NEWS 2022

DPCU represented at Lambeth Conference
8 Aug 2022
The Lambeth Conference is being held at Canterbury from 26 July‒8 August. Convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, it...

Holy Father meets with Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk
8 Aug 2022
On Friday 4 August the Holy Father received in a private audience Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, new Chairman of...

Message from Cardinal Koch to Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
4 Aug 2022
On the occasion of the ordination of seven new bishops of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Cardinal Kurt Koch,...

Catholics and Pentecostals on Kerygma/Preaching and Christian life
15 Jul 2022
From 8-14 July, the second plenary session of the seventh phase of the International Catholic Pentecostal Dialogue,...

Meeting in Taizé on ecumenical dimension of synodal process
13 Jul 2022
From July 10 to 12, on the invitation of the Taizé Community, a meeting brought together representatives of several...

Ecumenical meeting of consecrated men and women in Switzerland
13 Jul 2022
From 6 to 12 July 2022 the 38th International and Interconfessional Meeting of Consecrated Men and Women was held in...

Message of Pope for 50th anniversary of international Catholic‒Pentecostal dialogue
12 Jul 2022
To mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the international Catholic‒Pentecostal dialogue, Pope Francis sent...

Video messages of Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby and Moderator Greenshields to South Sudanese people
4 Jul 2022
On Saturday 2 July, the scheduled day of departure for his postponed Apostolic visit to the Democratic Republic of...

Catholics and “Disciples of Christ”: New phase of dialogue
4 Jul 2022
The first plenary session of the new phase of international dialogue between Catholic and Disciples of Christ took...

Pope Francis sends greetings to International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations
1 Jul 2022
In a message to the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) Pope Francis...

Delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Rome for the feast of Apostle Saints Peter and Paul
1 Jul 2022
Within the context of the traditional exchange of delegations for their respective patronal feasts, on 29 June in...

Visit of delegation of Orthodox Church of Georgia
1 Jul 2022
On Tuesday 28 June Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, received the Reverend...

Christ Lutheran Church in Rome celebrates centenary
28 Jun 2022
On 26 June 2022, the Lutheran congregation in Rome celebrated the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Christ...

Ecumenical Concert in the Sistine Chapel
27 Jun 2022
On 26 June the Patriarchal Choir of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi and the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir...

A new round of Methodist-Catholic dialogue
24 Jun 2022
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Methodist Council have announced in a communiqué their...

Pope Francis receives Joint International Commission for theological dialogue between Catholic Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches
24 Jun 2022
On 23 June Pope Francis received in a private audience the members of the Joint International Commission for...

Plenary session of theological dialogue with Oriental Orthodox Churches
24 Jun 2022
The Joint International Commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox...

Pope Francis welcomes delegation of Simon Wiesenthal Center
23 Jun 2022
On 22 June, an international delegation of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) met with Pope Francis to offer a facsimile...

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity represented at WCC Central Committee
21 Jun 2022
The 67th meeting of the Central Committee (CC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) was attended by Reverend Andrzej...

Cardinal Koch participates in ecumenical commemoration in Graz
13 Jun 2022
Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, took part on 10 June in an ecumenical event...

Texts for 2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
13 Jun 2022
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity is pleased to publish the materials prepared for the Week of Prayer of...

Greeting to Council Meeting of the Lutheran World Federation
9 Jun 2022
From 9-14 June, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. Reverend Dr...

Cardinal Koch receives honorary doctorate from University of Opole, Poland
8 Jun 2022
On 3 June, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, was awarded the title of doctor...

CHARIS: Online Pentecost ecumenical vigil
7 Jun 2022
An online Pentecost ecumenical vigil organized by the Commission for Christian Unity of the Catholic Charismatic...

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity becomes Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
6 Jun 2022
In line with the new Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and...

Pope Francis receives delegation of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches
6 Jun 2022
On Friday 3 June, the Holy Father received in a private audience a delegation of young priests and monks of the various...

Study visit of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches
6 Jun 2022
From 31 May to 6 June a delegation of young priests and monks from all the different Oriental Orthodox Churches took...

In memoriam Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima
3 Jun 2022
The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death of His Eminence Metropolitan...

Visit of Methodist Ordinands
2 Jun 2022
On 1 June six Methodist students training for ministry in the British Methodist Church and their tutor, Deacon Julie...

