Category - christian unity

Orthodox leader says Christians must face their differences together

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:07:30 +0000

Churches should be prepared to confront their differences honestly and to examine them in the light scripture, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I told a service to celebrate 60 years since the World Council of Churches was founded.

WCC appoints Canadian to promote good relations among churches

staff writers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:22:41 +0000

As churches throughout the world absorb the significance of the recent ground-breaking Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has made a new appointment to a post aimed at promoting dialogue on key issues.

Catholics and Orthodox moving towards unity, says Pope

staff writers — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:48:29 +0000

Catholic and Orthodox Christians are moving towards unity, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics declared at the end of his recent general audience in St Peter's Square, Rome. The Pope announced an international commission on the issue.

European pan-church assembly seeks a fresh unity impetus

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:01:45 +0000

Representatives of Europe's main Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches say they hope a six-day ecumenical assembly in the Romanian city of Sibiu will give a new impetus to the movement for Christian unity - and enable them to meet today's challenges.

New approach needed to Christian unity, says Catholic cardinal

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:04:01 +0000

Dialogue in the quest for Christian unity has proved to be immensely valuable in the United States and globally but may have hit a plateau, a leading Catholic cardinal has said during the commemoration of a US ecumenical milestone.

Catholic document a setback to unity, claims Protestant

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:06:47 +0000

A new document authorised by Pope Benedict XVI restating Roman Catholic views that Protestant denominations are not churches "in the proper sense" has been criticised as setting back the quest for Christian unity.

German president challenges churches to unity not division

staff writers — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

German President Horst Kohler has called on Christian churches to redouble efforts to promote unity, warning they risk squandering their opportunities by letting differences and disputes drown out the message of their faith - writes Stephen Brown for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

Being suspicious of Christian unity

Simon Barrow — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:29:45 +0000

Simon Barrow suggests a different understanding of ecumenism