NEWS 2023
Letter from Cardinal Koch to Bishop Rowan Williams
28 Sep 2023
On 6 September 2023, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, sent a letter to...
Visit of the Deans of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
25 Sep 2023
On 22 September, the deans of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian...
"TOGETHER. Gathering of the People of God"
25 Sep 2023
After the Sunday Angelus on 24 September, the Holy Father renewed the invitation to participate in the Ecumenical...
Fifth cycle of the diploma "Ut unum sint"
25 Sep 2023
In October 2023 the fifth cycle of the Diploma "Ut unum sint" will be inaugurated, a course of ongoing...
Fraternal Delegates to the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (4-29 October 2023)
25 Sep 2023
According to the practice of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Fraternal Delegates from the different...
Cardinal Koch visits the Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Krakow
21 Sep 2023
On 19 September 2023, the last day of the Thirteenth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in...
Meeting to prepare materials for 2025 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
20 Sep 2023
From 11 to 15 September, an international committee jointly sponsored by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity...
Visits from Representatives of the World Methodist Council to DPCU
7 Sep 2023
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity recently hosted two visits from the World Methodist Council. On 1...
Meeting between Pope Francis and Catholicos Mathews III
14 Sep 2023
On Monday 11 September, the Holy Father received in the Vatican Apostolic Palace His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews...
Visit to Rome by Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
14 Sep 2023
On 9-12 September, His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church,...
Pope Francis participates in Ecumenical and Interreligious Meeting in Mongolia
4 Sep 2023
On Sunday, 3 September 2023, as part of his Apostolic Journey to Mongolia, Pope Francis participated in an Ecumenical...
Study visit of Catholic priests to Armenia
4 Sep 2023
As part of the reciprocal study visits organised by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the Oriental...
Letter from the DPUC to Father Ronald Roberson
1 Sep 2023
On 21 August, H.E. Bishop Farrell sent a letter of congratulations to Revd Fr Ronald Roberson, CSP, on the occasion of...
Cardinal Koch at the Dei Verbum Festival in San Remo
1 Sep 2023
On 28 August, within the framework of the Festival Dei Verbum organised by the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo for the...
Pope Francis' Message for Waldensian Synod
23 Aug 2023
Pope Francis has sent a message to the annual meeting of the Synod of the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches,...
Video Message of Pope Francis to "The Change" event - WYD 2023
7 Aug 2023
Pope Francis sent a video message (see below) in Spanish to participants in the WYD gathering of praise,...
Meeting with young people of the Archdiocese of Łódź
25 Jul 2023
On 22 July Msgr Juan Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU), met...
Catholic-Pentecostal International Dialogue in Ghana
21 Jul 2023
The Catholic-Pentecostal International Dialogue held its third meeting of the seventh phase of dialogue in Millennium...
Regional Ecumenical Formation Course of the Tuscan Bishops' Conference
10 Jul 2023
The "Regional Ecumenical Training Course" organised by the Tuscan Bishops' Conference was held in Massa...
Visit of the Summer School of the Centro Pro Unione
6 Jul 2023
The Centro Pro Unione is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, located in the Pamphilj Palace in the...
Pope Francis creates a Commission for the new martyrs
5 Jul 2023
On 5 July, the Holy See published a letter from Pope Francis establishing a Commission of New Martyrs - Witnesses of...
Global Christian Forum meets in Helsinki to continue preparations for the Fourth Global Gathering, Ghana 2024
4 Jul 2023
The Global Christian Forum (GCF) met in Helsinki, Finland, from 27 June to 1 July, 2023, for a second in person meeting...
Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
30 Jun 2023
As part of the traditional exchange of delegations for the respective feasts of the Patron Saints - the celebration of...
International Dialogue Commission between the Catholic Church and the Disciples of Christ
30 Jun 2023
From 24-29 June, the International Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Disciples of Christ held...
Pope Francis receives the Commission between the Catholic Church and the Disciples of Christ
30 Jun 2023
On June 28, the Holy Father received in audience the International Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church...
World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting
27 Jun 2023
The Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) met at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva,...
Meeting of the Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group in Balamand
27 Jun 2023
The Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group gathered for its nineteenth annual meeting from 21 to 25 June...
Acta Oecumenica 2022
20 Jun 2023
The new volume of Acta OEcumenica (2022, No. 4) has just been published. It can be consulted online and...
Ecumenical and Interreligious Forum in Capodistria
19 Jun 2023
On 17 and 18 June, the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference organized the Forum for Dialogue and Peace in the Balkans,...
Visit from Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk to the Vatican
19 Jun 2023
On 15 and 16 June, Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Ecclesiastical...
Visit from the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation
14 Jun 2023
A delegation from the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (DNK/LWB), led by Bishop Emeritus Dr...
Academic Session on “Thomism and Protestantism”
12 Jun 2023
The 21st Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of St Thomas (PAST) was held on 9-10 June 2023 in the headquarters...
International Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
9 Jun 2023
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox...
Texts for 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
5 Jun 2023
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity is pleased to publish the texts for the Week of Prayer of Prayer for...
In memoriam Dr Agnes Abuom
1 Jun 2023
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU) was saddened to learn of the death of Dr Agnes Abuom of the Anglican...
