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Cardinal Levada: Union with the Catholic Church is the goal of ecumenism

March 9, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 7 Comments 

A summary of a recent speech from a Catholic Cardinal who argues that all ecumenical activity should lead to a reconciliation of all Churches with Rome. Read the full text of the speech. Orthodoxy is only mentioned in terms of the “Eastern Catholic” practices.
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In a lengthy address delivered in Canada on March 6, Cardinal William [...]

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Patriarch of Constantinople´s New Encyclical Defends Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue

February 22, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment 

The Catholic take on +Bartholomew’s Sunday of Orthodoxy encyclical. Caveat: I am a columnist for Catholic Online.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, (CNA Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople´s newest encyclical encourages dialogue between the Orthodox Church and other Christian churches and laments those who are “unacceptably fanatical” in challenging such dialogue. He specifically condemned the false rumors spread about [...]

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Patriarch Kirill & Pope Benedict: A Tale of Two Leaders for a new Missionary Age

February 11, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 33 Comments 

I’ve been asked to become an Orthodox columnist on Catholic.org and accepted. Below is my first essay. Regular readers will notice ideas we discussed on the AOI Observer.
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NAPLES, FL. (Catholic Online) – Over four decades ago Pope John Paul II said that the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church was necessary for the [...]

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Church has right to bring Gospel values to public debate, pope says

February 3, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment 

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic teaching and the truths of the Gospel have a right to be heard in public debate, especially in a country where so many people claim to be Christian, Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of England and Wales.
However, the church must recognize dissent within its own ranks and [...]

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“The Pope Is the First Among the Patriarchs.” Just How Remains to Be Seen

January 25, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment 

ROME, January 25, 2010 – This evening, with vespers in the basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Benedict XVI is closing the week of prayer for Christian unity.
There are some who say that ecumenism has entered a phase of retreat and chill. But as soon as one that looks to the East, the facts [...]

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Der Speigel interviews Abp. Hilarion (Alfeyev)

December 30, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment 

Ed. The secularized west meets the Orthodox east. From the Russian Orthodox Church Department of External Church Relations website.
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Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion had with the magazine’s correspondents.
The interview is [...]

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WOF Survey Trends In US Religion — Who are the “Nones”?

May 5, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment 

Roman Catholic priest Fr. Robert Barron offers a sociological analysis on the emergence of the “Nones” — the people who eschew atheism but avoid churches.

HT: Frank Johnson

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