Ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue has a real value, but it is essentially physical, and not so much meta-physical. We share our commonalities and our differences because we believe it eases ...
A bit of history is needed in order to understand the present-day ecumenical options. I shall start with the year in which my own ecumenical involvement began. Fifty-five years ago, in 1950, there was ...
It is important to have a clear understanding of the meaning of a word before we start to use it. The word ecumenical is a case in point. Throughout history, until very recently, its meaning was ...
Ecumenism, meaning the push for Christian unity, today stands at a crossroads. On the one hand, it's among the towering religious success stories of the last century, wiping away old prejudices and ...
Pope St. John Paul II speaks with Evangelical leader Billy Graham. (Credit: File photo.) ROME — A recent Civiltà Cattolica article criticizing ecumenism between Evangelicals and “Catholic integralists ...
Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, said in a recent interview with the Spanish YouTube channel “Cónclave Informa” (“Conclave Report”) that a conclave “is not a ...
I heard Cardinal Waltar Kaspar deliver, on Feb. 21, the 31st annual Paul Wattson Lecture, sponsored by the Friars of the Atonement and the University of San Francisco. His topic was ” Hope for the ...
In a Dec. 14 interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis suggested that the common experience of anti-Christian persecution around the world could become the basis for efforts at ...
Ahead of attending a major Catholic-Lutheran commemoration of the Reformation in Sweden at the end of the month, Pope Francis reiterated today that Christians are already united when they are ...