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The second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, set to bring 368 bishops, priests, religious and laypeople to the Vatican, will begin by asking forgiveness for various sins on behalf of all the baptized.

As synod members did before last year’s session, they will spend two days on retreat before beginning work; that period of reflection will conclude Oct. 1 with a penitential liturgy presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced.
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Posted: Sept. 16, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14371
Categories: CNSIn this article: Catholic, General Secretariat for the Synod, Mario Grech, synodality
Transmis : 16 sept. 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14371
Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Catholic, General Secretariat for the Synod, Mario Grech, synodality

With great sadness, The United Church of Canada announces the death of The Very Rev., The Honourable Dr. Lois M. Wilson, the denomination’s 28th Moderator, and the first woman to fill the role. She faithfully served as Moderator from 1980 to 1982. Rev. Wilson died in hospital in Fredericton, NB, on Sept. 13, 2024. She was 97 years old.

Her faith drove her actions, and she remained involved in the work of the Church right to the end.
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Posted: Sept. 13, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14353
Categories: NewsIn this article: Lois Wilson, memorials, United Church of Canada
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Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : Lois Wilson, memorials, United Church of Canada

His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has noted that the Easter celebrations in 2025 “will not merely be a fortuitous occurrence, but rather the beginning of a unified date for its observance by both Eastern and Western Christianity.”

The Ecumenical Patriarch said that this aspiration is particularly significant in light of the upcoming 1700th anniversary in 2025, marking the convening of the First Ecumenical Synod in Nicaea.
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Posted: Sept. 12, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14358
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: Bartholomew I, Date of Easter, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Nicaea 2025
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Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : Bartholomew I, Date of Easter, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Nicaea 2025

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.

The Gift of Being Christian Together: An Ecumenical Statement of Fidelity and Recognition” is “the fruit of a new ecumenical dialogue,” according to a news release from Glenmary Home Missioners in Cincinnati on the document.

“At the most basic level, Catholics and evangelicals share a love of Jesus Christ,” said Alexei Laushkin, founder of Kingdom Mission Society, an evangelical organization that helped spearhead the effort.
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Posted: Sept. 10, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14369
Categories: Dialogue, OSV NewsIn this article: Catholic, dialogue, Evangelicals
Transmis : 10 sept. 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14369
Catégorie : Dialogue, OSV NewsDans cet article : Catholic, dialogue, Evangelicals

Unleashing congregants’ talents and leadership abilities, embracing open-minded listening and fostering synodality at the parish and diocesan levels were prominent topics of conversation during the Canadian National Online Gathering for Priests video conference Aug. 14.

Approximately “80 to 90 per cent” of the 100 priests invited tuned in for presentations from Frs. Fabio de Souza of Calgary, Pierre Ducharme, OFM., from Richmond, B.C and Quebec’s Daniel Ouellet, all of whom participated in the Vatican’s Parish Priests for the Synod spring meeting.

Attendees were then divided into 21 small groups for discussion. Each grouping featured four priests and one facilitator. All but four of the moderators — two priests and two religious sisters — were lay Catholics.
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Posted: Aug. 20, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14361
Categories: Catholic RegisterIn this article: Canada, Catholic, priests, synodality
Transmis : 20 aoüt 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14361
Catégorie : Catholic RegisterDans cet article : Canada, Catholic, priests, synodality

The Mennonite-Anglican Dialogue in Canada was created in 2017 with a mandate to build up understanding and to encourage greater partnership between these two distinct Christian communities. A first term of the dialogue was held between 2018 and 2022 under the sponsorship of Mennonite Church Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada. In 2023, the sponsoring bodies agreed to a second phase of the dialogue to commence in 2024.

The first meeting of this second iteration of Mennonite-Anglican Dialogue was held from May 31 to June 2 in Treaty 1 Territory in the city of Winnipeg. It was hosted by Mennonite Church Canada at their offices and on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University.
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Posted: Aug. 14, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14350
Categories: Communiqué, NewsIn this article: Anglican Church of Canada, dialogue, Mennonite Church Canada, receptive ecumenism
Transmis : 14 aoüt 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14350
Catégorie : Communiqué, NewsDans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, dialogue, Mennonite Church Canada, receptive ecumenism

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has unveiled a new strategic vision conceptualized to enhance and enliven future ecumenical and interfaith initiatives.

Several weeks after the CCCB hosted the Triennial Forum for Dialogues with various partners at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto in late June, the bishops unveiled the four ecumenical trajectories assented to by the assembly participants.

The findings of audits of various ecumenical and interfaith dialogues conducted by the CCCB informed this strategy of priorities. The bishops’ [Episcopal] Commission for Christian Unity, Religious Relations with the Jews and Interfaith Dialogue, chaired by Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen, then developed a proposal from the audit resolutions that anchored the discussions at the forum.
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Posted: Aug. 8, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14341
Categories: Catholic RegisterIn this article: CCCB, Christian unity, ecumenical formation, Forum for Dialogue
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Catégorie : Catholic RegisterDans cet article : CCCB, Christian unity, ecumenical formation, Forum for Dialogue

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Orthodox Church have issued a joint statement on the addition of the Filioque clause to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, a theological issue that has divided the Eastern and Western Church traditions for almost a thousand years.