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity represented at Katholikentag in Stuttgart
30 May 2022
On 27 May 2022 Reverend Andrzej Choromanski represented the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity at an ecumenical...

International Conference honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
30 May 2022
To mark thirty years of patriarchal ministry, an International Conference honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew...

Online conference with seminarians from Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro
30 May 2022
On 28 May, Monsignor Juan Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section, held a conference in the Portuguese language on...

Visit of “Gathering in the Holy Spirit 2022”
30 May 2022
On 27 May Monsignor Juan Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section of the PCPCU, met with participants of the initiative...

Visit of WCC Pilgrim Team
30 May 2022
On Tuesday 24 May an international delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focusing on collaboration of...

Conversations between PCPCU and New Charismatic Churches
23 May 2022
On 23 May Conversations were held with a group of representatives of the New Charismatic Churches (NCC) at the office...

Coordinating Committee of the International Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
20 May 2022
The Coordinating Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic...

Visit of delegation of Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church
20 May 2022
On 19 May 2022 a delegation of the Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church, led by Archbishop Abune Paolos, Exarch for...

Malines Conversations Group Meeting in Madeira
19 May 2022
The Malines Conversations Group, an unofficial theological dialogue of Catholic and Anglican theologians, met in...

Message of Cardinal Koch to General Assembly of Middle East Council of Churches
19 May 2022
On the occasion of the Twelfth General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, held from 16-20 May 2022 in...

Visit of pastors of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
19 May 2022
On 18 May, pastors and pastoral workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (Germany) visited the Pontifical...

Visit of Reverend David Hathaway
18 May 2022
On 18 May, Monsignor Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section, received Reverend David Hathaway, founder and president...

PCPCU represented at Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation
17 May 2022
An Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation was organized by the World Council of Churches in Cyprus from 10-15 May...

Anglican‒Roman Catholic International Commission plenary meeting in Rome
17 May 2022
The members of the Anglican‒Roman Catholic International Commission held a plenary meeting of the third phase of their...

Visit of President Dr Christian Schad
13 May 2022
On 11 May, the new President of the "Evangelischer Bund" and also Church President Emeritus of the...

Catholics and Disciples of Christ: Third Online Preparatory Meeting
12 May 2022
On 10/11 May, the members of the sixth phase of the Disciples‒Catholic International Commission for Dialogue held an...

Visit to PCPCU of group from United Evangelical Mission
11 May 2022
On 9 May Monsignor Juan Usma Gómez, Head of Western Section, received a group of leaders from the United Evangelical...

2022 Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics
10 May 2022
To mark the Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics, celebrated yearly on 10 May to commemorate the historical...

Joint Easter message to political leaders of South Sudan
9 May 2022
His Holiness Pope Francis, His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Right Reverend Jim Wallace,...

In memoriam Sister Joan Frances Delaney
9 May 2022
It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death at the age of 92...

Pope Francis receives the participants in the Plenary Session of the PCPUC
6 May 2022
On Friday 6 May, at the conclusion of their Plenary Session, the members, consultors and staff of the Pontifical...

Third day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
5 May 2022
On Thursday 5 May, the third day of the PCPCU Plenary Assembly, members and consultors discussed two further topics...

Acta Œcumenica 2021
5 May 2022
Acta Œcumenica 2021 is now available and can be consulted online as well as ordered in print format through...

Second day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
4 May 2022
On Wednesday 4 May, the second day of the PCPCU Plenary Assembly, members and consultors discussed two topics related...

Tillard Chair: Professor Benoît-Dominique de La Soujeole, OP
4 May 2022
Professor Benoît-Dominique de La Soujeole, OP, of the Faculty of Theology of Fribourg (Switzerland) delivered the 13th...

New Report of Methodist–Catholic International Dialogue
4 May 2022
Despite being unable to have their last scheduled meeting in October of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, the...

First day of 2022 PCPCU Plenary Assembly
3 May 2022
The Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is being held in the Vatican from 3–6 May...

Pilgrimage and ecumenical vespers of Archdiocese of Łódź (Poland)
29 Apr 2022
On 28 April Pope Francis received 1,400 Polish pilgrims led by Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś visiting Rome at the end of the...
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Start of dialogue between Catholic Church and Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
28 Apr 2022
On 28 April 2022, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Communion of Protestant Churches in...
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In memoriam Very Reverend Thomas Baima
27 Apr 2022
It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death on 20 April 2022...

