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.
Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate May 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate, a kind of diocese originally set up to receive groups of Anglican Christians into full communion with the Catholic Church, have welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of their first bishop — and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.
Religions must counter war rhetoric with focus on peace, pope says April 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a world filled with “bellicose rhetoric,” religious leaders must make extra efforts to speak of peace and to nurture every action and attitude that lessens tensions and increases dialogue, Pope Francis said.
Angels and ecumenism March 19, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations If you’re of an older generation, you may remember being taught that no one got to heaven outside the Catholic Church. Fortunately, the Second Vatican Council helped us get over this narrow approach to God’s mercy.
Egyptian Catholic clergy say interreligious ties are being derailed by ‘Fiducia’ March 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Catholic clergy from Egypt have warned that ties with Orthodox and Islamic leaders are being derailed by a Vatican decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples, after the country’s influential Coptic Orthodox Church suspended dialogue over the issue.
Nigeria’s Mass attendance is one of highest in the world — so is its persecution February 17, 2024By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Nigeria is one of the countries in the world with the best Mass attendance. As many as 94 percent of self-identified Nigerian Catholics surveyed said they attend weekly or daily Mass, according to a study published in early 2023 by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Benedictine abbot calls Jerusalem spitting incident against him ‘heartbreaking’ February 6, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News The head of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem has described as “heartbreaking” an incident of being spat at by Jewish extremists in the Old City, describing the suspects as “hooligans of religion.”
As King Charles is diagnosed with cancer, Cardinal Nichols offers ‘steadfast prayers’ February 6, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Vincent Nichols has offered “steadfast prayers” on behalf of Catholics after it was announced that Britain’s King Charles III is undergoing treatment for cancer.
Northern Ireland has Catholic leading its government for the first time in history February 5, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Michelle O’Neill of the Sinn Féin party is the first Catholic to head the region’s government.
Pope, in letter to Jews in Israel, condemns antisemitism as a sin February 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a letter addressed to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel,” Pope Francis expressed his heartbreak at the violence unleashed by the Hamas attack on Israel in October and he repeated the Catholic Church’s condemnation of all forms of antisemitism and anti-Judaism.
