The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan celebrated on Thursday, February 4, through the Visual Communication Technology, the World Interfaith Harmony Week, (February 1-7) under the title, "Harmony and Brotherhood" and the International Day of Human Fraternity (February 4).

We extend our apostolic benediction, benevolent prayers and greetings to our brethren, His Beatitude Mor Baselius Thomas I, Catholicos of India, and their Eminences the Metropolitans; our spiritual children: Very Reverend Corepiscopoi, Reverend priests, monks, nuns and deacons and the entire blessed Syriac Orthodox people throughout the world. May the divine providence embrace them through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and St. Peter, Chief of the Apostles, St. Jacob of Serugh, and the rest of the Martyrs and Saints. Amen.

The UN Secretary-General has called for more commitment towards promoting cultural and religious tolerance, in a message to mark the first celebration of the International Day of Human Fraternity, observed on Thursday.

“Around the world, deep-seated discrimination, acts of intolerance and hate crimes persist against people simply because of their religion or belief, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation”, he said in a video broadcast during a commemorative event, held online.

Your Beatitude,

On this occasion of your official visit as the newly appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, we welcome you not as a stranger, but as an old trusted friend. The news that His Holiness Pope Francis had appointed you as Latin Patriarch was widely welcomed both by your community and by all who are committed to the well-being of the Christian presence in the Holy Land.

During a virtual ceremony commemorating the first-ever International Day for Human Fraternity on Thursday, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, highlight the importance of fraternity and solidarity. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Moroccan-French activist Latifah Ibn Ziaten were also presented with the 2021 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.

Pope Francis highlights the theme of fraternity in a video message for the first International Day of Human Fraternity celebrated on Thursday. He calls for a world of mutual respect, stressing that we can either choose to be brothers and sisters or we lose everything.

The world is about to celebrate the International Day of Human Fraternity for the first time on 4 February. One of the people who brought this about, Judge Abdel Salam, tells Vatican News that the annual celebration of Human Fraternity will “renew ideas and visions for its realization”.

The Holy Father will mark the International Day of Human Fraternity in a virtual meeting on 4 February, the date set by the United Nations General Assembly for this new annual occasion. He will do so together with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb. The event will be hosted in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed.

Pope Francis' prayer intention for the month of February sends a powerful message against the various kinds of violence against women, which he describes as the “degradation of all humanity”.

Pope Francis is to meet top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq in March, a senior Catholic cleric told AFP on Thursday.

The official theme song of World Youth Day (WYD) 2023, scheduled to take place in Lisbon, Portugal, was released on Wednesday, exactly two years since the announcement of the city chosen by Pope Francis to host the next world meeting for young people.

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, invites Christians to participate in a 3-day “Resurrection of Nineveh” fasting and prayer initiative for peace in Iraq, as the nation mourns last week's suicide bombing attack in Baghdad.

Virtual Meeting of Holy Land Coordination 2021: COVID-19, Gaza, Education

HOLY LAND - From January 16- 21, 2021, the bishops of the Holy Land Coordination (HLC) held their virtual meeting with the local Church and Christians. This year, a particular attention was drawn to the effects of COVID-19 on the population of the Holy Land and the steps that were taken by the different solidarity and Christian institutions to combat and adapt to the reality that the virus created.

Pontifical Academy for Life: No to 'vaccine nationalism', immunisation is a common good

Opening its statement, the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life warns that "Faced with the very serious problems that are arising in relation to the production and distribution of the vaccine for Covid-19", identifying suitable syatems for transparency and collaboration has become an "urgency".

11-15 Յունուար 2021-ին առցանց դրութեամբ տեղի ունեցաւ Եկեղեցիներու Համաշխարհային Խորհուրդի (Ե.Հ.Խ.) յառաջիկայ Ընդհանուր Համաժողովին Պաշտամունքի Ծրագրաւորման Յանձնախումբին երկրորդ նիստը։ Յանուն Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Կաթողիկոսութեան նիստին իր մասնակցութիւնը բերաւ միջ-եկեղեցական բաժանմունքի վարիչ, Ե.Հ.Խ.-ի Կեդրոնական Վարչութեան եւ սոյն յանձնախումբին անդամ Հոգշ. Տ. Հրանդ Վրդ. Թահանեան։

The Worship Planning Committee of the WCC’s next General Assembly held its second meeting virtually, from January 11th to the 15th, 2021, in lieu of its planned physical gathering, due to the Coronavirus. V. Rev. Fr. Hrant Tahanian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate, and member of the Central Committee of the WCC and the AWPC participated in the meeting.

Շաբաթ առաւօտ՝ 23 Յունուար 2021-ին, Ն.Ս.Օ.Տ.Տ. Արամ Ա. Վեհափառ Հայրապետը շնորհաւորեց Ամերիկայի Միացեալ Նահանգներու նախագահ Ճօ Պայտընի ընտրութիւնը:

His Holiness Aram I congratulated president Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th president of the United State of America.

Global ecumenical prayer shows “we are one world and one human family”

As he offered words of welcome, WCC interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected that the online format allowed people to pray together wherever they are. “The global pandemic has shown just how fragile we are as humans, yet also how creative and resilient we can be when we pray and work together to bring hope and a sense of caring for each other and for the wider ecumenical family,” he said. “We are one world and one human family.”

If President-elect Joe Biden makes good on his campaign rhetoric, his sanctions policy will meet the approval of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).