Christian Unity and the East-West Divide (Part 1)

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Interview With Bishop Brian Farrell VATICAN CITY, MARCH 5, 2006 (Zenit.org).- To avoid an East-West conflict it is necessary for all Christians to unite, says the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. In this interview with ZENIT, Bishop Brian Farrell, who represented the Holy See at the 9th Assembly of the World…

Pontiff: Catholics, Orthodox Are Closer

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VATICAN CITY, MAY 30, 2008 The Church and the Russian Orthodox have been growing closer together in friendship and in the desire to promote common values, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this in a letter he sent to Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. The letter was delivered by Cardinal Walter…

Blair starts religious education group

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By RACHEL ZOLL, Fri May 30, 3:27 PM ET Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that leaders in an interdependent world must work to end religious conflict or face “catastrophe” as he introduced a new foundation dedicated to interfaith understanding. Religion is as important in this century as political ideology was in the…

Buddhists, Christians Consider Point of Union

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By Miriam Díez i Bosch ROCCA DI PAPA, Italy, MAY 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Buddhists and Christians can find a point of unity and understanding in the Buddhist concept of compassion and the Christian understanding of love, concluded experts at an interreligious dialogue meeting. The Buddhist and Christian representatives, gathered April 26-30 in Rocca di Papa,…

Moscow patriarchate rejects Catholic-Orthodox statement on papal primacy

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Moscow, May. 20, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Russian Orthodox Church has officially rejected a doctrinal statement approved by a joint Catholic-Orthodox theological commission at a meeting in Ravenna, Italy last October. The Ravenna meeting reached agreement that the Bishop of Rome traditionally enjoyed primacy among all the world’s bishops, of both the Eastern and Western…

Pope: Christ Wills Catholic-Orthodox Unity

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ISTANBUL, Turkey, NOV. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed in a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew I of Istanbul his wish that Catholic-Orthodox dialogue continues to progress toward the union that Christ himself desired. A Vatican delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, delivered the letter to the…

Germany’s Catholics, Protestants Come Together for Historic Event

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The Pope’s refusal to grant Catholics the right to take communion together with Protestants threatens to overshadow the first-ever joint gathering of the churches in Germany.   It’s been heralded as the turning point in the history of Christianity in Germany. Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther upset the church with his reformation theses, after bloody religious…

In Westminster lecture, Blair says faith can transform humanity

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By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service LONDON (CNS) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spoken of his “passionate” conviction that religious faith can transform humanity for the better. Blair, 54, a former Anglican who was received into the Catholic Church just days before Christmas, said he wanted to promote the “idea of faith…

Pope’s U.S. Interreligious Meeting to Focus on Peace, 200 Leaders Called to Live the “Heart of All Religions”

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7-March-2008 — ZENIT.org News Agency   WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict’s XVI’s scheduled meeting with interreligious leaders during the Pope’s visit to the United States next month will focus on what is at the heart of all religions, says Bishop Richard Sklba. Auxilary Bishop Sklba of Milwaukee, the chair of the U.S. episcopal…