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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues
St. John Paul II called for an ecumenical discussion about the role the bishop of Rome, the pope, could play in a more united Christianity. The Vatican released an in...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Anglican, Catholic bishops travel, pray, work together
Pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops from 27 countries were commissioned by Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby to undertake joint initiatives. The pairs...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Vatican, Lutheran officials call for joint study of Augsburg Confession
A basic statement of faith for Lutherans was drafted almost 500 years ago in an attempt to maintain the unity of the church, and now Catholic and Lutheran officials are...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
United in prayer: Pope adds Coptic Orthodox martyrs to Catholic calendar
Meeting Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Egypt, Pope Francis paid tribute to the 21 Coptic martyrs murdered by Islamic State in 2015, noting they were...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Praying with South Sudan's Christians, leaders urge new steps toward unity
As part of their historic ecumenical pilgrimage to South Sudan, Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
God 'suffers' when believers injure, ignore those God loves, pope says
The 2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was prepared by Christians in Minnesota, who paid particular attention to the injustice of racism. Celebrating vespers at the...