Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church leaders gathered in Baltimore yesterday to affirm their commitment to interfaith cooperation and to honor a retiring bishop for his contributi… ...

Cardinal Cushing is one of the five American prelates heading 240 members of the American hierarchy scheduled to participate in the Council, the first summoned by the Catholic Church in 100 years.

Despite last-minute defections by representatives of four Orthodox Patriarchates, a spokesman for the Ecumenical Patriarch insists that the Council of the Orthodox Churches will still speak for ...

ROME — German Cardinal Walter Kasper has been appointed head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the Vatican's ecumenical department. On March 3 Pope John Paul announced, as ...

The pope has appointed Basel Bishop Kurt Koch as a top Vatican ecumenical advisor, heading the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. This content was published on June 30, 2010 - 15:43 ...