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Cardinal on Meeting of Catholic Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan

The Cardinal whose transfer from Torit Diocese to Juba Archdiocese in December 2019 was met with resistance from a section of the Clergy and Laity of South Sudan’s only Metropolitan See continued, “This council serves as a vital expression of communion and solidarity between the Bishops as well as the connected universal Church and all […]

Anglican Communion leaders share thoughts about their first General Convention – Episcopal News Service

International visitors and Episcopal Church staff pause during a tour of General Convention. From left: the Rev. Canon C.K. “Chuck” Robertson, canon to the presiding bishop for ministry beyond The Episcopal Church; the Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of Cape Town; the Rev. Daniel Karanja, Africa partnership officer for The Episcopal Church; the Rt. Rev. […]

6 things to expect at the National Eucharistic Congress- Catholic Standard

With less than a month to go, more than 40,000 Catholics have registered for the National Eucharistic Congress, the pinnacle of the U.S. bishops’ National Eucharistic Revival. Organizers expect the July 17-21 congress, held in Indianapolis, to be a watershed moment, igniting American Catholics’ belief in and devotion to Jesus’s real presence in the Eucharist. […]

Mixed Support for Communion Across Difference in Deputies

The House of Deputies on June 27 declined to appoint a new Communion Across Difference task force, after two task forces have worked since 2018 to foster “mutual flourishing” between supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage. Progressive deputies also took aim at two other resolutions the task force sponsored, both of which had been approved […]

Close, closed, close[d] Communion: Three words, one meaning

(LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford) By Matthew C. Harrison There are three simple but main points to closed Communion: Concern that the recipients know “what they seek” and “why they come” (Luther’s Large Catechism, “Of the Sacrament of the Altar”), and therefore receive Christ’s body and blood for their benefit (forgiveness), not harm (1 Cor. 11). The […]

Patriarch of Romania: Basilica Media Centre’s mission is a call to communion and comfort in suffering

In his message addressed to the Romanian Patriarchate’s journalists, he evoked the activity and role of the media in the mission of the Church. “Perfect intra-Trinitarian love is the core and foundation of the Church’s media message and communion, that is, the gathering and union of human persons in the love of the Most Holy […]