Catholic Church 'seeks closer ecumenical ties' in response to world needs
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The Catholic delegation to the sixth World Conference on Faith and Order Oct. 24-28, 2025, is pictured in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, where the conference was attended by 400 participants from the 356 member-denominations of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches. The Catholic group includes Cardinal Kurt Koch, center, and Myriam Wijlens, third from right, who is a Catholic professor and co-organizer who has worked since 2008 with the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. (OSV News photo/courtesy Myriam Wijlens). (Myriam Wijlens)

Catholic Church ‘seeks closer ecumenical ties’ in response to world needs

OSV News – Catholics are stepping up cooperation with other Christian denominations in the face of current worldwide challenges, according to Church delegates at a major ecumenical conference in Egypt marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea."Our recent synod declared the Church wishes to be more ecumenical – if the Holy Spirit was…...