As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to ...

Pope Francis landed in Geneva Thursday for a day-trip aimed at bolstering ecumenical relations, saying that division among Christians comes from worldliness, and Christ must be prioritized over ...

Pope Francis said on Tuesday that God wants Christians to trust one another, “despite the errors of the past and our mutual wounds,” as he marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Pope Francis meets with an ecumenical delegation from Finland on Jan. 20, 2025, at the Vatican. (photo: Vatican Media / VM) Almudena Martínez-Bordiú/CNA/Aci Prensa Vatican January 21, 2025.

Pope Francis spoke to members of the Ecumenical Delegation of the Lutheran Church of Finland who traveled to Rome for their annual pilgrimage marking the feast of St. Henrik, the country's patron.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Ut Unum Sint, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, “confirmed ‘irrevocably’” the commitment of the Catholic Church. The Holy Father marked ...

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople embrace after delivering a blessing in Istanbul on Nov. 30, 2014. (CNS/Paul Haring) But we should not lose heart.

Though he was struggling with poor health, Pope Francis announced last November that he planned to visit Nicaea (Iznik, in Turkey) in 2025. Pope Leo, soon after his election, voiced his intention to ...

Vatican City, Jun 9, 2021 / 15:01 pm. Practicing love toward one another is essential, Pope Francis said in a video message to a gathering of the John 17 Movement, an ecumenical group, on Wednesday.

From left, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head ...

Pope Francis leads an ecumenical second vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA.