Pope Francis Calls for Christian Unity

I absolutely must share this link that I am about to share because it contains a video message from Pope Francis that is basically about the heart and purpose for this blog. I am urging everyone to please watch this video and pray, and search your hearts as to what is God's will or role in your life in order to bring about ecumenism among all in our Faith. The Pope expressed that he is full of longing because Christians are still separated, "separated because of sin, our sins." "Who is at fault?" he asked. "All of us are, we are all sinners. The link is below. Blessings!



Watch: In video message to Pentecostal community, Francis calls for Christian unity | Catholic World Report - Global Church news and views




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http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/2950/watch_in_video_message_to_pentecostal_community_francis_calls_for_christian_unity.aspx#.UwahlGJdWSp

Religions of the World: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity - YouTube

I hope and pray that everyone is well. I wanted to share the link to this video I found on YouTube which is titled: Religions of the World: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity. Religions of the World is a series that is narrated by Ben Kingsley. This particular episode is about the history of Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity or, in reality, most of the history of the Christian Church. The program discuses and interviews experts with relevance to the history, the practices, and the theology of these, the two major denominations of Christianity. The executive producer of the program is Luis Florencio Tapia. I personally enjoyed this episode, and thought that it was very informative on matters of ecumenism between these two denominations or as some call them, the Eastern and Western Churches. The link to the video is below, and  I hope you enjoy watching and listening to it very much. Blessings!



Religions of the World: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity - YouTube

Pope Francis’ Trip in May and Ecumenism

As I have mentioned in the past, I want this blog to be about promoting ecumenism and that includes informing about what is going on in the major denominations of the Faith with relevance to this subject. Well, Pope Francis will be doing a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May which will be focusing or centering on a meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Eastern Orthodox archbishop of Constantinople. Why am I writing to inform you about this trip, because they will be discussing ecumenism? You can read more about the encounter in an article by Andrea Gagliarducci published by CAN and EWTN News on January 8^th, 2014. The article is titled: Pope Francis’ Holy Land Visit to Focus on Ecumenism With Orthodox. Things seem to be looking bright on the ecumenism front. The link to Andreas’ article is below. I hope you enjoy reading. Blessings!

Pope Francis’ Holy Land Visit to Focus on Ecumenism With Orthodox | Daily News | NCRegister.com


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http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-francis-holy-land-to-focus-on-ecumenism-with-orthodox/#ixzz2q6KtLF00

Arango's Apologetics Page: About the Previous Post, the Codex and Satan, On Doubt, On Scriptures like Daniel 10, and On Struggles

I wanted to share the latest post on my other blog because at the end it deals with issues on this blog as well, and also because I even mention this blog on it. I hope you enjoy reading the article. The link to it is below. Blessings!

Arango's Apologetics Page: About the Previous Post, the Codex and Satan, On Doubt, On Scriptures like Daniel 10, and On Struggles

Happy New Year to all readers and I hope that 2014 is your best year yet. Blessings!

News on Ecumenism between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church

Well, to finish off the year, I must say that there is some hope for ecumenism on the horizon on our planet. And, that is good news to finish off the year or perhaps to start the new one. An article from the Catholic News Agency just a couple of weeks ago gives us the heads up on the matter. The article is titled: Ecumenism with Orthodox is near to Pope's heart, cardinal says, and it is written by Kerri Lenartowick. The author says that Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch told CNA on December 13^th that “I think the ecumenical issue and the ecumenical challenge is very close to his heart....” Moreover, It has been a few days, and I have no news on the matter, but from December 14^th through the 19th, Cardinal Koch was going to travel to Russia to meet with leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church. This sounds like good news with relevance to ecumenism. You can find the link to read the entire article just below. I hope you enjoy reading it. Blessings!

Ecumenism with Orthodox is near to Pope's heart, cardinal says :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)


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http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/

Augustine's World - By Robert D. Kaplan | Foreign Policy

I wanted to share this article by Robert D. Kaplan on Foreign Policy Magazine with you the reader. I enjoyed reading it very much, and I feel that it gives a really good historical understanding to why ecumenism is so difficult. To make things brief, the link to the article is below, and I hope you enjoy reading it. Blessings!

Augustine's World - By Robert D. Kaplan | Foreign Policy