The word ‘filioque’ (‘and the Son’ in English) to describe the procession of the Holy Spirit, was added by the Latin Church to the Creed centuries after its composition to counter Arianism but the Eastern Church has always protested this insertion.

In a Common Statement of the Joint International Commission on Theological Dialogue between the LWF and the Orthodox Church, both partners “suggest that the translation of the Greek original (without the Filioque) be used in the hope that this will contribute to the healing of age-old divisions between our communities and enable us to confess together the faith of the Ecumenical Councils of Nicæa (325) and Constantinople (381).”
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Posted: July 30, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14335
Categories: Dialogue, Lutheran World InformationIn this article: 1700th anniversary, filioque, Lutheran World Federation, Nicaea, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, Orthodox
Transmis : 30 juil. 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14335
Catégorie : Dialogue, Lutheran World InformationDans cet article : 1700th anniversary, filioque, Lutheran World Federation, Nicaea, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, Orthodox

A few weeks ago, I attended the Synod Convention of the ELCIC Saskatchewan Synod. The ELCIC is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, one of the more ecumenically engaged churches in Canada. I have known the ELCIC in Saskatchewan for many years. In fact, when I was the executive director of the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism in the 1990s, the ELCIC was one of our seven sponsoring churches and I worked very closely with the Saskatchewan bishop, clergy, and many lay people.

In some ways, attending the Synod Convention was a homecoming. There were many people there that I have known for 20 or 30 years. Although the Synod Convention is a governing council of the ELCIC with a long business agenda, the convention is also a time of gathering for this church spread across Saskatchewan. People come to see friends and remember past ministries. There were many prayer and social times to build up the community. As an invited observer from the Catholic Church, I was welcomed with hugs and I shared numerous conversations over the weekend about ministry together, past and present.

In this post, I want to introduce you to the ELCIC to help you see why this small church is of great importance to our ecumenical relations in Canada.
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Posted: June 22, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14330
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
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Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

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.

For months after the yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, was released, the Vatican press office said it had no explanation for the reappearance of the title, which Pope Benedict XVI had dropped in 2006.

But new documents from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity place the change squarely in the middle of a broad discussion among all mainline Christian churches on the papacy and the potential role of the bishop of Rome in a more united Christian community.

Members of the dicastery proposed that “a clearer distinction be made between the different responsibilities of the Pope, especially between his ministry as head of the Catholic Church and his ministry of unity among all Christians, or more specifically between his patriarchal ministry in the Latin Church and his primatial ministry in the communion of Churches.”
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Posted: June 13, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14322
Categories: CNS, DocumentsIn this article: dialogue, Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, papacy, petrine ministry, Ut Unum Sint
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Catégorie : CNS, DocumentsDans cet article : dialogue, Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, papacy, petrine ministry, Ut Unum Sint

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.

At a concert and reception June 6, Raphael Schutz, the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, told guests, “It is no secret that after Oct. 7, at some junctions, Israel and the Holy See have not seen eye to eye the same reality in the Middle East. In such moments, as well as during my 41 years as a diplomat, I’ve believed that being frank and speaking clearly was no opposite to being diplomatic.”

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, told the ambassador and his guests, “In conflicts, the Holy See must adhere to the principle of neutrality, which does not mean being morally indifferent.”
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Posted: June 7, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14320
Categories: CNSIn this article: Israel, Palestine, peace, Vatican
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Israel, Palestine, peace, Vatican

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.

Members of the official Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met May 11-18 in Strasbourg, France, to continue their examination of “how the Church local, regional and universal discerns right ethical teaching,” according to a statement released May 27.

“For the first time in its work, ARCIC III has chosen to include two case studies as part of its reflection — one where Catholics and Anglicans reached broadly the same teaching, and one where they did not. These case studies, on Enslavement and Contraception, illustrate the doctrinal and structural similarities and differences between the two communions and also serve to highlight unresolved questions,” the statement said.
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Posted: May 29, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14317
Categories: CNSIn this article: ARCIC, dialogue, moral discernment
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : ARCIC, dialogue, moral discernment

A few weeks ago, I attended the “Grand Opening” event of a new Buddhist Temple recently constructed in my north Edmonton neighbourhood. It was a beautiful event, marked by ritual and ceremony, hospitality and fellowship. It also involved a fair bit of informal interfaith dialogue with the monks of the temple and between fellow visitors of various traditions, who, like me, appreciated the opportunity to see inside the temple and to learn what this new community was all about.

