Christian divisions make fertile ground for conflict, pope says
Doing nothing to overcome the divisions among Christians means allowing tensions to fester and even feed conflict, Pope Francis said.
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by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Catholic News Service, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Doing nothing to overcome the divisions among Christians means allowing tensions to fester and even feed conflict, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Bishop Brian Farrell, Catholic News Service, Catholic-Anglican dialogue, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican | 0 |
A group of Catholic and Anglican theologians has publicly called on the Vatican to review and overturn a papal document from 1896 that declared Anglican ordinations “absolutely null and utterly void.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, ecumenical ecumenism, Lutheran, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran-Catholic dialogue, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
After receiving the gift of a chalice from leaders of the Lutheran World Federation, Pope Francis said divided Christians should suffer because they cannot share the Eucharist.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 17, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic Church (Germany), Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, ecumenical ecumenism, German bishops, German Church, Germany, Lutheran Church, News | 0 |
Germany’s Third Ecumenical Convention concluded in Frankfurt May 16 with an open-air church service on the bank of the River Main. With the city’s skyline of office towers providing the backdrop, some 400 people attended the service, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Pope Francis, St. Paul Outside the Wall, Vatican, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | 0 |
Abiding in God’s love means nurturing one’s relationship with him and with all those whom God loves, Pope Francis wrote in his homily for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 4, 2020 | Cardinal Kurt Koch, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican | 0 |
The ministry of a Catholic bishop must reflect the Catholic Church’s commitment to Christian unity and must give ecumenical engagement the same kind of attention as work for justice and peace, said a new Vatican document.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 1, 2020 | Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, ecumenical ecumenism, India, News, Pentecost | 0 |
In India, Pentecost was marked by an ecumenical spirit, with members of various churches around the country praying together at noon from home, since the country is still in lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, ecumenical ecumenism, News, St. Pope John Paul II, USCCB | 0 |
The 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Ut Unum Sint” should remind Catholics “the way of ecumenism is the way of the church” and they are “called to espouse a strong commitment to building Christian unity,” Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pennsylvania, said May 25.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2020 | Bishop Brian Farrell, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, St. Pope John Paul II, Vatican | 0 |
Twenty-five years ago, St. John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, “Ut Unum Sint,” put the papal seal of approval on a shift in the Catholic Church’s approach to the search for Christian unity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, ecumenical ecumenism, News, Phoenix, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | 0 |
An annual interdenominational prayer service, sponsored by the Arizona Faith Network, is part of the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
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