A Vatican diplomat highlighted Thursday the “ever-growing intolerance and discrimination against Christians, Jews, Muslims and members of other religions.” Addressing the permanent council of the Organisation for...
By Cindy Wooden – The pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions have had an impact on the Catholic Church’s relationships with other Christian churches, but the effects were not...
The former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Sunday that today’s media environment is undermining theological truths that are the foundation of Church unity. “In...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity should help Christians see that the closer they draw to Christ, the closer they...
By Cindy Wooden – The only way to end war and ensure humanity’s survival is “through encounter and negotiation, setting aside our conflicts and pursuing reconciliation, moderating the...
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Cardinal Maurice Piat of Port-Louis, Mauritius, has praised public responses to an oil spill that devastated the island’s coastline, as one prominent lay Catholic...
In the period before the lockdown, religious leaders used that precious time to be too inward looking and seemingly less concerned for the poor, and there are...
Calling all Catholics! Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be asking you all sorts of questions about Church, your parish and your faith life. Let’s get...
By Cindy Wooden – Working for Christian unity and engaging in formal theological dialogues to promote it obviously raises questions about what the nature and mission of the...
When he announced the convening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII proclaimed that he wanted “to open the windows and doors of the Church so...
Newman: A Unifying Saint – The British ambassador to the Holy See explains why the soon-to-be St. John Henry Newman matters for Anglican-Catholic relations… More Stories: Diakonia...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is a time of reflection, dialogue and listening to the needs and sufferings of indigenous people,...