Overview
- Pope Leo XIV received members of the CCEE–CEC Joint Committee and signatories of the revised Charta Oecumenica at the Vatican Apostolic Palace and delivered an address endorsing the text.
- The new charter was signed a day earlier at Rome’s Abbey of the Three Fountains, marking 25 years since the original Charta Oecumenica.
- The Pope said the revision responds to evolving realities in Europe, highlighting minority experiences of many communities, new generations, migration, and the need for dialogue in a time of violence and war.
- He linked synodality with ecumenism, describing the churches’ common journey of listening and shared discernment to proclaim the Gospel more effectively.
- He announced preparations to travel during the Jubilee Year to the site of the Council of Nicaea to meet and pray with other church leaders and to proclaim that Jesus Christ is the hope of Europe.