After all the speculation surrounding Pope Francis’s ability to engineer peace on his big Middle East trip, the biggest news from the visit came from his visit with Patriarch Bartholomew I, the ...

A Vatican spokesman said it’s premature to suggest a gathering between Catholic and Orthodox faiths to mark the 1700th anniversary of the first church council held in Nicea in 325 A.D. Despite cordial ...

Pope Leo XIV joined the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I by a lake an few hours from Istanbul on Friday afternoon in a ceremony to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea. Former ...

In response to media reports that Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I will meet for an ecumenical gathering in Nicea in 2025, the Vatican's spokesman said that such a meeting would be a positive ...

Catholic and Orthodox Church leaders call for end to religious divisions in Iznik, formerly Nicea, where the foundation of modern Christian doctrine was established. Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical ...

Pope Francis meets with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023, ahead of an ecumenical prayer vigil for the ...

1. Apostolic Succession [C]oncerning matters of faith, they [The Fathers at Nicea] did not write: ‘It was decided,’ but ‘Thus the Catholic Church believes.’ . . . in order to show that their judgement ...