New General of the Salvation Army Elected
31 May 2023
On Saturday 27 May 2023, the High Council of the Salvation Army, meeting near London, elected Commissioner Lyndon...
Malines Conversations Group Meeting in Malta
29 May 2023
The Malines Conversations Group, an unofficial theological dialogue of Catholic and Anglican theologians, met in St...
The Holy Spirit will bring unity
26 May 2023
"Spiritual ecumenism is the soul of the ecumenical movement" (cf. Unitatis redintegratio, 8).
The Dicastery...
Visit to Rome of the Archbishop of York
25 May 2023
The Archbishop of York, His Grace Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, made an official visit to the Holy See from 20 to 24...
Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission meets in Larnaca
22 May 2023
A plenary meeting of the third phase of the Anglican-Catholic dialogue commission, ARCIC (Anglican‒Roman Catholic...
In memoriam Father John W. Crossin
17 May 2023
It is with great sadness that the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death of Father John W....
Pope Tawadros II celebrates the Eucharistic Liturgy in St. John Lateran Basilica
15 May 2023
During his visit to Rome to commemorate the 1973 meeting between Paul VI and Shenouda III, His Holiness Pope Tawadros...
Visit of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II to the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
12 May 2023
On Thursday 11 May, following his meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, accompanied by...
Meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II
11 May 2023
On Thursday 11 May, the Holy Father received His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the...
Meeting between the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Catholic Commission for Religious Relations with Judaism
5 May 2023
On May 2-4, delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Catholic Commission for Religious Relations with...
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Pope Tawadros II at the 10 May general audience
10 May 2023
His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, attended the General Audience on...
Leadership meeting between the World Council of Churches and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
10 May 2023
On 9 May 2023, representatives of the leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited the Dicastery for...
50th anniversary of the meeting between Paul VI and Shenouda III
9 May 2023
On 10 - 11 May, the Holy Father Pope Francis and His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Head of the Coptic...
New book on relations between Catholic Church and Coptic Orthodox Church
8 May 2023
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III, the...
Meeting of Pope Francis with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk
4 May 2023
On Wednesday, 3 May, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, President of the Department for External Church Relations of...
Creation, nature and grace. An ecumenical conference with Reformed and Catholic theologians
2 May 2023
On 28 and 29 April, an international ecumenical conference entitled 'Creation, Nature and Grace: Catholics and...
Ecumenical Prayer for the Armenian Martyrs
28 Apr 2023
An ecumenical celebration entitled "Prayer with the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide" was held on...
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"Listening to the West" : Synodality according to the Pentecostal Churches
28 Apr 2023
After the symposiums “Listening to the East”, on synodality according to the Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches,...
Catholic Church participation in the concluding meetings of the Faith and Order Commission
27 Apr 2023
The Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (Geneva) held its concluding meetings for the 2013‒2023...
Prefect of the Dicastery meets Bishop Andrej of the Serbian Orthodox Church
27 Apr 2023
On Wednesday, April 26, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, met with His...
Cardinal Kurt Koch receives Metropolitan of Plovdiv Nikolay
26 Apr 2023
On Tuesday, April 25, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, received His Eminence...
Continuation of dialogue between Catholic Church and Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
24 Apr 2023
On 24 April 2023, the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe...
Ecumenical dimension of the synodal process
21 Apr 2023
On Thursday, April 19, a Press Conference was held at the Holy See Press Office to conclude the second stage of the...
Easter greetings of the Dicastery
5 Apr 2023
Brothers and sisters,
let us allow the peace of Christ to enter our lives,
our homes, our countries!
URBI...
Cardinal Koch visits Slovakia
30 Mar 2023
Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, visited Slovakia on 28-30 March 2023 for...
Ad limina Visit of the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi
3 Apr 2023
On the occassion of their ad limina visit to the Vatican, a delegation of bishops from the Episcopal Conference of...
Fragments of Parthenon brought to Athens in ceremony
28 Mar 2023
The three fragments of the Parthenon that had been preserved for more than two centuries in the Vatican Museums were...
Conference on the Reception of Ecumenical Dialogues at the ISEO (Paris)
27 Mar 2023
From 22 to 24 March an ecumenical conference entitled "Ecumenical Dialogue and the Life of the Churches: The...
Cardinal Koch visits Germany
27 Mar 2023
From 12 to 16 March 2023, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU), visited...
Visit of the WCC new leadership delegation to the Vatican
24 Mar 2023
On 22-23 March 2023, a delegation of the new leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Rome and the...
Ecumenical Formation in Diocese of London, Canada
21 Mar 2023
On 15 March 2023, the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission of the Diocese of London, Ontario in Canada hosted an online...
In Memoriam Archbishop Joseph Powathil
20 Mar 2023
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity was saddened to learn of the death, on 18 March, of His Grace Joseph...
“Listening to the West”: Synodality according to Free Churches
16 Mar 2023
Following the symposiums “Listening to the East” on synodality according to Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches,...
Pope Francis receives Frère Alois of Taizé
10 Mar 2023
On Thursday 9 March the Holy Father received in private audience the Prior of Taizé, Frère Alois, and some...
