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.
Young theologians on the future of Christian unity
A new WCC book, GETI 2025: Voices and Visions of Transformative Unity, brings together papers by young theologians who took part in the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute held alongside last year’s Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order.
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.
Bossey celebrates 80 years
The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey marked eighty years on 7 October with greetings from church leaders around the world.
WCC commissions meet in Chiang Mai
The World Council of Churches’ commissions and reference groups on life, justice and peace opened their joint biennial meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 5 October.
A new general secretary for the National Council of Churches in Australia
The board of the National Council of Churches in Australia has appointed Dr Kate Power as its new general secretary, the first to be based in Queensland.
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.
A Presbyterian visit to North India
The Moderator, Right Rev.
A fellowship day for theological students in Suva
Students and communities of Pasifika Communities University in Suva joined students of the Pacific Regional Seminary, the Catholic seminary for the region, for their annual combined fellowship day in late September.
The World Evangelical Alliance at 180
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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.
The Catholic Church and the WCC deepen their cooperation
The Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church, first set up in 1965, met at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 1 to 3 September.
125 years since Presbyterian church union
The Presbyterian Research Centre has mounted a display in the Hewitson Wing of Knox College, Dunedin, marking 125 years since the Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches in New Zealand united in 1901.
Weaving an Indigenous thread into the World Methodist Council
About 180 people from the worldwide Methodist family met in San Salvador from 13 to 17 August for the World Methodist Council meeting, on the theme “The Kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit”, and visited places connected with Archbishop Óscar Romero.
Taizé’s European Meeting in Łódź
The Taizé Community has published the programme for its 49th European Meeting, to be held in Łódź, Poland, from 28 December 2026 to 1 January 2027 at the invitation of local churches of several denominations.
Pope Leo writes to the Methodist and Waldensian Synod
The Synod of the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches in Italy met in Torre Pellice, in Piedmont, from 22 to 26 August, and Pope Leo XIV sent the synod his good wishes.
The WCC turns 78
Marking the WCC’s seventy-eighth anniversary, general secretary Rev.
General Synod meets in Tonga for the first time
Opening the 67th General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui, the first to be held in the Kingdom of Tonga, Archbishops Don Tamihere, Justin Duckworth and Sione Ulu’ilakepa gave a joint charge on the theme “One Mission, One Ocean, One Vaka”.
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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