Church group head seeks European council that includes Catholics

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Geneva (ENI). The head of the main grouping of Anglican, Orthodox, and Protestant denominations in Europe has proposed the creation of a Council of European Churches that would also include the Roman Catholic Church. The Rev. Jean-Arnold de Clermont, a French Protestant who is president of the Conference of European Churches, made the proposal in…

Evangelicals and Catholics: The old edginess fading

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Associated Press, via the Arizona Daily Sun, USA July 30, 2005 Richard N. Ostling Evagelical Protestants and Roman Catholics — the nation’s two largest religious blocs — have a relationship that’s been marked in the past by hostility and tension. But now, almost 500 years after Martin Luther, one of the top U.S. evangelical thinkers…

Benedict XVI begins work at Vatican

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The Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday pledged to work to unify all Christians, reach out to other religions and continue implementing reforms from the Second Vatican Council as he outlined his goals and made clear his pontificate would closely follow the trajectory of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Benedict,…

Muslims and Catholics to meet in Rome in the spring

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Muslim scholars and leaders stated in their letter to the Holy See: “As Muslims and in obedience to the Holy Quran, we ask Christians to come together with us on the common essentials of our two religions… Let this common ground be the basis of all future interfaith dialogue between us.”LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) –…

Church and state at the United Nations – Religion

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Frances Kissling THERE IS increasing concern that the traditional barriers between church and state in the U.S. are under threat. Pres. Bush’s decision to set up a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has caused considerable debate about the role religion should play in public policy and the delivery of social services. There…

Obama nomination would boost ranks of Catholics on court

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Shift called sign of tolerance By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff  |  May 30, 2009 For the first 50 years of the Supreme Court, there were no Catholics on the bench, and for years after that, there was generally a single “Catholic seat.” Obama seeks to quell dust-up over Sotomayor remarks. A10 But over the last…

Obama, eyes on Vatican meeting, cites areas of cooperation

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WASHINGTON Pope Benedict XVI has “taken extraordinary leadership” on a host of issues that could form the basis for additional U.S.-Vatican cooperation, President Obama told religion writers at the White House earlier today. Obama and the pope are scheduled to meet for the first time at the Vatican July 10, following the president’s participation in…

US-Vatican diplomacy: 25 years official, centuries behind the scenes

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By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the earliest days of the nation, U.S. and Vatican leaders have considered it worthwhile to keep diplomatic channels open, despite the sometimes rocky political paths involved. Through times when the Vatican has served as intermediary between sparring nations, to a diplomatic-channel offer from the United States — politely…