NEWS
News from our member churches and the wider ecumenical movement, with our monthly roundup and a library of stories from ecumenical bodies around the world.
Methodists and Catholics complete a twelfth round of dialogue
The international commission for dialogue between Methodists and Roman Catholics, which was set up in 1967, has completed the twelfth round of its work.
Anglicans and Orthodox meet in Alexandria
The International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in Alexandria, Egypt, from 19 to 24 September as guests of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.
Lutherans and Catholics look towards 2030
A delegation led by Bishop Henrik Stubkjær, president of the Lutheran World Federation, met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on 1 October to look ahead to the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 2030.
Catholic and Anglican bishops meet in Auckland
New Zealand’s Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops met in Auckland in September for their regular joint gathering, which takes place every year or two, and an Assistant Anglican Bishop from Polynesia joined them.
A taste of unity at the Anglican Consultative Council
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The Christian Conference of Asia greets Asia’s Catholic bishops
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Pentecostals and Anglicans work together on holiness
The International Pentecostal-Anglican Commission held the final annual meeting of its first mandate at Journey Church in Calgary, Canada, from 6 to 12 June, hosted by the Pentecostal World Fellowship.
Anglicans and Old Catholics compare notes
The Anglican-Old Catholic International Coordinating Council met in Vienna from 14 to 16 July, hosted by the Union of Utrecht at the Old Catholic parish of Vienna-East.
Asian church leaders call for a renewed ecumenical vision
More than 70 church and ecumenical leaders met in Chiang Mai from 31 May to 3 June for a Christian Conference of Asia consultation on ecumenism in Asia, and were joined by representatives of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences and the Asia Evangelical Alliance.
Catholics and Reformed churches plan a fifth round of dialogue
Delegations of the Catholic Church and the World Communion of Reformed Churches met at the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome on 24 April to plan a fifth round of international dialogue, as the fiftieth anniversary of the first dialogue report, The Presence of Christ in Church and World, approaches.
Sixty years since the Common Declaration
An ecumenical Morning Prayer in Canterbury Cathedral on 26 March marked sixty years since the Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey in 1966, which began formal relations between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church and led to the founding of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Anglicans and Lutherans review their journey towards full communion
The steering group of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission on Unity and Mission met at the Anglican Communion offices in London from 4 to 7 March.
A new Anglican and Methodist committee meets in London
The new Anglican-Methodist International Coordinating Committee, hosted by the World Methodist Council, met for the first time in London from 23 to 28 February.
The WCC and the Vatican take stock of interreligious dialogue
During World Interfaith Harmony Week, representatives of the WCC and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue met in Geneva and at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 2 to 6 February.
Methodists and Catholics in dialogue in Aotearoa
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Lutherans look ahead to a year of ecumenical milestones
To mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Lutheran World Federation set out the ecumenical milestones it expected to share in during 2026.