Speaking at the Nikaean Club, an ecumenical organisation overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity observed the two communions have the same theology, but a different ecclesiology. Adding that Anglo-Catholicism was so Catholic he wondered what was keeping Anglican clergy in the Church of England. Read more
The cardinal with responsibility for Anglican and Catholic relations is arriving in Britain today ahead of a four-day visit to deepen his knowledge of the Church of England. Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as the leader of the Alpha Read more
A Senior Russian Orthodox bishop has identified ways that the Orthodox and Catholic Churches can work together to respond to the challenges of materialism and consumerism. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, made the remarks at a meeting in Moscow with Johannes von Heereman, executive president of Read more
The Dalai Lama attended a festive High Mass in St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna last Sunday and visited a chapel dedicated to victims of the Nazi regime. The Tibetan spiritual leader asked Cardinal Christoph Schoernborn, who was showing him around Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral, if he could attend the Pentecost Mass as a pilgrim, as Read more
Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir has been invited by the Holy See – through the Maestro of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” – to sing at St Peter’s in Rome. The Choir of Westminster Abbey will sing alongside the Cappella Musicale Pontificia, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the liturgies of the Solemnity of St Peter and Read more
For the National Interfaith Forum, February 2012. The national interfaith movement received a shot in the arm from the largest ever national interfaith forum held in Hamilton on the weekend of 18-19 February.
The forum, which has been held annually since 2003, brings together regional interfaith groups, faith community leaders, academics and human rights advocates to tackle the issues of interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Over 200 people attended all or part of the forum, which also included associated forums for youth, men and women. Keynote speakers were Dr Anna Halafoff from Melbourne, and religious broadcaster Chris Nichol.
Read the article...Spiritual Identity in a Secular Society was the theme for the ninth annual National Interfaith Forum that took place in Hamilton 18-19 February. Six members of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Interfaith Relations attended along with two others sponsored by the committee. Dr Mary Eastham, Sharron Cole and Sr Catherine Jones presented at the Forum, which included the National Youth, Women’s and Men’s interfaith forums.
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Many faith communities are working together on the front line after the riots in London and other cities and towns in the UK. Haringey Citizens, is an alliance of civil-society institutions including St Ignatius Church and St Ignatius College. They are are part of Citizens UK, a national broad-based alliance of schools, colleges, universities, churches, mosques, synagogues, Read more
Churches are to be trained in running community festivals as part of their outreach during the 2012 London Olympic Games. Many training events are planned to show churches how they can put on simple events that build community spirit and demonstrate the Gospel. Australian organisation Fusion Youth and Community festivals director, Marty Woods, has moved Read more