Arizona Christian leaders at prayer vigil call all to be peacemakers amid election tensions September 17, 2024By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Bishop John P. Dolan of Phoenix led the prayer service — the first of three being held throughout the state ahead of this year’s Nov. 5 elections — with six of his counterparts from other Christian denominations in Arizona.
Catholics, evangelicals explore common ground rooted in shared ‘love of Jesus Christ’ September 7, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News A group of Catholics and evangelicals has released a one-page document that identifies areas of common ground among the two largest Christian groups in the world.
Interfaith leaders meet in front of Paris cathedral 100 years after first such Olympic meeting August 5, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Olympics, Sports, World News The square in front of Notre Dame Cathedral was bathed in sunshine Aug. 4 as representatives of the five major religions involved in the Paris Olympic Games met.
Mission of ecumenism is to be witnesses for Christ, pope says June 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Jesus Christ is the heart of ecumenism, Pope Francis told leaders and representatives of the Lutheran World Federation.
Christians explore possibilities for, problems with papal ministry June 14, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Anglican, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox believers agree with Catholics that “the unity in truth of the Christian community demands visible expression,” an Anglican archbishop said, but agreeing that the pope should fill that role is another question.
Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues June 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The reason why the 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has re-inserted “Patriarch of the West” as one of the historical titles of the pope appears to be a response to concerns expressed by Orthodox leaders and theologians.
Amid prayers for peace, Vatican-Israeli tensions were on display June 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s massive military response in Gaza have led to strong papal pleas for peace but also to Vatican-Israeli diplomatic tensions.
Interreligious friendships are consolation amid wars, pope says June 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis began a meeting with participants in a Focolare-sponsored conference by telling the movement’s president, “I pray for your homeland; I pray so much for your homeland, which is suffering at this time.”
Anglican-Catholic dialogue examines churches’ ethical teachings May 29, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Recognizing that the Christian churches continually are called to grapple with new moral issues and that reaching different conclusions can complicate the search for Christian unity, a commission of Catholic and Anglican bishops and theologians has been studying how their traditions make decisions and what they can learn from each other.
Pope tells Christians, Buddhists to work together for peace May 28, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Christians and Buddhists must be willing to work together to “bring a ray of hope to a desperate humanity,” Pope Francis said.
Sharing the gift of baptism makes all Christians friends, pope says May 22, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Christians have the same baptism and that makes them friends, Pope Francis told members of an ecumenical organization from Hong Kong.
Holy Year 2025 holds ecumenical promise, pope says May 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ document proclaiming the Holy Year 2025 draws special attention to the ecumenical possibilities of the celebration, especially since the jubilee coincides with celebrations of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
