Tag: Ecumenical News
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The New Pope: Some Thoughts from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina
“He’s always been very close to young people. He likes Rock music and does not mind when it is played in church. He thinks that most simple people don’t identify with classic music.”
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Cardinal Bergoglio (now Pope Francis): Anglican Ordinariate is “quite unnecessary”
Cardinal Bergoglio made it clear that he values the place of Anglicans in the Church universal.
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Catholic and Protestant Ecumenical Recognition of Baptism
Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Christian Reformed Church in North America, Reformed Church in America and United Church of Christ will sign the document.
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First female bishop for Lutheran Finland
Bishop Irja Askola was elected in a 3 June vote in which she received 591 votes to 567 for her rival, Matti Poutiainen. The Helsinki Times reported that one of the differences between the two candidates concerned marriage, with Askola being willing to bless same-sex couples, whereas Poutiainen held that marriage is solely between a…