Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

One significant decision at Nicaea was the date of the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection, which at that time, and prior to the council was marked at different dates by different church ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, a representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Constantinople; Metropolitan Emmanuel is ...

But Anglicans and many Protestants regard only the first four councils—Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381), Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451)—as ecumenical; Orthodox churches accept the ...

The forthcoming Ecumenical Council, to be convened here by Pope John XXIII next October, will probably discuss ways of removing from the Jews the stigma of “slayers of God,” Augustin Cardinal ...

The Rev. Norman Leach resigned Tuesday as executive director of the Lincoln Interfaith Council. Leach had not been in his office for several days, and as of Tuesday was a patient at BryanLGH ...

While no Jewish observer is expected to be admitted to the Ecumenical Council which opens next month, it is anticipated that the Jewish community of Rome may be invited to send a representative to ...

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople exchange gifts at the end of a private meeting at the Vatican Sept. 17, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media) ...