Tag Archive for ‘dialogue’
Assisi 2011: religions to renew their commitment to peace and justice
Vatican City (AsiaNews) – Christianity will be represented by 31 delegations, Judaism by the International Committee on Interreligious Consultation, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and other international Jewish organisation. Other religions will be represented as well. Five Hindu leaders, 3 Jains, 5 Sikhs, 1 Zoroastrian and 1 Baha’i, 67 Buddhists and the heads of 16 [...]
Church welcomes divorced with mercy, Vatican official affirms
Bogotá, Colombia, Mar 30, 2011 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- The head of the Vatican’s council for the family, affirmed that the Catholic Church always embraces those who are divorced and remarried “with truth and mercy.” “Those who are divorced and have entered into a new union cannot be admitted to the Eucharist and to sacramental [...]
Vatican Radio Interviews Monk on Interreligious Dialogue
On Friday, 10 December, Vatican Radio broadcast an interviewed Father William Skudlarek OSB, General Secretary of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. MID is an organization of Benedictine and Trappist monks and nuns committed to fostering inter-religious and inter-monastic dialogue at the level of spiritual practice and experience between Catholic monastic women and men and devout practitioners of [...]
Anglicans are a ‘blessing for the entire Church,’
Vatican City, Feb 1, 2010 / 12:05 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict once again commented on the theme of Anglican-Catholic relations, this time as he met with Welsh and English bishops at the Vatican on Monday. During their meeting Pope Benedict confirmed the importance of his recent Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus.” The Holy Father welcomed bishops [...]
Creating an Accessible Church
The official Church is so massive that one easily feels alienated from it. It does not always seem like friendly space. Its teaching on faith and morals may seem distant and aloof, unrelated to anything that I experience. The Church does not always present as being emphatic about personal development or human relations. It sometimes [...]
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