Articles on this issue "Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity"

Cardinal Kasper: I Was Never Against Priestly Celibacy

Says "Times Have Changed" Since 1970 Request for Theological Study

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Cardinal Walter Kasper, the retired president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said that "times have changed" since 1970, when he requested a study to look into the …

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Papal Homily to Close Prayer for Christian Unity Week

"We Are Still Far From That Unity for Which Christ Prayed"

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Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered today at the closing vespers of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held at the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls. Today's …

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Anglicans Honor Cardinal Kasper With Lambeth Cross

Prelate Affirms That Europe Needs New Spiritual Guidance

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The former president of thePontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity was honored by the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury with a dinner and the award of a Lambeth Cross. Anglican …

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Benedict XVI's Push Toward Unity

Interview With Secretary of the Vatican's Ecumenism Council

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As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draws to a close today, the secretary of the Vatican's ecumenism council says that Benedict XVI is pushing the faithful forward on the path of seeking …

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The president of the Vatican's Christian unity council will join with a Lutheran delegation Sunday in a ceremony at St. Paul's Outside the Walls, which will show "that the dialogue between the …

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Post-USSR Catholic-Orthodox Relations Studied

Aid Agency Helping Both Churches in Russia

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The relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches after the disintegration of the Soviet Union 20 years ago will be the topic of a March 19 congress in Wurzburg. Cardinal Kurt Koch, …

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Cardinal to Copts: We Must Seek Peace Together

Vatican Official Sends Christmas Greeting to Orthodox

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The president of the Vatican's unity council says Christians should be united to face oppression, and also to seek peace. Cardinal Kurt Koch affirmed this in a message to the Coptic community …

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Holy Land Christians Prepare Unity Week '11

Annual Jan. 18-25 Event Turns Toward 1st Community of Jerusalem

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The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is based this year on reflections prepared by a group of Christian leaders from Jerusalem. The mediations invite the faithful to contemplate the …

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Are We Getting Anywhere With Ecumenism?

Council President Gives a Report of the "Harvest"

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The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity just marked its 50th birthday. The council's president saw this as an opportune moment to look at what progress has been made in five …

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Dialogue More Than Political Action, Says Pope

Notes That Christian Unity "Resides in Prayer"

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Papal Words to Members of Christian Unity Council

"The Unity of Christians Is and Remains Prayer"

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Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today upon receiving in audience the participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, which ends Friday …

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Unity Council Marks 50 Years

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The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity will celebrate its 50th birthday with an ecumenical event this Nov. 17. The event will be presided over by Archbishop Kurt Koch, president …

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Balancing Me and We: Drawing on Christian Wisdom

Orthodox Symposium to Study Communion and Solitude

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The strain between the individual and the collective can often be a source of conflict, but the Christian tradition offers insight into these polar opposites, which are actually vital …

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How Women Bishops Affect Anglican-Catholic Dialogue

Interview With Secretary of Vatican's Unity Council

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After a bitter vote, the Church of England decided Monday that women can be consecrated as bishops. But the secretary of the Vatican's unity council says ecumenical dialogue will continue as …

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Swiss Bishop Tapped for Unity Office

Brings "Direct Experience" of Ecumenism to Pontifical Council

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Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel, Switzerland, has been appointed to succeed Cardinal Walter Kasper as the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The announcement of …

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