This is now the third new non-Christian prayer space and second Buddhist temple to open in my neighbourhood in recent years, the other being a new mosque, adding to the array of Christian churches and other prayer spaces already present there. It also reflects the diversity of the population that now lives in “our part” of the city: a population that values spiritual realities and draws life from religious traditions “ever ancient, ever new,” to steal St. Augustine’s formulation.
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Posted: May 16, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14312
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: evangelism/evangelization, interfaith, multifaith, pluralism, proselytism, witness
Transmis : 16 mai 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14312
Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : evangelism/evangelization, interfaith, multifaith, pluralism, proselytism, witness

It’s official; the national offices of the Anglican Church of Canada, the United Church of Canada, and the Presbyterian Church in Canada will be moving in together after signing leases to share space at a redeveloped church site in downtown Toronto.

General Secretary of the ACC General Synod, Archdeacon Alan Perry, said in a May 7 staff email, followed by a public news release the following day, that all three churches had signed leases to share national office space at the renovated site of Bloor Street United Church, located at 300 Bloor Street West in the Annex-University of Toronto neighbourhood. Construction on the new facility is “well underway,” he added, with a target to move in by spring 2026.
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Posted: May 10, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14306
Categories: Anglican JournalIn this article: Anglican Church of Canada, Presbyterian Church in Canada, shared ministry, United Church of Canada
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Catégorie : Anglican JournalDans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, Presbyterian Church in Canada, shared ministry, United Church of Canada

The Canadian Council of Churches’ Commission on Justice and Peace deplores the violence and cycle of reprisals in Palestine and Israel that is leading to thousands of lives lost and even more death, suffering, and trauma to come.

We call on Christian communities across Canada to be salt and light in a way that opens up space to stand for peace with justice for all.
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Posted: May 10, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14304
Categories: Communiqué, NewsIn this article: Canadian Council of Churches, justice, peace
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Catégorie : Communiqué, NewsDans cet article : Canadian Council of Churches, justice, peace

Unity within Christian communities and the unity of all the churches will grow only as believers draw closer to Jesus and learn to be honest in examining if they are listening to the Holy Spirit or to their own preferences, Pope Francis told leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

“We are called to pray and to listen to one another, seeking to understand each other’s concerns and asking ourselves, before enquiring of others, whether we have been docile to the promptings of the Holy Spirit or prey to our own personal or group opinions,” Pope Francis said May 2 as he welcomed to the Vatican Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the primates of the Anglican churches.

“Surely, the divine way of seeing things will never be one of division, separation or the interruption of dialogue,” the pope said. “Rather, God’s way leads us to cling ever more fervently to the Lord Jesus, for only in communion with him will we find full communion with one another.”

Pope Francis read his speech to the group, but also set aside time to respond to the primates’ questions, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told reporters. The questions, she said, allowed the pope to talk about “his own passions in ministry, unity in diversity, harmony, and he said in several ways that ‘war is always, always, always a defeat.'”
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Posted: May 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14302
Categories: CNSIn this article: Anglican Communion, Pope Francis, Primates Meeting
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Anglican Communion, Pope Francis, Primates Meeting

Senior archbishops, presiding bishops, and moderators of the churches of the Anglican Communion will meet in Rome for the 2024 Primates’ Meeting (April 29-May 3). Conceived as a pilgrimage, they will pray and study Scripture together, visit holy sites in Rome, and reflect together about the mission and witness of the Church in the world.

In the first gathering of Anglican Primates to be held in Rome, the Primates’ programme will include a meeting with Pope Francis and conversation with Cardinal Grech about the meaning and promise of synodality for the whole Church.

The city of Rome is full of historical and spiritual significance for the whole Christian world. Pope Gregory the Great sent Augustine of Canterbury on mission to England in 597. Especially since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), Rome has been a centre of inter-Christian encounter and ecumenical research.
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Posted: Apr. 24, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14295
Categories: ACNSIn this article: Anglican Communion, Primates Meeting, Rome, synodality
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Catégorie : ACNSDans cet article : Anglican Communion, Primates Meeting, Rome, synodality

The rain came with a cool breeze, driving away the humid heat through the open windows of the church. An auspicious blessing from God! So began the collective story of the 4th Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum in Ghana, a country where Christianity is vibrant and thriving. An outpouring of hospitality and generosity characterised our time together from 16-19 April, 2024.

The very first youth gathering in GCF’s history preceded the main Forum from 13-15 April. The diversity and vision of the young adults gave energy to their own conversations about justice, hope, and reconciliation.

