Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan wants to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation with a common statement on “Eucharistic hospitality” with the Roman Catholic Church.
The Cafe has not followed the “how many Anglicans will become Catholics now that the pope will let them keep their own liturgy” story as closely as some religion blogs because we think the answer is “not very many” and that the story is overhyped.
According to the newly appointed head of Ecumenism for the Roman Catholic Church, we should insist on unity only and not settle for cooperation.
Which is more important? Entering heaven or entering the Roman Catholic Church? Reports are that when John Henry Newman is beatified, the date of his feast in their calendar will be the date of his conversion to Roman Catholicism, not the day of his death.
Yesterday afternoon the Southern Province of the Moravian Church in the United States joined its sister Northern Province in voting to affirm the full communion
Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ecumenical monastic order and spiritual-pilgrimage destination center in Saône-et-Loire, France, by Brother Roger Schutz.
RCA remains affiliated with ELCA but has noted concern over Lutherans’ desire to open the ordination process to gays and lesbians.
The Northern Province of the Moravian Church, which represents the northern half of the full body of Moravians in the United States voted last night to approve the full communion agreement that the Episcopal Church approved last summer in Anaheim.
Canon Kearon explained the removal of Episcopalians from the Anglican Communion ecumenical dialogs as being due in part to the collapsing of the dialogs. Yet Bishop Chris Epting points out that the Episcopal Church is in full and lively conversations with a number of ecumenical partners, including in parallel with some that are in conversations with the larger Communion.
Rowan Williams’ decision implies that The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral (CLQ) is no longer the baseline for church unity and is not a sufficient statement of Christian orthodoxy.