Sunday Assembly founders launch ‘atheist church’ in Nashville

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A fast-growing, worldwide congregation for atheists called Sunday Assembly picked an unlikely spot to try and launch a new group. It’s Nashville. Where the Southern Baptist Convention is headquartered. Where Christian authors go to avail themselves of a vast publishing network. Where the faithful drive past several churches in their denomination on Sunday to attend…

Lutheran pastor meets Pope Francis in Rome

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The head of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Dr Nikolaus Schneider, has said he is hopeful for future Christian unity after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican. Dr Schneider had been scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI during an early April trip to Rome. Instead, he spent about 30 minutes with Pope…

A Pope for All Christians

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Why believers of all stripes should care about the new head of the Catholic Church. Timothy C. Morgan [ posted 3/13/2013 8:44AM ] hen the new pope is consecrated, he will inherit a troubled global church. Internal scandal and unaddressed external problems pose great risks to the vitality of Catholicism. But the consequences of success or…

Protestants and Catholics celebrate Jesus in Paris

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Henrik Lindell – published 31/05/2012 Praise, gospel, testimonies … Several thousand people are expected this Saturday for a “Festival in the heart Jesus’ family and ecumenical gathering at the Porte de la Muette in Paris. A unique event supported by the Catholic Church and the Protestant Federation of France. This is a first of its…

Seminary Scholarship Symposium

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Date: January 26, 2012 Contact: seminary@andrews.edu The Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary welcomes Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, as the keynote speaker for the annual Seminary Scholarship Symposium. The symposium is held at the Seminary on the campus of Andrews University and runs from Jan. 31–Feb. 3, 2012. The symposium is free…

Catholic Church smooths way for disaffected Episcopalians

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By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – The Roman Catholic Church is establishing a program to help disaffected American Episcopalians to join the Catholic fold – including married Episcopal priests who want to become Catholic priests – it announced Tuesday. The move comes after dozens of Episcopal parishes have left the Episcopal Church in recent…

VATICAN INVITES HINDUS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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VATICAN CITY, OCT. 20, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is inviting Hindus to “join hands in promoting religious freedom as our shared responsibility, by asking the leaders of nations never to disregard the religious dimension of the human person.” Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran made this invitation in the Vatican’s customary…

Anglican-Catholic Group Focused on “What Unites Us”

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ARCIC III Completes 1st Round of Talks VATICAN CITY, MAY 29, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Anglicans and Catholics are affirming that “what unites us is greater than what divides us” as a joint dialogue commission concluded its work Friday. The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission met at the ecumenical monastic community of Bose, Italy, for a 10-day series…