If Jesus trusts us, then we too can trust one another, in his name,” Pope Leo XIV said, extending his call to unity to all ...

Speaking on the June 29 solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV also called for maintaining ecclesial unity while ...

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 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.

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 ...

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians, raised the idea of hosting a joint meeting in Nicaea when the two met in ...

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.