Visit of a delegation of the Middle East Council of Churches
9 Mar 2023
On 8 March, a delegation of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) composed of Dr. Michel Abs, Secretary General,...
In Memoriam Bishop Frank T. Griswold
6 Mar 2023
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death on 5 March 2023 of Most Reverend...
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A doctoral thesis on Msgr Eleuterio F. Fortino
3 Mar 2023
On Thursday, March 2, a doctoral thesis entitled "A Life at the Service of Christian Unity. Eleuterio Francesco...
"Roman Catholics and Jews after Vatican II. Taking Stock for the Future"
3 Mar 2023
On March 1 and 2, a workshop on "Roman Catholics and Jews after Vatican II. Taking Stock for the Future" was...
Study visit of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches
24 Feb 2023
From 18 to 25 February, at the invitation of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity...
Pope Francis receives a delegation of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches
23 Feb 2023
On Thursday 23 February, Pope Francis received in private audience a delegation of young priests and monks of...
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"Kirche und Kirchengemeinschaft [Church and Ecclesial Communion]"
23 Feb 2023
The dialogue document "Kirche und Kirchengemeinschaft [Church and Ecclesial Communion]", consisting of...
Dicastery represented at meeting of Anglican Consultative Council
22 Feb 2023
The eighteenth meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council [ACC] took place from 12 to 19 February. ACC meets...
Meeting between leaders of United Bible Societies and DPCU
17 Feb 2023
On Thursday 16 February, on the occasion of the first visit to the Vatican of the new Secretary General of the United...
Pope Francis receives leaders of the United Bible Societies
17 Feb 2023
On Thursday 16 February the Holy Father received in audience a delegation of leaders of the Universal Bible Societies...
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Preparation of the 850th anniversary of the death of Saint Nerses
16 Feb 2023
On Wednesday, 15 February, a meeting was held at the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity to prepare the...
Pope Francis recalls his journey to Georgia in 2016
13 Feb 2023
On Monday 13 February, the Holy Father received in private audience a delegation from Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University...
Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage to South Sudan
9 Feb 2023
In what was titled an Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage, Pope Francis visited South Sudan from 3 to 5 February, with the...
Plenary session of theological dialogue with Oriental Orthodox Churches
6 Feb 2023
The nineteenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and...
In memoriam Metropolitan Zizioulas
3 Feb 2023
It is with great sadness that the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death of His Eminence...
Update on ecumenical relations of the Holy See
31 Jan 2023
As in previous years, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity L'Osservatore Romano published a series of articles...
Listening to the West – Synodality according to Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, Methodists and Old Catholics Traditions
30 Jan 2023
Following the two conferences, “Listening to the East”, on synodality in the Orthodox Church and in the Oriental...
New document from the theological dialogue with the Oriental Orthodox Churches
27 Jan 2023
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox...
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Cardinal Koch meets representatives of the Council of Churches and Religious Organisations of Ukraine
25 Jan 2023
On Wednesday, 25 January, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, received...
Cardinal Koch opens the Symposium "Listening to the West"
26 Jan 2023
On Thursday, January 26, 2023, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and Sr....
Annual study visit to Rome and the Vatican of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute
26 Jan 2023
A group of 39 students, faculty members and staff from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, visited Rome and...
Vespers at St. Paul Outside the Walls at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
26 Jan 2023
On Wednesday 25 January, Pope Francis presided at Vespers at the basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls to conclude the...
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New document from the theological dialogue with the Assyrian Church of the East
25 Jan 2023
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the...
Visit of ecumenical delegation from Finland
19 Jan 2023
On 19 January, Pope Francis received an ecumenical delegation from Finland in private audience. The visit was part of...
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Visit of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II
23 Jan 2023
On Saturday 21 January, the Holy Father Pope Francis received in private audience the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of...
Tillard Chair: Fr Alois, Prior of the Community of Taizé
20 Jan 2023
On Friday 20 January, Fr Alois, Prior of the Community of Taizé, delivered at the Angelicum a lecture entitled...
“Listening to the West” ‒ Ecumenical Symposium on Synodality according to the Western Christian Communions
18 Jan 2023
Following up on the symposium “Listening to the East”, an International Ecumenical Conference “Listening to the...
Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for the Synod
16 Jan 2023
On Sunday 15 January, after the Angelus, referring to the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Holy Father...
2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome
16 Jan 2023
As in other years, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome will be celebrated from 18-25 January.
The Holy...
Ecumenical dimension of the Apostolic Constitution In Ecclesiarum Communione
9 Jan 2023
The new Apostolic Constitution In Ecclesiarum Communione on the Ordering of the Vicariate of Rome, published by Pope...
In Memoriam Dr Sr Mary Cecily Boulding OP
5 Jan 2023
It is with sadness that the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death Sr Mary Cecily Boulding....
Churches and Ecclesial Communities represented at funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
5 Jan 2023
On the occasion of the funeral of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, many Churches, Ecclesial communities and...
Messages of condolence on death of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI
3 Jan 2023
On the occasion of the death of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on 31 December 2022, numerous messages of...