Among the Orthodox, a 1920 encyclical by Patriarch Germanos V of Constantinople also gave decisive momentum to the ecumenical movement. In 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) united these ...

The challenge of taking a relaxed and tolerant attitude toward the understanding of church doctrine is that you eventually need to draw the line.

The proclamation of the common faith requires, first of all, that we love one another,” the Holy Father said in a Feb. 6 ...

Area religious leaders gathered Jan. 22 for an ecumenical prayer service at St. Bernadette Church in Springfield, for the ...

During an ecumenical prayer service at St. Paul Outside the Walls to mark the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, ...

Pope Francis on Monday emphasized the ecumenical vocation shared by Christians during an audience held at the Vatican with Finnish representatives of various Christian denominations who have made ...

Labour’s flagship housing promise is under threat as nearly three quarters of local authorities are set to scrap or postpone plans to build more council homes, a new survey suggests. The ...

The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the and the Commission on Faith and Order of the Ecumenical Council of Churches are jointly developing materials to aid reflection and ...

Leaders of all nine Nottinghamshire councils say they will "work together" in response to plans that could see some of them scrapped. The government said in December it wanted to get rid of two ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Councils in England and Wales that manage £145bn of assets have hit back at government plans for a series ...

There are serious concerns that splitting Gloucestershire between east and west would "create a poor council and rich one" while adding unnecessary costs to the taxpayer and complexities for ...

Eighteen council leaders have asked the Government to postpone elections this year, which critics have claimed is a denial of democracy. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wants to abolish two-tier ...