Category - benedict

WCC leader and Pope seek dialogue and cooperation

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:41:16 +0000

For the first time, a general secretary of the World Council of Churches has taken part with a pope in a Rome service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which ended last week, recalling the centenary of this initiative born in the United States in 1908.

Pope seeks to heal long-standing rift with Chinese Church

staff writers — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:34:55 +0000

After an extended period of disagreement and diplomatic conflict, the Pope has extended an olive branch to the Catholics in China, and indirectly to the governing authorities, via a meeting and pastoral letter to follow.

Pope links human rights to the quest for global peace

staff writers — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:47:46 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, has highlighted the links between human rights and human reconciliation in his 2007 New Year message, delivered at St Peter's Rome.

Pope and Orthodox Patriarch look to common Christian roots

staff writers — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI has prayed with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomeos I, who is often referred to as the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, making a step to healing a 1000 year rift, which the pontiff said obstructs the proclamation of the Gospel - writes Luigi Sandri for Ecumenical News International.