Ecumenism

On of the urgent and of particular interest field of work for the  CCEE is the search for the unity of the Church through the promotion of encounters and friendships between people of other Christian confessions. Since its inception, the CCEE has committed itself to a continuous collaboration with the KEK (Conference of European Churches). In recent years, through the Global Christian Forum, with the passing of the years, contacts have also extended to the evangelical communities.

Together with the KEK, the CCEE organised some ecumenical meetings and above all three large European Ecumenical Assemblies.

Since 2008, with the Catholic-Orthodox Forum, the CCEE has embarked on a path of dialogue with all the Orthodox Churches of the continent, aimed at a greater awareness and definition of common positions on important social and moral issues affecting all men and women of Europe.

Documents and statements made jointly with other Churches or ecclesial organisations on social or pastoral themes are expressions of Christian unity in many areas and the urgency of a collegial work for the common good.

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Christian Unity as an Instrument of Peace

The CCEE Presidency Invites to Prayer for Peace during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

14 January 2026

Following the signing of the updated …

  • Ecumenism

CCEE and CEC Presidents present revised Charta Œcumenica to Pope Leo XIV

Members of CCEE and CEC in Audience with the Holy Father at the Vatican

7 November 2025

The Presidents of the Council of European Bishops’…

  • Ecumenism

Updated Charta Œcumenica marks a milestone towards Christian unity in Europe

A revised version officially signed in Rome by the Presidents of CCEE and CEC

5 November 2025

With a historic step towards Christian unity, the…

  • Ecumenism

The CCEE-CEC Joint Committee and the signing of the updated Charta Œcumenica

Pope Leo XIV to receive the participants at the signing ceremony in Audience

21 October 2025

From 4 to 6 November 2025, the Joint…

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Presentation of the revised Charta Oecumenica

The signing ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania

31 January 2025

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and…

  • Ecumenism

Migration & Human Trafficking as a Result of War

European Catholic-Orthodox Seminar in Crete on migration and human trafficking

11 November 2024

The European Catholic-Orthodox Seminar was held from 3 to 5…

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European churches discuss evangelisation amidst rising secularism and division

The annual meeting in Crete

7 November 2024

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of…

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Declaration on the Situation in the Middle East

8 November 2023

The meeting of the CCEE-CEC Joint Committee took place from…

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Season of Creation 2023: “Let justice and peace flow”

Joint statement from the presidents of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC)

25 August 2023

President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences…

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Patriarch Bartholomew to Grušas: “continue our fruitful collaboration”

The CCEE President in Istanbul for Pentecost

7 June 2023

At the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of…

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