Visit of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem
25 Apr 2022
On Monday 25 April, a group of brothers and sisters of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem visited the Pontifical...

Anniversary of Armenian genocide
24 Apr 2022
On Sunday 24 April 2022 a commemoration was held at the Armenian Pontifical College to mark the 107th anniversary of...

Visit of seminarians from Austria
22 Apr 2022
On 22 April seminarians from the Archdiocese of Vienna, the Diocese of St Pölten and the Diocese of Eisenstadt, led by...

Meeting of Global Christian Forum International Committee
21 Apr 2022
On 20 April 2022 Reverend Andrzej Choromanski, staff member for multilateral relations, represented the Pontifical...

Tillard Chair: Professor Arnaud Join-Lambert
20 Apr 2022
Professor Arnaud Join-Lambert, of the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), delivered the twelfth lecture of the...

Easter greetings of the Pontifical Council
13 Apr 2022
Today, throughout the world,
the Church’s proclamation resounds:
“Jesus, who was crucified,
has risen as he said....

Executive Committee of Catholic Biblical Federation
13 Apr 2022
On 12 April an online meeting was held of the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF) attended by...

Course on Pentecostals in Italy
8 Apr 2022
A meeting was held in live streaming on 6 April on the theme “Conoscere per meglio amare” (Understanding in order to...

“Baptism and Growth in Communion”
7 Apr 2022
The Fifth Phase of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity (2008-2019) has now come to its official conclusion...

Meeting of Cardinal Koch with European Union Ambassadors to the Holy See
7 Apr 2022
On Tuesday 5 April Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, took part in...

Visit of Metropolitan Antonij of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
4 Apr 2022
On 1 April 2022, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, received His...

Presentation of the book “A History of the Desire for Christian Unity"
1 Apr 2022
On Thursday 31 March Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, took part...

Ecumenical dimension in ecclesiology of Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI
1 Apr 2022
On Thursday 31 March Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, made a...

Meeting of the Academic Advisory Board of the Johann Adam Möhler Institute in Paderborn
31 Mar 2022
On 30 and 31 March, the Academic Advisory Board of the Johann Adam Möhler Institute for Ecumenism met in Paderborn,...

Visit of group of students from Società Görres
28 Mar 2022
On 28 March Monsignor Juan Usma, head of the Western Section of the PCPCU, met at the Dicastery with a group of young...

Meeting between Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and WCC
28 Mar 2022
The annual meeting of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the Office of Interreligious...

Ecumenical dimension of intercultural migrant ministry
28 Mar 2022
The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development recently published...

Pope Francis meets with Brother Alois of Taizé
22 Mar 2022
On Monday 21 March, the Holy Father received the Prior of Taizé, Brother Alois, in a private audience, and later met...

Visit of study group of Anglicans and Methodists
17 Mar 2022
On 15 March a study group of Anglicans and Methodists led by Revd Dr Tim Macquiban from the Methodist Church in Britain...

Online conversation between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill
17 Mar 2022
On Wednesday afternoon 16 March Pope Francis met online with His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All...

Cattedra Tillard: Professor Barbara Hallensleben
15 Mar 2022
Professor Barbara Hallensleben, of the Faculty of Theology of Fribourg (Switzerland), delivered the eleventh lecture of...

Visit of WCC Karlsruhe Assembly Local Office to the PCPCU
11 Mar 2022
On Friday 11 March, six members of the Karlsruhe Assembly Local Office (KALO) visiting Rome were received in the office...

In memoriam Abune Merkorios
8 Mar 2022
It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death on 4 March of His...

In memoriam Bishop Youhanna Golta
3 Mar 2022
It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death on 15 February of...

Polish translation of the Ecumenical Vademecum for Bishops
3 Mar 2022
The Catholic Church in Poland has recently issued a Polish translation of “The Bishop and Christian Unity: An...

Ecumenical commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek
1 Mar 2022
To mark the liturgical memory of Saint Gregory of Narek, Doctor of the Church, an ecumenical commemoration was held on...

Pope Francis meets representatives of Churches in Iraq
1 Mar 2022
On 28 February 2022, the first anniversary of his apostolic journey to Iraq, the Holy Father received in a private...

Preparatory meeting for dialogue between Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE/GEKE) and Catholic Church
1 Mar 2022
On 24 February 2022 Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU),...

