In Memoriam Monsignor Francis Frost
9 Jan 2026
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity learned with sadness of the death of Monsignor Francis Frost, Catholic...
Cardinal Koch visits the Lutheran World Federation
15 Jan 2026
On 14 January 2026, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU), accompanied...
Ecumenical delegation from Finland visits Rome
20 Jan 2026
On 19 January 2026, Pope Leo XIV received an ecumenical delegation from Finland in a private...
60th anniversary of the lifting of the excommunications of 1054
22 Jan 2026
On Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at the Angelicum, a public conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the...
Dicastery Official preaches in English Royal Palace
19 Jan 2026
On Sunday 18 January, the Dicastery Official responsible for relations with the Anglican Communion, Revd Fr Martin...
Annual Study Visit of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute to Rome and the Vatican
26 Jan 2026
From 19 to 26 January 2026, a group of 34 students, faculty members, and staff of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute took...
Visit of President Dr Christian Schad
26 Jan 2026
As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the President of the “Evangelischer Bund” and former President of...
Pope Leo presides at Vespers for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
28 Jan 2026
On Sunday 25 January 2025, Pope Leo XIV marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by presiding at...
DPCU represented at the farewell ceremony for New Apostolic ecumenist Peter Johanning
2 Feb 2026
On 30 January 2026, a ceremony was held at the New Apostolic Church in Frankfurt-Nord (Germany) under the motto...
Initial Meeting of the International Lutheran–Catholic Commission for Unity in Slovenia
9 Feb 2026
From 2 to 8 February 2026, the first meeting of the Joint Commission for the sixth phase of the...
Study Visit of young priests and monks from the Oriental Orthodox Churches
10 Feb 2026
The annual Study Visit for young priests and monks from the Oriental Orthodox Churches, organised by the Dicastery for...
Pope Leo receives a delegation of young priests and monks from the Oriental Orthodox Churches
10 Feb 2026
On Thursday, 5 February, Pope Leo XIV received in private audience a delegation of young priests and monks from the...
Head of the Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe Visits the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
17 Feb 2026
On 16 February 2026, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, H.E. Mgr Flavio Pace, received H.E....
WCC Leadership visits the Vatican and meets Pope Leo XIV
4 Mar 2026
A delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited the Vatican on 27–28 February 2026 for a series of...
Ecumenical prayer in memory of Saint Gregory of Narek
2 Mar 2026
On Friday, 27 February, the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and the...
In Memoriam His Holiness Ilia
18 Mar 2026
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with profound sadness of the passing of His Holiness and...
Catholic Church represented at Installation of Archbishop of Canterbury
27 Mar 2026
On Wednesday 25 March 2026, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Most Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally was...
60th anniversary of meeting between St Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey
27 Mar 2026
On Thursday 26 March 2026, the morning after her installation in Canterbury Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury,...
Meeting of the Augustana Working Group in Wittenberg
30 Mar 2026
The fourth meeting of the Concordia Lutheran–Catholic Augustana Working Group (AWG) took place in Wittenberg from...
Easter greetings from the Dicastery
1 Apr 2026
The Lord has risen! He has risen indeed!
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity extends heartfelt greetings to...
In Memoriam Prof. Dr Günter Frank
10 Apr 2026
On Good Friday, 3 April 2026, the Catholic theologian and philosopher Prof. Dr Günter Frank passed away in Erfurt...
Annual Meeting of the Global Christian Forum International Committee
24 Apr 2026
The International Committee of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) convened for its annual meeting in Rome from 20–23...
Ecumenical symposium in Regensburg on the document The Bishop of Rome
27 Apr 2026
From 23 to 26 April, an ecumenical symposium was held in Regensburg (Germany) on the document The Bishop of Rome,...
Ecumenical prayer for the Armenian martyrs
27 Apr 2026
On Thursday 23 April, an ecumenical service was held at the Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola to mark the...
Visit to Rome of the Archbishop of Canterbury
4 May 2026
The recently-installed Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally, paid an official visit to Rome and...
England and Wales Ecumenical and Interreligious Co-ordinators’ Conference
4 May 2026
The Department of Dialogue and Unity of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) held its annual...
