Partnering in the pandemic: Churches see possibilities for ecumenism
In promoting Christian unity, ecumenical prayer and practical cooperation among divided church communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has not been all bad news.
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by bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Bishop Brian Farrell, Catholic News Service, Catholic-Lutheran dialogue, Catholic-Orthodox Relations, Catholic-Protestant dialogue, COVID-19, Ecumenical relations, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | 0 |
In promoting Christian unity, ecumenical prayer and practical cooperation among divided church communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has not been all bad news.
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 | Nov 28, 2021 | Bishop Brian Farrell, Caritas, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic-Orthodox Relations, Cyprus, Greece, migrants and refugees, News, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Pope Francis, Pope in Greece & Cyprus, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis will draw the world’s attention to migration once again as he visits Cyprus and Greece in early December.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Bishop Brian Farrell, Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, China, Ecumenism, intercommunion, Interreligious dialogue, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
Two prominent Vatican prelates waded into hot-button issues in the areas of ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, voicing a desire to increase dialogue with China and outlining the Catholic Church’s rules for intercommunion.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 17, 2021 | Bishop Brian Farrell, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Ecumenism, News, Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Vatican, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | 0 |
The pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions have had an impact on the Catholic Church’s relationships with other Christian churches, but the effects were not all bad.
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.
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