Can Unity Be Built Without Truth? Lessons From Sarah Mullally’s Vatican Visit
COMMENTARY: If ecumenism is to have integrity, it must be built not on gestures that obscure reality, but on a shared submission to the truth Christ embodies.
COMMENTARY: If ecumenism is to have integrity, it must be built not on gestures that obscure reality, but on a shared submission to the truth Christ embodies.
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Finnish Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran shepherds gathered in Rome to meet Leo and share their common Christian witness.
The Pontiff looked back to the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 2025.
COMMENTARY: The Pope’s trip to Turkey and Lebanon yielded tangible results — strengthening Orthodox-Catholic ties and issuing urgent appeals for peace as Lebanon faces the threat of another war.
The Holy Father emphasized that followers of Christ should be artisans of reconciliation.
Leo XIV noted that, although the Catholic Church was not present at that first meeting, 'we stand with you today as fellow disciples of Christ, recognizing that what unites us is far greater than what divides us.'
COMMENTARY: The concern for unity among Christians, present from the very origins of the Church, took on particular force in the early 20th century in what has come to be known as the Ecumenical Movement.
Synod on Synodality delegates and participants will attend an ecumenical prayer service at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11.
COMMENTARY: Any consideration of women in the diaconate must be grounded in a thorough understanding of the Catholic Church's tradition and divine revelation.
COMMENTARY: Three points are worthy of note as the heads of the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion come together to pray ahead of the Synod on Synodality.
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