Overview
- In a public letter for the Day of Friendship, Pope Leo XIV urged Coptic and Catholic leaders to press toward full communion.
- He said the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue should restart its work, as its coordinating committee is meeting in Rome.
- The Holy See reported a phone call with Tawadros II that stressed a shared duty to preach the Gospel and promote peace in the region.
- The Pope thanked the Coptic Church for hosting the Faith and Order world conference at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in October 2025.
- He linked today’s outreach to decades of dialogue begun by Saint Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III and to reflections on the 1700th anniversary of Nicaea.