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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- Presidency
Christian Unity as an Instrument of Peace
The CCEE Presidency Invites to Prayer for Peace during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Following the signing of the updated …

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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
The Presidents of the Council of European Bishops’…

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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
With a historic step towards Christian unity, the…

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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
From 4 to 6 November 2025, the Joint…

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Presentation of the revised Charta Oecumenica
The signing ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania
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
The European Catholic-Orthodox Seminar was held from 3 to 5…

- Ecumenism
- Press Office
European churches discuss evangelisation amidst rising secularism and division
The annual meeting in Crete
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of…

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Declaration on the Situation in the Middle East
The meeting of the CCEE-CEC Joint Committee took place from…

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- PASTORAL SOCIAL WORK
- Press Office
- Safeguard of Creation
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)
President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences…

- Ecumenism
- Presidency
Patriarch Bartholomew to Grušas: “continue our fruitful collaboration”
The CCEE President in Istanbul for Pentecost
At the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of…
