Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks who present him with gifts during a meeting with religious leaders at the Vatican May 19, 2025. The leaders were in Rome for the pope’s inauguration Mass. (CNS ...

Another important ecumenical initiative of Pope Francis was his trip to Sweden on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2016, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant revolt, ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Orthodox Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, a bishop of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, during a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 7, 2025, with ...

Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending a conference on the ecumenical implications of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea June 7, 2025, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic ...

What you need to know: Legacy. Pope Francis described ecumenism as “a journey, not a destination” that “all Christians are called to realise by walking together, praying together and working ...

Pope Francis's Most Moving Quotes on Faith & Humanity: ‘Let Us Be Lights' Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on April 21, 2025-Easter Monday-at 88 from a cerebral stroke.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on April 21, 2025-Easter Monday-at 88. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a respiratory infection.

The death Monday in Rome of Pope Francis, age 88, ... And he advanced ecumenism with Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Christians, as well as with Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, ...

During his 12-year pontificate, Francis took important, even historical, ecumenical initiatives. In 2016, he became the first pope ever to meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.