Election of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
11 May 2026
On 11 May 2026, the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church elected the new Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
His...
In Memoriam - Very Reverend David Richardson
12 May 2026
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death of the Very Reverend David...
Pope Leo's video message for Thy Kingdom Come 2026
15 May 2026
On Thursday 14 May, the Solemnity of the Ascension of Lord, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV released a video message as...
Ecumenical Prayer on the Feast of the Ascension
15 May 2026
On 14 May 2026 an ecumenical prayer was celebrated in the Lutheran Christ Church in Rome on the Feast of the...
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Catholic-Oriental Orthodox dialogue
15 May 2026
On 12–13 May 2026, the Executive Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the...
Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics
15 May 2026
On the occasion of the Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, held a telephone...
Inclusion of Nerses the Gracious in the Roman Martyrology
18 May 2026
On Monday, May 18, 2026, on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, the Holy Father...
The Holy Father receives Catholicos Aram I
18 May 2026
On Monday 18 May, the Holy Father received His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church,...
Catholicos Aram I at the General Audience
21 May 2026
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, attended the General audience on Wednesday...
Visit of His Holiness Aram I to the Vatican
21 May 2026
From May 17 to 21, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church – See of Cilicia (Antelias,...
Bulgarian Delegation visits Rome
27 May 2026
On 22 May, at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Brothers Cyril and...
His Beatitude Stefan Celebrates a Moleben at the Basilica of San Clemente
29 May 2026
On the occasion of the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, His Beatitude Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan...
In Memoriam – Revd Liam G Walsh OP
5 Jun 2026
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with sadness of the death of Father Liam Walsh OP. Born in...
Pope Leo receives a delegation from the United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York
15 Jun 2026
The Holy Father today received in audience a delegation from the New York federation of the Jewish philanthropic...
DPCU at the Philippines' First National Ecumenical Conference
17 Jun 2026
On 11 June, Msgr Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section of the DPCU, participated in the First National Ecumenical...
Greeting from the DPCU to the Council Meeting of the Lutheran World Federation
18 Jun 2026
From 11 to 15 June 2026, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met in Founex, near Geneva.
Father Dr...
Texts for 2027 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18 Jun 2026
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity [DPCU] is pleased to publish the texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian...
Sixth phase of the International Catholic-Disciples of Christ dialogue completed
18 Jun 2026
From 12–16 June 2026, the International Commission for Dialogue between the Disciples of Christ and the Catholic Church...
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Coordinating Committee of the International Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
19 Jun 2026
From 15 to 19 June, the Coordinating Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between...
The Holy Father receives the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
19 Jun 2026
The Holy Father received the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Consistory Hall on 18 June...
Installation of new Leadership of the Salvation Army for Italy and Greece
22 Jun 2026
On Sunday 21 June, the new leadership of the Salvation Army Italy and Greece Territory was installed during a...
The Catholic Pentecostal International Dialogue has completed its 7th phase
23 Jun 2026
From June 18-22, 2026, the Catholic Pentecostal International Dialogue met in Rome to finalize its report on the...
Dialogue between the DPCU and the CPCE enters a temporary pause
25 Jun 2026
The dialogue between the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU) and the Communion of Protestant Churches...
Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
30 Jun 2026
As part of the traditional exchange of delegations for the respective feasts of the patron saints — on 29 June in Rome...
150th Anniversary of Church of St Paul within the Walls, Rome
30 Jun 2026
2026 marks the 150th anniversary of the church of St Paul within the Walls in Rome. Situated on Via Napoli, the church...
VII Colloquium Syriacum on 'Liturgical Ecumenism'
6 Jul 2026
The seventh Colloquium Syriacum, organised by the Pro Oriente Foundation, took place at Klosterneuburg Abbey near...
The Holy Father receives Metropolitan Joseph Mar Barnabas of Mar Thoma Church
6 Jul 2026
On Thursday 2 July, Pope Leo XIV received in a private audience His Grace Joseph Mar Barnabas, Suffragan Metropolitan...
Catholic Church represented at Anglican Consultative Council meeting
7 Jul 2026
The nineteenth Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) met in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 28 June to 4 July. The ACC is...