Archabbot of Pannonhalma visits Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
1 Mar 2022
On 23 February 2022, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU),...

Visit to PCPCU of students from Germany and the Netherlands
1 Mar 2022
On 21 February 2022, a group of German and Dutch theology students and doctoral candidates from the dioceses of...

31st edition of "Day of Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue" in Madrid
25 Feb 2022
The 31st edition of “Jornadas de Relaciones Interconfesionales y Dialogo Interreligioso” was held in Madrid from 21-23...
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Ecumenical commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek
24 Feb 2022
On Monday 28 February 2022, an ecumenical commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek will be held at the Pontifical...

Ecumenical Charismatic Meeting in Poland
17 Feb 2022
From 10 to 12 February 2022, the conference “The Time is Now” (Już czas) was held in Łódź, Poland, jointly organised by...

Catholic Church represented at WCC Central Committee meeting
16 Feb 2022
The Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) held online from 9‒15 February 2022 was attended...

Cardinal Koch visits Russian Orthodox Seminary in France
16 Feb 2022
On 13 February 2022, during his visit to Paris for the anniversary of the meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch...

Veneration of Crown of Thorns
16 Feb 2022
At the conclusion of the commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch...

Sixth anniversary of meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill
16 Feb 2022
To mark the sixth anniversary of the historical meeting in Havana in 2016 between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, a...

Cardinal Koch visits Metropolitan Dimitrios of France
16 Feb 2022
Cardinal Kurt Koch paid a courtesy visit to Metropolitan Dimitrios (Ploumis), the new Metropolitan of France of the...
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Cattedra Tillard: Reverend Professor Patriciu Vlaicu
15 Feb 2022
Reverend Professor Patriciu Vlaicu, of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Cluj-Napoca, delivered the tenth lecture of...

In memoriam Abune Antonios
15 Feb 2022
It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death of Abune...

Global Christian Forum meeting in Rome
10 Feb 2022
The Facilitation Group of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) expanded by some experts on world Christianity met in Rome...

LWF-PCPCU Staff Meeting
3 Feb 2022
On 1 February 2022, the annual Staff Meeting of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for...

Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
31 Jan 2022
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox...

Annual study visit to Rome and the Vatican of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute
28 Jan 2022
A group of 37 students, faculty members and staff from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, visited Rome and...

Update on ecumenical relations of the Holy See
27 Jan 2022
As in previous years, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity L’Osservatore Romano published a series...

Vespers at St Paul Outside the Walls concluding Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
26 Jan 2022
On Tuesday 25 January, Pope Francis presided at Vespers at St Paul Outside the Walls to conclude the Week of Prayer for...

Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, Doctor unitatis
24 Jan 2022
On 21 January 2022 the Holy Father issued a Decree in which he conferred the title of Doctor of the Church to Saint...

“Ecumenism in a Time of Pandemic: From Crisis to Opportunity”. A working paper of the PCPCU
20 Jan 2022
On Thursday 20 January 2022 the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity published a working paper on the...

Ecumenical panel on “Ecumenism and Pandemic”
18 Jan 2022
On Thursday 20 January at 5.00 pm the Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum held an ecumenical panel on the...

2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome
18 Jan 2022
As in other years, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome will be celebrated from 18-25 January.
The Holy...

Ecumenical delegation from Finland visits Rome
18 Jan 2022
On 17 January, Pope Francis received an ecumenical delegation from Finland in a private audience. The visit was part of...

First time award of John Paul II Prize for Catholic‒Jewish studies
18 Jan 2022
On 17 January 2022, a day dedicated to the deepening and development of dialogue between Catholics and Jews, the “John...

Pray for unity, pray for the synod
17 Jan 2022
For the forthcoming 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal Kurt Koch invite all...
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Tillard Chair: Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio
17 Jan 2022
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Emeritus President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, delivered the...

Meeting of FABC on ecumenical dimension of synodal process
12 Jan 2022
On Wednesday 12 January 2021, the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (OEIA) of the Federation of Asian...

Catholics and Disciples of Christ: Steering Committee Meeting
12 Jan 2022
On 11 January, a Steering Committee meeting was held online in order to prepare for the first session of...

Holy Father expresses greetings to Eastern Churches celebrating Christmas
7 Jan 2022
The Holy Father sent his best wishes of peace and joy for Oriental, Catholic and Orthodox Christians celebrating...