https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-carries-the-cross-on-good-friday-and-issues-messages-on-ukraine-and-israel/61368.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-04-03T19:13:50-05:00 Humanitarian,Pope Leo XIV,Good Friday 2026,Peace in the Middle East,War in Ukraine,Russia's war in Ukraine,Israeli President Isaac Herzog,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-council-of-churches-head-prays-in-havana-cathedral/61367.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-31T20:14:06-05:00 Humanitarian,general secretary of the World Council of Churches,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/israeli-police-prevent-catholic-leaders-from-entering-the-holy-sepulcher-church-on-palm-sunday-us-ambassador-expresses-displeasure/61366.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-30T16:30:37-05:00 Justice,Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,Holy Week,Holy Week in the Holy Land,Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee,Catholic Church in the Holy Land https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/sarah-mullally-installed-as-106th-archbishop-of-canterbury-first-woman-to-take-the-position/61365.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-29T17:52:34-05:00 World,Archbishop of Canterbury,Sarah Mullally,Thomas Becket,Canterbury Cathedral,Anglican Communion https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/members-of-the-scottish-parliament-choose-not-to-legalize-assisted-dying/61364.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-27T14:59:17-05:00 World,Scottish Parliament,Scotland's assisted dying law,Rev. Rosie Frew,Moderator of the Church of Scotland https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/lebanons-foreign-minister-appeals-to-holy-see-for-diplomatic-support-over-christian-presence/61363.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-17T12:17:39-05:00 Persecution,Lebanon,Christianity in Lebanon,Christians in Lebanon,Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi,Thameen Al-Kheetan,Hezbollah,Ali Khamenei https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/scotlands-churches-not-supporting-assisted-dying-law-debated-in-scottish-parliament/61362.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-13T12:41:15-05:00 Belief,Scotland,assisted dying law,Scotland's assisted dying law,Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults law,Church of Scotland,Assisted suicde in Scotland https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/threat-that-middle-east-war-poses-to-world-lamented-by-world-churches-groups-pope-leo/61361.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-10T18:37:50-05:00 Justice,World Council of Churches,WCC,Middle East Council of Churches,Lutheran World Federation,LWF,World Communion of Reformed Churches,World Methodist Council,Mennonite World Conference,Christian Conference of Asia,War in Iran https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/christian-leader-in-indonesia-arrested-for-commenting-on-muhammads-marital-status/61360.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-07T19:31:07-05:00 Culture,Indonesian Christian-Muslim relations,Indonesia,Comments about Muhammad,Indonesia's Electronic Information and Transactions Law https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/anglican-lutheran-methodist-and-reformed-church-leaders-dismayed-at-global-communities-failure-to-halt-current-wars/61359.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-03-05T17:17:34-05:00 Justice,Anglicans,Lutherans,Methodists,Reformed,Lutheran World Federation,LWF,World Communion of Reformed Churches,WCRC,World Methodist Council,Anglican Communion,War in Iran,War in Ukraine,Russia's war in Ukraine https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-churches-body-un-gravely-concerned-over-military-attacks-against-iran/61358.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-28T16:52:15-05:00 Belief,Iran,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay,UN secretary-general António Guterres,UN Security Council https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/vatican-childrens-hospital-ranked-6th-best-in-the-world-best-in-europe/61357.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-27T13:55:14-05:00 World,Vatican's Bambino Gesù Hospital,Newsweek's 2026 World's Best Hospitals https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leos-next-apostolic-journeys-will-take-him-to-africa-spain-and-monaco/61356.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-25T18:16:14-05:00 Culture,Pope Leo XIV,La Sagrada Familia https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/four-years-after-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-world-church-leaders-urge-just-peace/61355.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-24T17:55:44-05:00 Persecution,Russian war in Ukraine,Ukraine,World Council of Churches general secretary Jerry Pillay,Pope Leo XIV,Matthias Schmale https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/vatican-says-it-will-not-participate-in-donald-trumps-board-of-peace/61354.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-22T17:34:34-05:00 Belief,Board of Peace,Donald Ttrump,Karoline Leavitt,Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin,Lateran Pacts https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/rev-jesse-jackson-baptist-minister-and-us-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-84/61353.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-17T17:56:03-05:00 Persecution,Jesse Jackson,U.S. civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson,Martin Luther King Jr.,Barrack Obama,Al Sharpton,apartheid South Africa https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/head-of-world-churches-body-meets-sudans-prime-minister-urging-peace/61352.