La Commission théologique internationale qui s’est réunie début octobre au Vatican a adopté presque unanimement une étude sur la nature du diaconat demandée par le cardinal Ratzinger il y a huit ans. Or cette étude ne ferme pas la porte au diaconat féminin. Dans les Églises orthodoxes aussi, des voix se font entendre depuis un
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Le 17 janvier 2003, son Excellence Madame Adrienne Clarkson, Gouverneure Générale du Canada, rendait publique la liste des nouveaux membres admis dans l’Ordre du Canada. À cette occasion, le Père Irénée Beaubien, s.j., fondateur du Centre canadien d’œcuménisme, recevait le titre d’Officier de l’Ordre en appréciation des services rendus dans le domaine des relations interconfessionnelles
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Ouest Un mouvement interreligieux pour détenus et ex-détenus, Bridging the Gap Ministry, a organisé un banquet à Winnipeg, le 15 novembre 2002, dans le cadre de la semaine de la Justice réparatrice. « Nous espérons apporter une présence et un soutien spirituels aux hommes et aux femmes présentement détenus, ou sur le point d’être libérés,
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LONDON, England (ELCA) — The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), expressed hope that the ELCA may one day enter into full communion with Anglican churches with whom other Lutheran churches are in full communion. Hanson made the comment to the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, archbishop of
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At a Vatican meeting at the end of October the International Theological Commission approved a 70-page document containing the results of its study of the nature of the diaconate, requested eight years ago by Cardinal Ratzinger. This study does not close the door on the accession of women to the diaconate. Voices within the Orthodox
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The list of new appointments to the Order of Canada was announced, January 17, by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. On this occasion, Fr. Irénée Beaubien S.J., founder of the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his pioneering work in interdenominational and intercultural relations.

West Bridging the Gap Ministry, an interfaith program for prisoners and ex-offenders, held a banquet in Winnipeg, Nov. 15, 2002 as part of Restorative Justice week. “We hope to provide a spiritual presence and support to men and women who are incarcerated, about to be released, or presently reintegrating into society, as well as to
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VATICAN CITY (ELCA) — Lutheran and Roman Catholic congregations must engage in a “reception” process for the agreement reached in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ), and the document should be presented in terms that members can understand, said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian
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VATICAN CITY (ELCA) — The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), called for the possibility of “limited interim Eucharistic sharing” between Lutherans and Roman Catholics in a brief meeting here March 24 with Pope John Paul II. Currently, it is not possible for Lutherans to commune in
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A photo of Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, a devout Anglican, standing before a Roman Catholic archbishop to receive communion has prompted a renewed discussion in the two denominations over the issue of who may take communion in a Catholic church.

After the photo was published in January in the Ottawa Citizen, there was a flurry of letters to the newspaper over the issue. The story was widely covered across the country and the letters and coverage prompted a published response in the newspaper from Archbishop Marcel Gervais, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa.
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VATICAN CITY, MAR 4, 2003 (VIS) – After a preliminary meeting in Jerusalem on June 5, 2002, high ranking delegations of the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel met in Grottaferrata near Rome, February 23-27, 2003, according to a joint communiqué made public yesterday afternoon
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