiko Maas, the Minister of...

Cardinal Koch reflects on the possibility of a common date for Easter

12 May 2021

In an interview on 11 May with EWTN News Nightly, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for...

Tillard Chair on Synodality: Lecture of Bishop Giacomo Morandi, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

5 May 2021

On Friday 28 May 2021, Bishop Giacomo Morandi, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will...

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