Tag: Ecumenical
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Orthodox-Catholic Consultation Responds to ‘Ravenna Document’
SCOBA has released the joint response of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation to the international dialogue’s 2007 “Ravenna Document.” This took place at the Consultation’s 77th meeting, held at Saint Paul’s College in Washington, from October 22-24, 2009. It was presided over by Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh and Roman Catholic Archbishop Gregory…
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‘little steps forward in the right direction’
From the Zenit news service story, With Orthodox: “Little Steps, the Right Direction.” The Vatican’s official for promoting Christian unity has characterized the most recent session of dialogue with the Orthodox as “little steps forward in the right direction.” This was the estimation given by Cardinal Walter Kasper to Vatican Radio today as he evaluated…
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Catholic-Orthodox meeting on Cyprus wraps up
See you next year in Vienna: According to a statement released by the dialogue commission Oct. 23, the commission’s Orthodox members discussed “the negative reactions to the dialogue by certain Orthodox circles and unanimously considered them as totally unfounded and unacceptable, providing false and misleading information.” The Orthodox delegates “reaffirmed that the dialogue continues with…