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-15T06:46:05-05:00 Belief,Sudan,Sudan conflict,Sudan's Christian community,World Council of Churches,World Council of Churches general secretary Jerry Pillay,Kamil Idris,RSF,Rapid Support Forces https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-arranges-for-delivery-of-generators-medicine-food-supplies-to-ukraine-during-freezing-winter/61351.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-09T18:04:38-05:00 Persecution,Russian invastion of Ukraine,Russian war in Ukraine,Pope Leo XIV,Bishop Jan Sobilo,Kharkiv–Zaporizhzhia Diocese https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/traditionalist-group-decision-to-ordain-new-bishops-without-vatican-approval-challenges-pope-leo/61350.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-08T09:59:11-05:00 World,Pope Leo XIV,Priestly Society of St. Pius X,SSPX,Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith,Holy See Press Office https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/brazilian-churches-speak-up-on-record-number-of-femicides-in-their-country/61349.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-06T18:37:54-05:00 Justice,Brazilian churches,Femicide in Brazil,Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil,Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil,Rev. Elineide Oliveira,Rev. Mauro de Souza https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-communion-of-reformed-churches-installs-first-asian-as-its-leader/61348.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-02-03T18:21:01-05:00 World,World Communion of Reformed Churches,Philip Vinod Peacock,WCRC,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay,Church of North India,Dalit theologian https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/sarah-mullally-officially-confirmed-as-first-female-archbishop-of-canterbury/61347.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-29T18:22:51-05:00 World,Sarah Mullally,Archbishop of Canterbury,Church of England,GAFCON,Female Ordination https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-churches-group-and-catholic-cardinals-ring-alarm-bells-after-ongoing-us-violence/61346.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-27T18:54:36-05:00 Persecution,World Council of Churches,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay,Minneapolis violence,U.S. Catholic cardinals https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/catholicism-declines-in-latin-america-over-the-past-decade-research/61345.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-24T18:37:10-05:00 Analysis,Catholicism in Latin America,Pew Research,2026 Pew Research,Belief in Latin America https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/around-388-million-christians-worldwide-face-some-form-of-intense-persecution-or-discrimination-says-watchdog/61344.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-18T18:13:19-05:00 Justice,Christian persecution in Nigeria,2026 World Watch List,Open Doors World Watch List https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/quiet-revival-found-in-england-and-wales-church-attendance-report-finds/61343.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-16T17:26:33-05:00 World,Church-going in England,The Quiet Revival,Bible Society,Church attendance in England and Wales,Christian belief,UK Bible sales,Paul Williams CEO of Bible Society https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/us-position-on-greenland-opposes-its-peoples-will-says-world-churches-body/61342.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-14T18:16:41-05:00 Justice,Greenland,World Council of Churches,WCC,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay,Denmark https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-sounds-an-alarm-over-human-rights-and-rues-war-is-back-in-vogue/61341.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-10T18:03:50-05:00 Persecution,Pope Leo XIV,Russia's war in Ukraine,Gaza,Venezuela,Saint Augustine,AI https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/churches-will-play-role-in-switzerlands-crans-montana-healing-for-years-to-come-says-pastor/61340.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-09T08:41:23-05:00 Belief,Crans-Montana,French President Emmanuel Macron,Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin,CEC general secretary Rev. Guy Liagre,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/orthodox-christians-celebrate-christmas-almost-two-weeks-after-other-believers-celebrate-jesus-birth/61339.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-07T16:44:40-05:00 World,Orthodox Christians,Russian Orthodox Christians,Julian calander,Gregorian calendar,Eastern Orthodox churches https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-churches-body-condemns-us-attacks-in-venezuela-calls-for-respect-for-international-law/61338.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-03T18:04:23-05:00 Justice,Venezuela,World Council of Churches on Venezuela,Nicolás Maduro https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-begins-2026-with-an-appeal-for-peace-in-countries-bloodied-by-conflict/61337.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2026-01-01T17:44:17-05:00 Justice,Pope Leo XIV,2026 Angelus greeting,Year of Peace,Saint Peter's Square,Pope's 2026 New Year's message https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/a-jewish-perspective-on-new-year-judaism-christianity-and-islam/61336.