During his 12-year pontificate, Francis took important, even historical, ecumenical initiatives. In 2016, he became the first pope ever to meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Pope Francis ...

Participants in the Synod of Bishops hold candles as they pray at an ecumenical vigil with Pope Francis Oct. 11, 2024, in the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) On ...

COMMENTARY: Three points are worthy of note as the heads of the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion come together to pray ahead of the Synod on Synodality. From left, Pope Francis, ...

Growing up as a cradle Presbyterian and a preacher’s kid, Presbyterianism was my sociocultural world. When my father got angry with me or my sister, he would often preface his remarks with the ...

The late Archbishop William Temple described the church unity movement as the twentieth century’s most significant development. Conversations have advanced so swiftly that many ecclesiastical leaders ...

A hundred years ago, Catholics were not interested in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, except to remember how a bunch of reformers led people astray. How times have ...

What can the bishops of the United States do to serve the ecumenical journey? The question is a deceptively simple one. Finding an answer requires looking at the goal of ecumenism, as understood by ...

Ecumenical. A beautiful word. An often-misunderstood word. At its core, to be ecumenical is to have a spirit for interfaith dialogue, communication and understanding. It comes from the Greek word ...

“The primary criteria for judging the films is first the quality of the movie, its overall storytelling and technical excellence,” says Douglas Fahleson, president of Cannes’ Ecumenical Jury in 2021. ...