It is with profound joy that I extend to Your All-Holiness, on behalf of the World Council of Churches, our warmest congratulations upon the wonderful news that Your All-Holiness has been chosen to receive the 2025 Templeton Prize.
On 10 April, the John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with the Templeton World Charity Foundation and the Templeton Religion Trust, announced that the Templeton Prize Laureate for 2025 is His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
On the occasion of the 85th birthday of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary and WCC moderator of the central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm expressed deep gratitude in a special letter.
In an address before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 27 January, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke of how religion can provide a unique perspective in the objective to eradicate poverty and hunger, to address fundamentalism and racism, and to advance tolerance and dialogue.
On 7 October, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Notre Dame University in Sydney, Australia. He then delivered an address entitled “The Need for Dialogue Today.”
Su santidad el patriarca ecuménico Bartolomé pronunció un discurso ante diversos líderes religiosos reunidos en el Centro Ecuménico del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias el 12 de diciembre, en vísperas de la apertura del Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados.
Seine Allheiligkeit, der Ökumenische Patriarch Bartholomäus, sprach am 12. Dezember – einen Tag vor der Eröffnung des Globalen Flüchtlingsforums – auf einer Versammlung von religiösen Leitenden im Ökumenischen Zentrum.
Sa Toute-Sainteté le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomée s’est exprimé devant une assemblée de responsables religieux rassemblés au Centre œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises le 12 décembre, à la veille de l’ouverture du Forum mondial sur les réfugiés.
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed an assembly of religious leaders gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Centre on 12 December—the day before the opening of the Global Refugee Forum.
Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the WCC Town-Hall Discussion on Interfaith Dialogue, Climate Change, and Refugee Displacement - at the Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees, Ecumenical Center, Geneva, Switzerland 12 December 2023.
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke during a brief interview after his opening sermon on 21 June at the World Council of Churches central committee meeting.
El Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) comenzó su reunión el 21 de junio con una oración común que recordó el 75º aniversario de la creación del CMI en 1948 y rememoró a las personas activas en el movimiento ecuménico que han fallecido en el último año.
Die Tagung des ÖRK-Zentralausschusses begann am 21. Juni mit einer Andacht, die an den 75. Jahrestag der Gründung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) im Jahr 1948 erinnerte und jener gedachte, die in der ökumenischen Bewegung aktiv gewesen und im vergangenen Jahr gestorben sind.
Le Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est ouvert le 21 juin par une prière commune célébrant le 75e anniversaire de la fondation du COE en 1948 et commémorant toutes les personnes actives au sein du mouvement œcuménique qui se sont éteintes au cours de l’année écoulée.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee opened on 21 June with common prayer that recalled the 75th anniversary of the founding of the WCC in 1948 and remembered those active in the ecumenical movement who have died over the past year.
Homily of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Opening Prayer of the Central Committee of the World Council Of Churches, taking place on 21-27 June 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland.
