2024

Primates of the Anglican Communion meet in Rome

7 May 2024

The 23rd Primates’ Meeting of the Anglican Communion took place in Rome from 29 April to 3 May 2024. The Primates’...

Pope Francis receives the Archbishop of Uppsala

7 May 2024

On 2 May 2024, Pope Francis received the Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden, Most Rev....

Malines Conversations Group Meeting in Helsinki

2 May 2024

The Malines Conversations Group, an unofficial theological dialogue of Catholic and Anglican theologians, met in...

DPCU represented at Consultation Advancing Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

30 Apr 2024

Representatives from five World Communions associated with the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification...

Representatives of the New Apostolic Church visit DPCU

24 Apr 2024

On 24 April, Peter Johanning, the contact person of the Department for Ecumenism of the New Apostolic Church...

Seventh session of the “Ut unum sint” Diploma

22 Apr 2024

The seventh session of the Diploma Ut unum sint 2023-2024 organized by the Institute of Ecumenical...

Chairwoman of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation visits DPCU

16 Apr 2024

On 16 April 2024, the new Chairwoman of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation...

Message from Pope Francis to the 4th Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum

19 Apr 2024

On Thursday, April 18, 2024, during the solemn dinner commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Global...

Catholic Participation in the 4th Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum

19 Apr 2024

The 4th Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum took place from April 16 to 19, 2024, in Accra, Ghana, under the...

Revd Paul Tché, Disciples of Christ, meets with Bishop Farrell and Archbishop Pace

15 Apr 2024

On 13 April, Revd Paul Tché, President of the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council (DECC), met with Bishop Brian...

Easter greetings of the Dicastery

26 Mar 2024

Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised (Lc 24,...

Pope Francis receives Frère Matthew of Taizé

25 Mar 2024

On Monday 18 March, the Holy Father received in private audience the new Prior of Taizé, Frère Matthew, and some...

Cardinal Koch at the anniversary of Pro Oriente

21 Mar 2024

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Pro Oriente Foundation, which was founded in 1964 by Cardinal Franz...

In memoriam of His Holiness Patriarch Neofit

15 Mar 2024

It is with great sorrow that the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned the news of the death of His...

ARCIC Drafting Meeting in London

14 Mar 2024

On 7 and 8 March 2024, the drafting group of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International...

Theological symposium in honour of Cardinal Koch

11 Mar 2024

From 6 to 8 March, a symposium in honour of Cardinal Kurt Koch was held at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas...

Archbishop Vanags from Latvia visits DPCU

6 Mar 2024

On 5 March 2024, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU), received the...

Visit by American Methodist Bishop Delegation

5 Mar 2024

On 5 March 2024, a delegation of ten bishops from American Methodist churches visited the Dicastery for Promoting...

Augustana Working Group

4 Mar 2024

On March 1, 2024, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity...

Visit of Revd Tara Curlewis, WCRC Ecumenical Officer

28 Feb 2024

On Feb. 27, Revd Tara Curlewis, Ecumenical Liaison Officer of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and...

Cardinal Kurt Koch meets His Beatitude Stefan at Santa Marta

27 Feb 2024

On 26 February, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, met with His Beatitude...

Change of Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

27 Feb 2024

H.E. Bishop Brian Farrell, after 21 years of dedicated service as Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian...

Greeting from Cardinal Koch for a meeting of Lutheran and Catholic bishops in Uppsala

26 Feb 2024

On 26 February 2024, a joint meeting between the Nordic Lutheran Primates and the...

Inaugural Executive Meeting of the New Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church

23 Feb 2024

The Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) convened...

The DPUC at the presentation of the Focolare's “Comunion Report 2022” in Rome

21 Feb 2024

On 20 February, the Focolare Movement’s “Communion Report 2022” was published in Rome in the presence of Margaret...

Fifth session of the “Ut unum sint” Diploma

19 Feb 2024

The fifth session of the Diploma Ut unum sint 2023-2024 organized by the Institute of Ecumenical...

First commemoration of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya

16 Feb 2024

On Thursday 15 February 2024, on the occasion of the first commemoration in the Catholic Church of the 21 Coptic...

Meeting of the International Catholic-Lutheran Preparatory Group in Geneva

19 Feb 2024

From 14 to 17 February 2024, a meeting of the International Catholic-Lutheran Preparatory Group took place in Geneva....

Second IARCCUM Summit takes place in Rome and Canterbury

9 Feb 2024

The second summit meeting of the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) took...

Catholic Church Represented at the First In-Person Plenary Meeting of the new Faith and Order Commission

8 Feb 2024

The World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order (FO) convened its first in-person meeting of the new...

Study visit of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches

2 Feb 2024

The annual Study Visit for young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, organized for the fourth...

Annual study visit to Rome and the Vatican of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute

27 Jan 2024

A group of 38 students, faculty members and staff from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, visited Rome and...

Vespers at the Conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

25 Jan 2024

Pope Francis marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 by presiding at Vespers at the Basilica of...

Pope Francis receives the Archbishop of Canterbury

24 Jan 2024

On Thursday 25 January 2024, Pope Francis received in audience His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury,...

Update on ecumenical relations of the Holy See

30 Jan 2024

As in previous years, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity L'Osservatore Romano published a series of articles...

Pope Francis receives Joint International Commission for theological dialogue between Catholic Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches

26 Jan 2024

On Friday, 26 January, His Holiness Pope Francis received in private audience the members of the Joint...

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