Tag: catholic ecumenism

Christian Unity: In the Shoes of the Fisherman

Cobbler Gives Same Shoes to Pontiff, Patriarch CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- It’s a known fact that a good pair of shoes can help lessen the aches and pains of…

2011 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Jerusalem

The Churches from all round the world will focus their attention on their “Mother Church”, the church of the first Christians, in Jerusalem as they observe the Week of Prayer for Christian…

Catholics & Orthodox Share Church again in Romania

ZALAU, Romania, JULY 7, 2010, with thanks to Zenit.org Byzantine Romanian Catholics celebrated on July 4 their first Mass in 62 years in the parish church of Bocsa, with what was described as a…

Ordinariates – Unprecedented and Unknown?

Fr Mark Woodruff, Vice-Chairman, writes in Chrysostom for Pascha 2010, about the Ordinariates to be set up in the Roman Catholic Church for Christians of Anglican background and patrimony   Western Uniatism? When…

Rome & The Orthodox East – Aidan Nichols OP

Rome and the Orthodox East – The Conclusion to Rome and the Eastern Churches: A Study in Schism (Ignatius Press, 2010; 2nd edition), by Aidan Nichols, O.P.   Gratefully reposted from Ignatius Insight:…

Papal Homily for Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, 2010

The Unity of the Church Is Rooted in Its Union With Christ Here is the Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered Tuesday at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on…

Pope Benedict Praise the Orthodox Commitment to Unity

This is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered on 28 June 2010 upon receiving a delegation sent by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to Rome to celebrate the Solemnity of…

Bishop Rodrigo of Soddo – The Ethiopian Catholic Church

Bishop Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga SJ Zenit carries an interview by a journalist from Aid to the Church in Need (Marie-Pauline Meyer) with Bishop Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga SJ, apostolic vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia.…