VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the Catholic Church’s synod on synodality continues, it is drawing on lessons learned from decades of ecumenical friendships and dialogues and is sharing its experience with ecumenical partners with one goal in mind: helping all Christians take
"Fraternal delegates," as they are called in the Vatican's list of participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, have been present in previous synods, yet at the Synod on Synodality these representatives from across Christianity are thrust into heart of
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Several U.S bishops have issued greetings to the Jewish community as it celebrates Rosh Hashanah, the start of the new Jewish liturgical year 5784. The holiday begins at sundown Sept. 15 -- the first day of the Hebrew
‘Have mercy and save us’: Ecumenical prayer service at national basilica pleads for peace in Ukraine
Marking the first anniversary of the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and praying that God will "have mercy and save us" and "convert those who foster aggression and war," Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop
After scolding South Sudan's political leaders and consoling some of its poorest victims, Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, rallied their faithful to prayer and action.
In a country
Three Christian religious leaders faced the president and vice presidents of South Sudan and told them it was time for them to get serious about peace, development and democracy.
Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator
Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant representatives joined the pope at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls for vespers closing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Members of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religions joined the mostly Rome-based
Encouraging Catholics to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis also announced that before the assembly of the Synod of Bishops opens in early October, there will be an ecumenical prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square.
The Week of
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a joint effort of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches. It begins on the Jan. 18 feast of the Confession of Peter ("Thou art the Christ, the
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joined Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Sept. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember those who have been killed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to renew calls for peace