Ecumenicalnews

• Threat that Middle East war poses to world, lamented by world churches' groups, Pope Leo
  The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia, and ACT Alliance have joined in expressing their deep concern that the war in the Middle East poses worldwide.
• Christian leader in Indonesia arrested for commenting on Muhammad's marital status
  The precarious sensitivities in Indonesian Christian-Muslim relations were highlighted recently in West Kalimantan Province when a Christian leader was arrested on Feb. 18 for comments he made about Muhammad, Islam's prophet and his marital status.
• Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders 'dismayed' at global communities' failure to halt current wars
  Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders say they are "profoundly dismayed" at the international community's failure to prevent wars, including the current escalation of conflict in Iran and the Middle East.
• World churches body, UN gravely concerned over military attacks against Iran
  The World Council of Churches has called the attacks carried out against Iran, which are said to have killed its leader, a "dangerous spiral of violence," placing millions of civilians at immediate risk.
• Vatican Children's Hospital ranked 6th best in the world, best in Europe
  The Vatican's Bambino Gesù Hospital is considered the leading paediatric hospital in Europe and the 6th best in the world, according to the U.S. magazine Newsweek's 2026 World's Best Hospitals ranking.
• Pope Leo's next 'Apostolic Journeys' will take him to Africa, Spain and Monaco
  Pope Leo XIV will make a ten-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and to two other countries in Europe in the first half of 2026 and will visit a famous cathedral immortalised by the Spanish artist Gaudí.
• Four years after Russian invasion of Ukraine, world church leaders urge 'just peace'
  On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the World Council of Churches has welcomed reported signs of progress toward the cessation of violence and joined Pope Leo in calling for an end to the war.
• Vatican says it will not participate in Donald Trump's Board of Peace
  The Holy See "will not participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace because the Vatican says that it should be the United Nations that handles crisis situations.
• Rev. Jesse Jackson, Baptist minister and US civil rights leader, dies at 84
  The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister, two-time U.S. presidential candidate and vigorous civil rights leader, has died at the age of 84, his family said.
• Head of world churches body meets Sudan's prime minister, urging peace
  World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay met with the prime minister of troubled Sudan, Kamil Idris, at the council's office in Geneva, delivering a message calling for justice, peace, and reconciliation.