Tag: catholic ecumenism

What Can Orthodox and Catholics Teach Each Other?

from His Broken Body: Understanding and Healing the Schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches by Father Laurent Cleenewerck. Both Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism are facing difficult new challenges. Christianity…

Christian East-West Day IXa – Turvey Abbey

11 June 2012    Worship and Prayer in the Benedictine, Catholic, Eastern, Anglican and Methodist Traditions Turvey Abbey, BEDFORD 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Sr Esther of Turvey Abbey: Icongrapher and…

East-West Monastic Day IX at Minster Abbey

“FATHER MAY THEY ALL BE ONE”  2 June, 2012  An East-West Dialogue Day at Minster Abbey    SPEAKERS Archbishop Kevin McDonald, Southwark Bishop Demetrios Charbak of Safita, Syria Presentation on Egyptian Monasticism…

Benedict XVI Sends Condolences for Pope Shenouda III

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 20, 2012 thanks to Zenit.org On learning of the death of the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church His Holiness Shenouda III, Patriarch of Alexandria, the Holy Father Benedict…

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky – Talk by Bishop John of Parma

Our friends in the Youngstown-Warren Chapter of the Society in the USA send us this report following a recent talk by Bishop John of Parma Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was born Count Roman…

UK – Book on Good Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Relations released

January 25 2012 Catholic and Oriental Orthodox church leaders are encouraging unity between the two, as society grows increasingly hostile to religion, reports CNA. “We’re facing serious threats of increased secularism a…

Homily to conclude the Week of Prayer: Pope Benedict

Thanks to Zenit.org, here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at Vespers on the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The celebration closed…