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-31T18:30:58-05:00 World,New Year 2026,David Ramati https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/in-survey-americans-views-on-ai-generated-video-in-social-media-show-religious-divisions/61335.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-30T19:23:00-05:00 Belief,AI-generated video,AI,artificial intelligence,OpenAI https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/in-his-first-christmas-message-pope-leo-calls-for-world-peace-and-dialogue/61334.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-25T17:56:56-05:00 Persecution,Pope Leo XIV,Christmas 2025,President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,Ukraine war https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pro-migrant-catholic-bishop-installed-in-trumps-backyard/61333.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-21T18:16:20-05:00 Persecution,Pope Leo XIV,Donald Trump,Donald Trump and migrants,Mar-a-Lago estate https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/world-churches-group-to-work-closer-with-un-refugee-agency-in-a-year-of-severe-crisis/61332.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-17T17:55:58-05:00 Persecution,UN refugee agency,UNHCR,WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-and-church-leaders-worldwide-condemn-beach-terror-attack-in-australia/61331.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-15T18:51:50-05:00 Justice,Austalia,Australia Christians,Hanukkah in Australia,Bondi Beach,Pope Leo XIV,WCC https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/how-communist-nations-control-and-persecute-christians-highlighted-by-concern-group/61330.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-14T10:39:52-05:00 Justice,International Christian Concern,Persecution of Christians in communist nationa,China Christian Council,WCC,Barnabas Aid,United States Commission on International Religious Freedom,USCIRF,ICN,christian persecution https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-discusses-with-president-zelenskyy-the-return-of-ukrainian-children-taken-to-russia/61329.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-11T18:13:40-05:00 Persecution,Pope Leo XIV,Russia's invasion of Ukraine,President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,Russia-Ukraine-War https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/christmas-tree-lights-are-up-for-first-time-in-bethlehem-since-gaza-war-started/61328.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-09T17:09:08-05:00 World,Bethlehem,Bethlehem Christmas,Christmas in Bethlehem,Manger Square,Christmas Lights in Bethlehem https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/2025-was-a-record-breaking-year-of-bible-engagement-built-through-the-first-ever-global-bible-month/61327.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-12-07T12:47:12-05:00 World,YouVersion,Bible engagement,Global Bible Month,Evangelical Covenant Church,The Bible,Isaiah 41:10,Life Church https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-speaks-on-gaza-ukraine-and-hopes-for-christian-unity-in-plane-press-conference/61326.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-30T17:35:58-05:00 Justice,Pope Leo XIV,Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople,Nicean Creed,Council of Nicaea anniversary,Nicene Creed https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/kenyas-catholic-bishops-now-order-brand-named-wine-after-altar-wine-became-popular-in-bars/61325.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-30T11:20:45-05:00 Culture,Catholic Church in Kenya,Kenya church wine,Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops,KCCB,Archbishop Anthony Muheria,Lutzville Vineyards,Altar wine https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-meeting-ecumenical-patriarch-world-council-of-churches-head-for-ecumenical-commemoration-in-turkiye/61324.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-28T06:16:10-05:00 World,Pope Leo XIV,World Council of Churches General Secretary,World Council of Churches general secretary Jerry Pillay,Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,First Ecumenical Council https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/migrant-overseas-christians-help-keep-australian-churches-alive-broadcaster-shows/61323.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-25T18:47:10-05:00 World,Christianity in Australia,Anglican Church in Queensland,Catholics from the Philippines in Australia https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/presbyterian-church-in-ireland-faces-a-crisis-over-its-handling-of-abuse-cases/61322.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-20T17:59:45-05:00 Justice,Presbyterian Church in Ireland,PCI,Northern Ireland,Northern Ireland Catholics,Police Service of Northern Ireland,PSNI,Trevor Gribben https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/christian-group-expresses-grave-concerns-for-health-and-life-of-armenian-hostage-in-azerbaijan/61321.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-18T16:52:38-05:00 Human Rights,Azerbaijan,Armenia,CSI,Christian Solidarity International,Vicken Euljekjian,Donald Trump https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/cinema-is-more-than-a-screen-it-sets-hope-in-action-says-pope-leo/61320.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-15T17:19:25-05:00 Belief,World of cinema,Pope Leo XIV,filmmakers,scriptwriters,Spike Lee,Cate Blanchet https://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-leo-receives-european-christian-leaders-after-the-signing-of-new-ecumenical-charter/61319.htm always 1.0 Ecumenical News en 2025-11-14T19:34:01-05:00 Analysis,Conference of European Churches,CEC,Council of European Bishops' Conferences,Pope Leo XIV,church unity,European unity,CCEE