This is the 25th Anniversary of the Global Christian Forum, something we celebrated joyfully. Throughout its existence, the GCF has been a unique space for all major streams of Christianity to be together for encounter and prayer. It is the broadest expression of Christian faith and one that reflects the movement of the majority of churches from the global north to the global south.
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Posted: Apr. 20, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14292
Categories: Communiqué, NewsIn this article: Global Christian Forum
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Catégorie : Communiqué, NewsDans cet article : Global Christian Forum

With our recent celebration of the Easter Vigil in mind, it’s a good time to reflect on the ecumenical significance of baptism and offer a brief review of some of the dialogues that have taken place on this topic. From a Catholic perspective, the ecumenical significance of baptism is clearly affirmed in Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism, which states that: “all who have been justified by faith in baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers [and sisters] by the children of the Catholic Church” (#3).
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Posted: Apr. 12, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14282
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: baptism, Canadian Council of Churches, dialogue, Trinity, United Church of Canada, WCC Commission on Faith and Order
Transmis : 12 avril 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14282
Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : baptism, Canadian Council of Churches, dialogue, Trinity, United Church of Canada, WCC Commission on Faith and Order

Two things struck me while reading Dignitas Infinita or “Infinite Dignity,” the new declaration on surrogacy, gender and life from the Vatican released April 8 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

For one, the document sets a new standard for transparency about how it was written, and, second, it goes to lengths to impress on its readers how long the church has taught on these topics.

The document, which applies church teaching to current threats to human dignity, makes clear that human dignity does not depend on wealth, intelligence, social status or abilities, but on the intrinsic worth of every human being.
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Posted: Apr. 11, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14280
Categories: NCRIn this article: Catholic, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, human dignity, Victor Manuel Fernández
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Catégorie : NCRDans cet article : Catholic, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, human dignity, Victor Manuel Fernández

Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has announced that she will step down from her role on September 15, 2024.

The canons of the Anglican Church of Canada require primates to retire upon reaching their 70th birthday. Archbishop Nicholls will reach mandatory retirement age in October.

Archbishop Nicholls was elected as the 14th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on July 13, 2019. She was the first woman to hold the office in Canada and only the second in the Anglican Communion.

Prior to her election, she served as Bishop of Huron (2016-2019) and Area Bishop of Trent-Durham in the Diocese of Toronto (2008-2016). She was also Coordinator for Dialogue for Ethics, Interfaith Relations and Congregational Development at the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office. She spent almost twenty years as a parish priest in the Diocese of Toronto.
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Posted: Apr. 9, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14278
Categories: NewsIn this article: Anglican Church of Canada, Linda Nicholls
Transmis : 9 avril 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14278
Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, Linda Nicholls

The world’s cultures, traditions, spiritualities and languages must be acknowledged, respected and protected, especially those of Indigenous peoples, Pope Francis said.

The entire patrimony of human knowledge “should be employed as a means of overcoming conflicts in a nonviolent manner and combating poverty and the new forms of slavery,” he said in remarks read by an aide March 14 to participants attending a workshop at the Vatican.

The Pontifical Academies of Sciences and of Social Sciences jointly sponsored a workshop March 14-15 on the knowledge of Indigenous peoples and the work and research being carried out in the sciences.
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Posted: Mar. 14, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14089
Categories: CNSIn this article: Indigenous spirituality, Pope Francis, science
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Indigenous spirituality, Pope Francis, science

On January 25, at the annual ecumenical service in Rome that marks the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis spontaneously invited Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to offer remarks after Francis’ own homily. Archbishop Justin’s reflection constituted a second homily, though it was called a “discourse” in the Vatican media. Such an invitation had only been offered to Orthodox bishops in the past, so this marked a significant sign of welcome between two leaders who have become close collaborators in a number of projects. On previous occasions, Archbishop Justin and his predecessors had been invited to offer remarks at a later portion of the liturgy, but never immediately after the homily.
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Posted: Mar. 14, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14086
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: ARCIC, dialogue, IARCCUM, ministry, ordination, women
Transmis : 14 mars 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14086
Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : ARCIC, dialogue, IARCCUM, ministry, ordination, women

The Anglican Church of Canada’s Council of General Synod (CoGS) has passed resolutions on the need for further discussion and education around medical assistance in dying (MAID), the formation of a discipleship and evangelism task force, and a review of the process by which ecclesiastical provinces elect CoGS representatives. General Synod last year referred all three resolutions to CoGS, which passed them at a March 9 online meeting held over Zoom.

Resolution C003, on MAID, reaffirmed “the teaching of Scripture that life is a divine gift, the call of the Baptismal Covenant to ‘respect the dignity of every human being,’ and the teaching of Jesus Christ that he has come so that people may have ‘abundant life’ (John 10:10).” It requested that Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, write to Canada’s minister of health expressing concerns about the expansion of the MAID program as well as the church’s support for a robust palliative care system.
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Posted: Mar. 13, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14238
Categories: Anglican JournalIn this article: physician assisted suicide
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Catégorie : Anglican JournalDans cet article : physician assisted suicide

The Coptic Orthodox Church halts its theological dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church because of Vatican’s publication of “Fiducia supplicans

The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria has made the momentous decision to suspend its two-decades-long doctrinal dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church after the Vatican recently approved blessings for same-sex couples, something Coptic officials have called a “heresy”.

