The Interview: Bishop Vashti McKenzie, president of the US National Council of Churches
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with BIshop Vashti McKenzie about why she’s continuing with the ecumenical group, how she responds to its critics and what lies ahead for its future…
Essay: Can ecumenism survive some Orthodox churches’ resistance to ordained women?
ANNA PIELA, a visiting scholar in religious studies and gender at Northwestern University in the US, writes, in an article published by Religion News Service, that the issue of female ordination is threatening to define the future of ecumenism and Orthodoxy at large…
Newman poised to be “saint of friendship” in today’s polarised church
Vatican CityRNS Cardinal John Henry Newman, a Catholic convert who was able to bridge the divide with the Anglican Church and was among the most respected theologians of the 19th century, will become a saint on Sunday (13th October), as Catholicism faces new divisions from within. “Some people say this is a battle for the soul […]
ESSAY: MAKING OURSELVES A ‘PONTIFEX’ IN THE MODE OF POPE FRANCIS
US Protestant pastor BOB ROBERTS, Jr, founder of Glocal.net – an organisation that promotes connections with leaders from different religious backgrounds, applauds Pope Francis for his efforts to reach out of the “other”…
EGYPT: COPTIC ABBOT’S MURDER POINTS TO STRAINS OVER ECUMENISM
JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER and MINA NADER, writing for Religion News Service, report…
GERMANY: CATHOLICS’ CONFUSING ATTEMPTS TO ALLOW COMMUNION FOR PROTESTANTS
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, looks at how the Catholic Church in Germany is continuing to grapple with the issue of whether Protestants can receive communion…
ESSAY: WHY THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IS AN HISTORICAL EVENT ON PAR WITH THE REFORMATION
American Jesuit priest THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, on why the rise of ecumenism is a cause for celebration and what the next steps are…
CHURCH: REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY OPPORTUNITY FOR REFLECTION ON PAST AND CRITICAL LOOK AT PRESENT, SAYS WCC GENERAL SECRETARY
DAVID ADAMS caught up with Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, during his recent visit to Australia and New Zealand, to talk, among other things about ecumenism, inter-faith relationships and the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation…