NEWS 2019

Fourth “Tillard Chair” lecture on the encyclical “Ut unum sint”
23 Dec 2019
On Friday 17 January 2020 His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for...

Lecture given by Cardinal Kurt Koch at the Orthodox Centre in Chambésy
19 Dec 2019
Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, held a lecture on...

Visit to Rome of Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit
17 Dec 2019
On Friday 13 December 2019 Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches, held a...

Theological Dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council held in Warsaw
17 Dec 2019
The third meeting of the third phase of the international dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the...

Theological Dialogues with the Malankar Orthodox Churches in India
16 Dec 2019
As customary every year a delegation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity took part in the...

Ecumenical concert in Rome given by the Diaconal Choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Etchmiadzin
13 Dec 2019
A concert of Armenian sacred music given by the Diaconal Choir of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin was held on...

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity represented at WCC Assembly Planning Committee meeting
10 Dec 2019
Father Andrzej Choromanski represented the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) at the meeting of...

Sixth Colloquium Syriacum held in Vienna
4 Dec 2019
The sixth Colloquium Syriacum of the Pro Oriente Foundation was held in Vienna from 25–28 November 2019 on the topic...

Delegation of the Holy See takes part in the patronal feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
2 Dec 2019
Within the framework of the traditional exchange of delegations for the respective feast days of their Patron Saints,...

Third “Tillard Chair” lecture on the encyclical Ut unum sint
29 Nov 2019
On Friday 13 December, Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, will hold...

Visit of delegation of New Apostolic Church
29 Nov 2019
On 26 November 2019, a delegation from the New Apostolic Church visited the Pontifical Council for Promoting...

20th anniversary celebration at Sant'Anselmo in Rome of the Joint Declaration for the Doctrine of Faith
28 Nov 2019
On Friday, 22 November 2019, an ecumenical prayer service including a commemoration of common baptism...

Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East
25 Nov 2019
A plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church...

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Pope Francis and installs new Director of the Anglican Centre
19 Nov 2019
On Wednesday 13th November the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, visited Rome and met with...

A Catholic observer at the General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance
19 Nov 2019
The Catholic Church was for the first time invited to send an observer to the General Assembly of the World Evangelical...

Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
15 Nov 2019
The Coordinating Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church...

Second Meeting of the Pro Oriente Steering Committee for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue
14 Nov 2019
The Pro Oriente Steering Committee for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue held its second meeting in Vienna from 7–10 November...

Commemoration in Rome of 20th anniversary of Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
13 Nov 2019
Twenty years ago, on 31 October 1999, on the anniversary of the Reformation, the Lutheran World Federation and the...

Pope Francis meets delegation of Salvation Army
12 Nov 2019
Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Salvation Army on Friday, November 8, that included General Brian Peddle...

Second "Tillard Chair" lecture on the "Ut unum sint" encyclical
4 Nov 2019
On Friday 15 November 2019, Dr Maria Voce, President of the Focolare Movement, will speak at the second lecture of the...

The Pontifical Council at meeting of Commission for Ecumenical Education and Formation (WCC) in Bossey
4 Nov 2019
The plenary meeting of the Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation (CEEF) of the World Council of Churches...

Pope Francis expresses spiritual closeness to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
4 Nov 2019
After the Angelus on Sunday 3 November, Pope Francis expressed his spiritual closeness to the Ethiopian Orthodox...

Cardinal Koch takes part in the International Symposium on the Augsburg Confession
31 Oct 2019
On 12 October 2019, at the International Symposium “Die Confessio Augustana im ökumenischen Gespräch” (The Augsburg...

Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders sign statement on matters concerning end–of–life
30 Oct 2019
Leaders of the Abrahamic monotheistic religions gathered in the Vatican on 28 October to sign a position paper...

Fraternal delegates at the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region
28 Oct 2019
Following a longstanding tradition dating from the Second Vatican Council, a group of fraternal delegates from the...