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.
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.
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.
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.
A documentary about Taizé
Taizé: A Pilgrimage of Trust follows nine teenagers from a youth group in Massachusetts, some Catholic and some Protestant, as they discover the Taizé Community in France.
Ecumenical International Youth Day 2026
Ecumenical International Youth Day was marked online on 13 August under the theme “Creating Healing Spaces”, inviting young people and churches to restore, empower, strengthen and thrive together.
Nominations open for the Delargey Awards
Nominations opened in July for the 2026 Delargey Awards, which have recognised people who serve young Catholics in Aotearoa New Zealand every two years since 2004.
Young ecumenists meet online
The WCC’s network of Young People in the Ecumenical Movement held its second online Connection Gathering on 10 June, inviting young people from every region to meet in small groups and share their experience.
Young Anglicans at the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly
Six young adults from all three tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia joined about 200 young Christians at the Christian Conference of Asia’s Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 17 to 21 April, sharing in Bible study, worship and seminars on the pressures facing their generation.
A Taizé gathering for young people in Hong Kong
More than 330 young Christians from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe met at St Benedict Parish in Sha Tin from 30 April to 3 May for a Taizé Asian Youth Gathering, held for the eightieth anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Young Christians in Asia gather in Chiang Mai
The Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly in Chiang Mai, Thailand, brought young people from across the region together under the call to “break every yoke” from Isaiah 58:6.
Fiji’s churches celebrate Easter together
The Fiji Council of Churches held its annual Ecumenical Resurrection Sunday at the Suva Civic Centre on Easter Day, 5 April, a tradition that has brought Fiji’s churches together to celebrate the resurrection since 2017.
Southern Eastercamp turns thirty
Southern Eastercamp began in 1996, when Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian youth ministries brought 360 Canterbury teenagers together to hear the Easter message.
A relic of St Carlo Acutis comes to New Zealand
A relic of St Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager who was canonised in September 2025 and is often called the patron saint of the internet, was to tour New Zealand in June with an exhibition on eucharistic miracles.
The prior of Taizé meets Pope Leo
Brother Matthew, prior of the Taizé Community, was received by Pope Leo XIV in a private audience at the Vatican on 21 March.
A young theologian on the Week of Prayer in Africa
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