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A view from St. Peter's square during funeral of Pope Francis on 26 April.

Pope Francis remembered as prophet of encounter and inclusion

A pope guided by “the conviction that the church is a home for all, a home with its doors always open.” That was how Pope Francis was remembered at his funeral in St Peter’s Square by Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s college of cardinals, who led the Requiem Mass. 

28 April 2025
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WCC moderator welcomes new Vatican document on the papacy

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has welcomed a new study document published by the Vatican in which it discusses the responses to a 1995 encyclical on Christian unity by Pope John Paul II.

20 September 2024
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he Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, met with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople with their delegations

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, secretary-general of Muslim Council of Elders focus on deepening cooperation

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, met with the Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, in Istanbul, Turkey. The discussion focused on enhancing mutual cooperation in promoting and fostering the values of tolerance, coexistence, and interfaith dialogue, as well as its role in combating hate speech and addressing global challenges.

25 July 2024