Churches to press UN on climate change, indigenous rights and Colombia

The needs of people displaced by climate change, the rights of indigenous people, and the drawn out internal conflict in Columbia are high on the agenda of church representatives gathering at the UN next week. More...

The fall of the Berlin Wall and its meaning for the ecumenical movement

The opening or fall of the Berlin Wall was an unexpected event for the people most directly affected, but even more so for the world at large. The ecumenical movement was no exception. However, the events in 1989 East...

Churches celebrate 10th anniversary of 'justification' agreement

Methodists, Lutherans and Roman Catholics worldwide on Saturday observed the tenth anniversary of the signing of a landmark ecumenical agreement considered one of the most significant since the Reformation. On...

Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists mark 10th anniversary of Justification Declaration

Several commemorative events have been held in Augsburg, Germany, to celebrate the signing of a landmark ecumenical agreement ten years ago between representatives of the Methodist Church, the Lutheran World Federation...

Seeking Christian unity in an Orthodox setting

Gennadios, a vice-moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), speaks from a long experience within the ecumenical movement, which he began to serve as a young steward at the WCC assembly...

Unity is a gift of God, says Ecumenical Patriarch

Unity is a gift of God that demands a “profound sense of humility and not any prideful insistence”, said the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the opening of an ecumenical meeting on Wednesday. More...