A joint Catholic-Orthodox leaders’ gathering to celebrate the First Council of Nicaea’s 1,700th anniversary in 2025 is looking likely. On Sunday the Vatican published a personal letter Pope Francis wrote to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople suggesting the leaders’ gathering. That same day Cardinal Kurt Koch — who heads the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity Read more
In a significant advancement in Catholic-Orthodox relations, the two churches have released their first joint statement in seven years, underscoring the importance of synodality and primacy. The document, titled “Synodality and Primacy in the Second Millennium”, presents an overview of the historical journey of both churches, dating back to the Great Schism of 1054. The Read more
Pope Francis is confident Catholics and Orthodox Christians will attain full communion. In a message to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I on Monday, Francis praised Bartholomew’s efforts to promote Christian unity. “We can thank God that relations between the Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate have grown much over the past century, even Read more