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Dialogue Forges Ahead With Anglicans, Methodists

Pontifical Council Official Notes Progress in '08

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Despite difficulties with the Anglican and Methodist confessions, ecumenical dialogue forges ahead with them as well, confirmed a Vatican aide. Monsignor Mark Langham, an official at the …

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Cardinal Presides Over Methodist Event

Celebration Seen as Sign of Progress in Ecumenical Dialogue

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The president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity presided over a Methodist celebration -- an event he said would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Cardinal Walter Kasper led an …

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Benedict XVI\'s Address to World Methodist Council

\"Let Us Seek to Foster a Mutual Commitment to the Word of God\"

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Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered in English today, when receiving in audience at the Vatican the World Methodist Council. * * * Dear Bishop Mbang, Dear friends in Christ, It gives me …

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Dialogue With Methodists Progressing, Says Pope

Receives Delegation at Vatican

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Benedict XVI highlighted the progress in dialogue between Catholics and Methodists in recent decades. The Pope made that point when receiving a delegation of the World Methodist Council in …

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Methodist Delegation Visiting the Holy See

To Continue Theological Dialogue, Says Vatican

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A top-level delegation of the World Methodist Council is in Rome to meet with Benedict XVI and his aides in the Holy See. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity revealed the news …

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World Council of Churches Ready for Ecumenical Dialogue

Interview With Secretary-General Samuel Kobia

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Benedict XVI's desire to promote Christian unity and encourage continued ecumenical dialogue will find support in the World Council of Churches, said the council's secretary-general. In an …

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Quest for Christian Unity: Where It Stands

Interview With Bishop Farrell, Secretary of Council for Promoting Christian Unity

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Impatience is a great temptation against ecumenism, says the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. At the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, …

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Cardinal Kasper Preaches in Methodist Church in Rome

On the Third Centenary of John Wesley's Birth

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Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, preached at the Methodist church of Sant'Angelo Bridge in the heart of Rome, in the context of an …

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What to Do About Iraq?

Religious Leaders' Views Run the Gamut

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The specter of U.S. military action against Iraq has prompted many religious leaders to urge further negotiations, or at least U.N. intervention, to avert an invasion or other form of …

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Anglicans and Methodists Publish Pact and Aim at Unity

"Could Well Change the Face of English Christianity"

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The Church of England and the Methodist church have published a covenant that could lead to unity within a decade, the Guardian newspaper reported. In a joint statement, the two churches spoke …

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Stem-Cell Decision Due by Early September

Bush Considering a Theoretical Option

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U.S. President George W. Bush said he would make a decision by early September on whether to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. "Therell be a decision before Congress comes …

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Irish Religious Leaders Ask Prayers for Politicians

Future of the North Nearing Critical Stage

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Special prayers for politicians will be said in parishes and churches of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland this Sunday as the political process reaches a critical stage. The four …

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Homosexuality Debate Splits U.S. Protestants

Many Ignoring Official Teachings, Bless Same-Sex Unions

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Conflicts over the ordination of homosexual ministers and official recognition of same-sex unions is provoking sharp debate in many U.S. Protestant churches. Take the Anglican Church. At a …

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Homosexuality Debate Splits U.S. Protestants

Many Ignoring Official Teachings, Bless Same-Sex Unions

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Conflicts over the ordination of homosexual ministers and official recognition of same-sex unions is provoking sharp debate in many U.S. Protestant churches. Take the Anglican Church. At a …

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