The Holy Synod of the ancient, Egypt-based Church announced on March 7 that it had decided “to suspend the theological dialogue with the Catholic Church, re-evaluate the results that the dialogue has achieved since its beginning twenty years ago, and establish new standards and mechanisms for the dialogue to proceed.” The catalyst for the decision, however, was the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s publication last December of Fiducia supplicans, the document on blessings for couples “in irregular situations” — including those of the same sex.
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Posted: Mar. 12, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14093
Categories: La CroixIn this article: Catholic, Coptic, dialogue, Fiducia Supplicans, Oriental Orthodox, same-sex blessing, Tawadros II
Transmis : 12 mars 2024 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=14093
Catégorie : La CroixDans cet article : Catholic, Coptic, dialogue, Fiducia Supplicans, Oriental Orthodox, same-sex blessing, Tawadros II

Original English text. A translation was published in the Italian edition of L’Osservatore Romano, 23 January 2023.

Like many ecumenical partners, Methodists and Anglicans walked very closely with the Catholic Church throughout many significant events in 2023. This common journeying has taken various forms, including sympathy and prayerful solidarity on the occasion of the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI at the very beginning of the year, to participation in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the later part of the year, with many other events and encounters in between.
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Posted: Feb. 29, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14080
Categories: NewsIn this article: Anglican, Martin Browne, Methodist
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Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : Anglican, Martin Browne, Methodist

The Canadian Council of Churches is pleased to announce the launch of a new archive website: justiceandpeace.ca!

This digital library contains over 25 years of theological resources, position statements, advocacy letters, briefing notes, and other materials. They can be used as a starting point for thought, conversation, advocacy, and ecumenical participation. These resources arose through ecumenical dialogue, communal prayer, bible study, and advocacy efforts amongst members of the CCC‘s Commission on Justice and Peace. Statements and letters from the Canadian Council of Churches, Canadian churches, and religious leaders are also included in the archives.
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Posted: Feb. 28, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14078
Categories: News, ResourcesIn this article: Canadian Council of Churches, justice, peace
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Catégorie : News, ResourcesDans cet article : Canadian Council of Churches, justice, peace

As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches on February 24, Christian leaders of Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical, and other faith traditions in Canada, together with the World Evangelical Alliance’s Peace & Reconciliation Network, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, and the Canadian Council of Churches invite all Christians and people of goodwill to join in united prayer and action for peace.

This call to prayer and action—signed by 45 Canadian Church leaders—also acknowledges ongoing conflict elsewhere in the world:

“Without in any way minimizing or ignoring the suffering and sorrow caused by war and violence in other areas of the world, we stand together in inviting Christians and all people of goodwill to prayerfully consider how we are all called, and might contribute to, the achievement of peace in and for Ukraine.”
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Posted: Feb. 16, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14069
Categories: News, Pastoral letter, ResourcesIn this article: Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, pastoral letters, peace, Ukraine
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Catégorie : News, Pastoral letter, ResourcesDans cet article : Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, pastoral letters, peace, Ukraine

À l’approche du deuxième anniversaire de l’invasion à grande échelle de la Russie en Ukraine le 24 février, les chefs chrétiens des traditions orthodoxe, catholique, évangélique et d’autres confessions au Canada, en collaboration avec le Réseau de paix et de réconciliation de l’Alliance évangélique mondiale, l’Alliance évangélique du Canada et le Conseil canadien des Églises invitent toutes les chrétiens et les personnes de bonne volonté à se joindre à une prière et à une action unies pour la paix

Cet appel à la prière et à l’action—signé par 45 chefs d’églises canadiens—reconnaît également les conflits en cours ailleurs dans le monde :

« Sans minimiser ou ignorer de quelque manière que ce soit la souffrance et le chagrin causés par la guerre et la violence dans d’autres régions du monde, nous nous tenons ensemble pour inviter les chrétiens et toutes les personnes de bonne volonté à réfléchir avec prière à la manière dont nous sommes tous appelés, et pourraient contribuer à la réalisation de la paix en et pour l’Ukraine. »
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Posted: Feb. 16, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14071
Categories: News, Pastoral letter, ResourcesIn this article: Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, pastoral letters, peace, Ukraine
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Catégorie : News, Pastoral letter, ResourcesDans cet article : Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, pastoral letters, peace, Ukraine

A series of lectures and workshops given by Rev Dr Karen Petersen Finch were held January 24-27, 2024 in Saskatoon and Regina. The first lecture, held at Campion College at the University of Regina, was titled “Re-imagining Lay People as Stewards of Doctrine” and the second lecture, titled, “Doctrine as the Fuel for Renewal”, was held January 25th in Saskatoon at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan. A workshop titled, “The Eucharist: Where is Jesus?” was held at Holy Spirit Parish in Saskatoon on Friday, January 26 and at Christ the King Parish in Regina on Saturday, January 27.
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Posted: Feb. 13, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14073
Categories: NewsIn this article: De Margerie Series, ecumenism, lectures, Saskatchewan, workshop
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Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : De Margerie Series, ecumenism, lectures, Saskatchewan, workshop

Commemorating the 1700th anniversary in 2025 of the Council of Nicaea is an inspiration to Christians today to work for the unity of the church, according to Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

At the Council of Nicaea, bishops representing the whole of Christendom gathered together for the first time to discuss the faith and witness of the church.

