ecumenism
noun
ecu·me·nism
e-ˈkyü-mə-ˌni-zəm 
i-,
also ˈe-kyə-,
or ˌe-kyə-ˈme-
: ecumenical principles and practices especially as shown among religious groups (such as Christian denominations)
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For over a decade, the secular government’s bilateral diplomacy with the pope has been treated as separate from ecumenism efforts between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
Gulen has tried to develop a genuinely modern school of Islam that reconciles the religion with liberal democracy, scientific rationalism, ecumenism, and free enterprise…
The Church Undivided
Pope Benedict XVI made reaching out to other faiths and promoting Christian unity hallmarks of his tenure.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Four amicus briefs show a heart warming level of ecumenism.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
To others, ecumenism is a dirty word.
—Grayson Quay, The Week, 4 Dec. 2021
But not everyone shares Hochman’s judicious assessment of National Review’s ecumenism.
—Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
His ecumenism brought a relief even to the celebrities whose looks were setting the trends.
—Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2021
Hans Küng, a Roman Catholic theologian and priest whose brilliantly disputatious, lucidly expressed thoughts in more than 50 books and countless speeches advanced ecumenism and provoked the Vatican to censure him, died on Tuesday at his home in Tübingen, Germany.
—New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
Along with several hundred other ecumenical groups, People of Praise celebrated the 50th anniversary of ecumenism's revival in the Catholic Church in Rome.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2020
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
Gulen has tried to develop a genuinely modern school of Islam that reconciles the religion with liberal democracy, scientific rationalism, ecumenism, and free enterprise…
The Church Undivided
Pope Benedict XVI made reaching out to other faiths and promoting Christian unity hallmarks of his tenure.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Four amicus briefs show a heart warming level of ecumenism.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
To others, ecumenism is a dirty word.
—Grayson Quay, The Week, 4 Dec. 2021
But not everyone shares Hochman’s judicious assessment of National Review’s ecumenism.
—Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
His ecumenism brought a relief even to the celebrities whose looks were setting the trends.
—Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2021
Hans Küng, a Roman Catholic theologian and priest whose brilliantly disputatious, lucidly expressed thoughts in more than 50 books and countless speeches advanced ecumenism and provoked the Vatican to censure him, died on Tuesday at his home in Tübingen, Germany.
—New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
Along with several hundred other ecumenical groups, People of Praise celebrated the 50th anniversary of ecumenism's revival in the Catholic Church in Rome.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2020
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“Ecumenism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecumenism. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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