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Ecumenical prayer service marks opening of 2025 Parliamentary Year
The annual ecumenical prayer service to mark the opening of the 2025 Parliamentary Year was held yesterday at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Canberra. Source: Catholic Voice.
Francis eggs on Eastern church for common Easter date
Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East. Source: OSV News.
All Christians share ecumenical vocation: Pope
Pope Francis has emphasised the ecumenical vocation shared by Christians during an audience at the Vatican on Monday. Source: CNA.
Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue celebrates milestone
The Australian Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue has celebrated its 200th meeting and almost 50 years of dialogue. Source: The Southern Cross.
Pope hopes for reconciliation between divided Christians
Pope Francis has called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Source: Catholic Review.
Synod an opportunity ‘to overcome walls’ between Christians
Halfway through the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis and Synod participants prayed that God would “remove the divisions between Christians” so that they could proclaim the Gospel together. Source: CNS.
Historic ecumenical event a sign of unity between sister churches
Dialogue is key to Christian participation in the divine life, the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church told attendees at a historic ecumenical event at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, yesterday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Easter belongs to Christ, not our calendars: Pope
As all Christians prepare to celebrate Easter together in 2025, Pope Francis said the preeminent Christian celebration belongs to Christ and not to earthly calendars or plans. Source: Vatican News.
African Catholics say synodality also a call to Christian unity
As Rome prepares for the Synod of Bishops on Synodality next month, Catholics and other Christian leaders in Africa are exploring the possible implications of the process for closer ties among the various Christian communities on the continent. Source: Crux.