“Recalling the significance of the Council of Nicaea renews our call for full visible unity, the cornerstone of the ecumenical movement,” Pillay said in a greeting to an 8 February webinar, “From Nicaea, Walking Together to Unity: The Beginning of a New Beginning.”
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Posted: Feb. 9, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14059
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order
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Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order

The newly-appointed WCC Faith and Order Commission met face-to-face for the first time to plan its next eight years of work. Theologians from all continents gathered in Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, hosted by the Indonesian Communion of Churches.

The Faith and Order Commission is a unique body, bringing together theologians and church leaders from Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions – women and men, lay and ordained – with several places reserved for younger theologians.

In this its first meeting, the commission considered plans for the 2025 world conference commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The Council of Nicaea shaped the creed that is still used by most Christian churches today, and the Faith and Order conference in 2025 will ask “Where now for visible unity?” The commission heard research on Nicaea and its continuing influence, and considered how to use the conference and the anniversary to bring Faith and Order work to a wider audience.
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Posted: Feb. 8, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14057
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: WCC Commission on Faith and Order
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Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : WCC Commission on Faith and Order

A document released by the Roman Catholic Church reconsidering its policy on blessings—including those to people in same-sex relationships—offers Anglicans a new way to think about divisions within their own communion, says the Rev. Iain Luke, principal of the Saskatoon-based College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada.

The declaration Fiducia Supplicans, endorsed by Pope Francis on Dec. 18, lays out a shift in the Roman Catholic Church’s approach to blessings. It encourages clergy to offer blessings from the church to any who ask without first scrutinizing whether they are in compliance with the church’s doctrines or meet some moral standard.
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Posted: Feb. 7, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14026
Categories: Anglican JournalIn this article: Anglican Church of Canada, Catholic, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, same-sex blessing
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Catégorie : Anglican JournalDans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, Catholic, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, same-sex blessing

In what could prove to be a landmark case for religious and conscience rights in Canada, Montréal’s Archbishop Christian Lépine has taken on the Attorney General of Québec.

In an appeal for judicial review submitted to the Québec Superior Court on Feb. 5, Lépine asked for an immediate stay of the application of an amendment to the Act respecting End-of-Life Care that requires palliative care hospices to offer Medical Aid in Dying (MAID).

The June 2023 amendment specifies that “no palliative care hospice may exclude medical aid in dying from the care they offer.”

The palliative care centre that Lépine hopes to shield is the St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre in Montréal, but the appeal raises larger questions of the future of the collaborative charitable work of faith communities unable to act according to their conscience.
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Posted: Feb. 6, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14051
Categories: Catholic RegisterIn this article: palliative care, physician assisted suicide
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Catégorie : Catholic RegisterDans cet article : palliative care, physician assisted suicide

With the help of a woman Anglican bishop, a Salesian sister and a consecrated virgin, Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals devoted the first morning of their February meeting “to deepening their reflection, begun last December, on the role of women in the church,” the Vatican press office said.

Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said Feb. 5 the pope and cardinals heard from Bishop Jo Bailey Wells, deputy secretary-general of the Anglican Communion; Salesian Sr. Linda Pocher, a professor of Christology and Mariology at Rome’s Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences “Auxilium,” and Giuliva Di Berardino, a consecrated virgin and liturgist from the Diocese of Verona, Italy.
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Posted: Feb. 6, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14024
Categories: CNSIn this article: Pope Francis, women
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Pope Francis, women

In the face of continued liturgical abuses, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith releases a doctrinal Note entitled “Gestis verbisque,” reiterating that the words and elements established in the essential rite of each Sacrament cannot be changed because such changes render the Sacrament invalid.

The Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, entitled “Gestis verbisque,” was published on Saturday, February 3.

The Note was discussed and approved unanimously by the Cardinals and Bishops who are Members of the Dicastery and were present at the recent Plenary Assembly. Pope Francis then approved the text of the Note.

It reaffirms that the formulas and material elements established in the essential rite of each Sacrament cannot be changed at will in the name of creativity.

Doing so, in fact, renders the Sacrament itself invalid; therefore, it never existed and no Sacramental grace was conferred.
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Posted: Feb. 3, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14020
Categories: Vatican NewsIn this article: Catholic, liturgy, sacraments, validity
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Catégorie : Vatican NewsDans cet article : Catholic, liturgy, sacraments, validity

Some friends of mine recently undertook a little renovation project in their home: nothing major – just a couple of bathrooms, a laundry room and a fresh coat of paint on some walls.

