The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, is an ecumenical Christian practice from 18 January to 25 January.

This year, the reflections were prepared by the Armenian Apostolic Church, coordinated by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The motto for 2026 is, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Eph 4:4).

Resources for prayer

1. Meditations for every day of the week: a collection of texts with which to meditate on and pray for Christian unity this week.

2. Material for the week of prayer for Christian unity.

3. Homily of Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on 25 January 2025.

4. Pray with St. Josemaría: his homily “Loyalty to the Church,” published in the book In Love with the Church.

Articles and personal testimonies

1. Ecumenism: an article by the theologian Pedro Rodríguez.

2. "Ecumenism is about prayer and charity": interview with the theologian Jutta Burggraf.

3. Finding God through beauty: Barbara, who was born in a non-practicing Lutheran family, found her way to God through the beauty of music and nature.

4. Dagmar: the power of prayer. Dagmar lives in Canada and is Lutheran. In 2005, she was able to greet Bishop Javier Echevarría at a painful time in her life, when her mother was facing a risky operation.

5. "I discovered that Catholics read the Bible": Larissa, who was Protestant, had a Catholic boyfriend in Brazil. At first she thought he was going to convert (and he vice versa). There came a time when their differences seemed unsolvable. But Google helped to solve the problem.