The plan looked simple enough on paper, but the reality of the renos soon became a bit more complicated – and costly – than initially anticipated. Removing old walls disclosed some surprises, newer building codes required adjustments to plumbing and electrical works, old appliances didn’t quite fit into new spaces, and a few unforeseen wall repairs were needed before the simple step of applying new paint.

I think about this in the context of the upcoming Lenten season, and the renovation project that Lent invites into all of our lives: individually and communally, and particularly as churches journeying together on the path of Christian unity.
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Posted: Feb. 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14043
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: ecumenism, Lent, spiritual ecumenism
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Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : ecumenism, Lent, spiritual ecumenism

Speaking to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order during the commission’s historic meeting in Indonesia, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed gratitude for the commission’s work, and hope for the ecumenical journey in 2025.

“This marks a significant milestone in our journey, and I am filled with gratitude for the commitment and dedication each of you brings to the ecumenical table,” said Pillay. “The online interactions in the last months of last year, including the Faith and Order Commission and the Nicaea 2025 Steering Group Meetings, served as a testament to your resilience and adaptability.”
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Posted: Feb. 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14061
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: Jerry Pillay, Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order
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Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : Jerry Pillay, Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order

The Roman Catholic-Anglican dialogue is advancing on the path of reconciliation after four centuries of conflict and separation. This decades-long effort is now moving beyond theological dialogue at the international level to building a movement whose guiding principle is: “The Christian churches should do all things together except where deep differences require that we act separately.”

Canada’s Catholic archbishop of Regina, Don Bolen, and the Canadian British-born Anglican suffragan bishop in Europe, David Hamid, explained this to America at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, on Tiber Island in Rome, on Jan. 25.

The two bishops are the co-chairmen of the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, which goes by the acronym IARCCUM. Composed entirely of bishops from both churches, the commission came into existence in 2001 and held a two-part summit in Rome and Canterbury during this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25. The summit brought together pairs of bishops from 27 countries, one from each Anglican province and one from the Catholic bishops’ conference in the same region.
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Posted: Feb. 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14017
Categories: America MagazineIn this article: Anglican, Catholic, IARCCUM
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Catégorie : America MagazineDans cet article : Anglican, Catholic, IARCCUM

As Catholics and Anglicans pray and work for the day when they can celebrate the Eucharist together, they are called to support one another in situations of suffering, apologize together for times when they have sinned and work together to share the good news of God’s love, said bishops from both communities.

Pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops from 27 nations traveled to Rome Jan. 22-25 and to Canterbury, England, Jan. 26-29 for prayer, discussion and a commissioning by Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury.

The pilgrimage was organized by the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, a body established in 2001 to promote common prayer and joint projects to demonstrate concretely how the theological agreements the churches have made also have practical implications in witnessing together to the Christian faith.

A final statement drafted by participants was posted Feb. 1 [at IARCCUM.org] and on the websites of the Anglican Communion and the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
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Posted: Feb. 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14047
Categories: CNSIn this article: Anglican, bishops, Catholic, dialogue, IARCCUM, WPCU
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Anglican, bishops, Catholic, dialogue, IARCCUM, WPCU

This letter was sent by Pope Francis on Feb. 2 to Karma Ben Johanan, who teaches at the department of comparative religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Ben Johanan was the coordinator of the open letter to the pope from more than 400 Jewish rabbis and scholars last November.

Dear brothers and sisters,

We are experiencing a moment of great travail. Wars and divisions are increasing all over the world. We are truly, as I said some time ago, in the midst of a sort of “piecemeal world war”, with serious consequences on the lives of many populations.

Unfortunately, even the Holy Land has not been spared this pain, and since October 7 it too has been cast into a spiral of unprecedented violence. My heart is torn at the sight of what is happening in the Holy Land, by the power of so much division and so much hatred.
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Posted: Feb. 2, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14032
Categories: Documents, NewsIn this article: Holy Land, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Pope Francis
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Catégorie : Documents, NewsDans cet article : Holy Land, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Pope Francis

The bishops of the ‘Growing Together’ ecumenical summit have travelled from Rome to Canterbury for the second phase of their programme. The summit coincided with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and run from January 22-29.

Meeting in Anglican and Catholic bishop pairs, it has been a week seasoned with themes of friendship, conversation and journeying together.

The bishops have explored the importance of listening and learning from one another, celebrating what they have in common and how faith traditions can work together as partners in the gospel.

This sense of partnership was celebrated most significantly on January 25, when Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury commissioned the bishops in joint mission, during Vespers, at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the church of Saint Paul Outside The Walls.
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Posted: Jan. 29, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14014
Categories: ACNSIn this article: Anglican, Catholic, IARCCUM, WPCU
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Catégorie : ACNSDans cet article : Anglican, Catholic, IARCCUM, WPCU

Divided Christians will draw closer to one another only by loving God and loving their neighbours, serving one another and not pointing fingers in blame for past faults, Pope Francis said.

Closing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with an evening prayer service Jan. 25 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Francis was joined by Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and, at the end of the service, the two commissioned pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops from 27 countries to “bear witness together to the hope that does not deceive and to the unity for which our Savior prayed.”

Members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, who were meeting in Rome, also participated along with representatives of Orthodox, Protestant and Anglican communities in Italy.

In his homily, Francis reflected on the theme for the 2024 celebration of the week of prayer: “You shall love the Lord your God … and your neighbour as yourself” from Luke 10:27.

The passage comes from a Gospel story in which a scholar of the law asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. After Jesus affirms the need to love God and one’s neighbour, the scholar asks, “And who is my neighbour?”
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Posted: Jan. 26, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14012
Categories: CNSIn this article: Justin Welby, Pope Francis, WPCU
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Justin Welby, Pope Francis, WPCU

Aujourd’hui, en la mémoire liturgique de saint François de Sales, et avec l’approbation du Conseil permanent, la Commission épiscopale pour la justice et la paix de la Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada (CECC) publie une lettre pastorale sur l’utilisation des médias sociaux intitulée : « Que vos paroles soient toujours bienveillantes ».

Reconnaissant le rôle prépondérant des médias sociaux au niveau individuel et sociétal, cette lettre pastorale opportune examine les avantages et les dangers des médias sociaux dans la perspective de l’enseignement social de l’Église catholique. Elle fournit des outils de réflexion morale et d’auto-examen, et propose sept engagements qui doivent guider une utilisation plus éthique des médias sociaux.
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Posted: Jan. 24, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14066
Categories: NewsIn this article: CCCB, pastoral letters, social media
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Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : CCCB, pastoral letters, social media

Today, on the liturgical memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, and with the approval of the Permanent Council, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) releases its Pastoral Letter on the use of social media titled: “Let Your Speech Always Be Gracious.”

Acknowledging the prominent role social media has come to play at an individual and societal level, this timely Pastoral Letter considers the benefits and dangers of social media from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. It provides tools for moral reflection and self-examination, and suggests seven commitments by which to be guided for a more ethical use of social media.
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Posted: Jan. 24, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14064
Categories: NewsIn this article: CCCB, pastoral letters, social media
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Catégorie : NewsDans cet article : CCCB, pastoral letters, social media

A World Council of Churches (WCC) conference in 2025 in Egypt is to gather major Christian traditions to explore how churches can call each other to visible unity, inspired by the experiences of the early church, according to one of the key planners of the event.

The gathering – the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order – will mark the anniversary of the world’s first Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicaea of 325, a key moment in the history of Christian faith.

In a WCC video interview, the Rev. Prof. Dr Sandra Beardsall, moderator of the Nicaea 2025 steering group of the WCC’s Commission on Faith and Order, reflects on the significance of the Council of Nicaea and the inspiration it provides for the World Conference.

“Nicaea was the very first Council that brought together Christians from all around the world to meet together, to make decisions,” says Beardsall in the interview with Dr Stephen Brown, editor of the WCC’s journal, The Ecumenical Review.
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Posted: Jan. 18, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14054
Categories: WCC NewsIn this article: Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order
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Catégorie : WCC NewsDans cet article : Nicaea 2025, WCC Commission on Faith and Order

A major leap forward in Christian unity began with an embrace, as Pope Francis recalled.

St. Paul VI and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople met, and embraced, in Jerusalem in January 1964 and the following year they lifted the mutual excommunications their churches had issued in 1054.

Pope Francis marked the anniversary during his Angelus address Jan. 6, 2024 telling a crowd in St. Peter’s Square that the two leaders had broken down “a wall of incommunicability that had kept Catholics and Orthodox apart for centuries. Let us learn from the embrace of those two great men of the church on the path to Christian unity: praying together, walking together, working together.”

The praying, walking and working will be highlighted Jan. 18-25 as Christians around the world celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
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Posted: Jan. 10, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14009
Categories: CNSIn this article: Christian unity, Pope Francis, WPCU
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Catégorie : CNSDans cet article : Christian unity, Pope Francis, WPCU

Praying together with other Christians and even with members of other faiths has become so common over the past half century, it’s easy to forget earlier practice.

Archbishop Gilles Ouellet, a former chair of the CCCB’s Ecumenism Commission, talked about his experience in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. His father was a town councillor, and in this capacity took the young Gilles with him to attend the funeral of a prominent Protestant citizen. As they were entering the church, he recalled his father saying that they were attending the funeral “because it’s the right thing to do.” However, Archbishop Gilles was to remember that he was not to pray in that church.
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Posted: Jan. 4, 2024 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=14040
Categories: One Body, OpinionIn this article: WPCU
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Catégorie : One Body, OpinionDans cet article : WPCU