The ecumenism inspired by Vatican II offers a powerful sign of Christ’s presence, here and now, in the midst of the shadows left by human weakness and sin, ever accompanied by the light of the ...

Vatican II makes it absolutely plain that there is ... It is emphasized that “there can be no ecumenism worthy of the name without a change of heart.” Repentance is necessary for sins against ...

Unitatis Redintegratio, the landmark Second Vatican Council decree on ecumenism that was promulgated ... most controversial document of Vatican II. As is the case with many theological ideas ...

There’s not much of a future in the older ecumenism, as liberal Protestantism has become ever more porous doctrinally and morally.” The 50th anniversary of Vatican II falls in the same week in ...

In that light, perhaps the key question is whether the humility and passion for unity of post-Vatican II ecumenism, which were undeniably historic achievements, can be creatively combined with ...

We see changes in the areas of collegiality, liturgy, and ecumenism, where we cannot even call Protestant communities churches any more.” Meanwhile, critics of “the spirit of Vatican II ...

Catholic-Orthodox and Catholic-Jewish relations finally reached the floor of the Vatican Council on November 18. At the close of the formal presentation of the schema on Ecumenism in St. Peters ...

I further argued that in light of the “Decree on Ecumenism,” one can conclude ... In Dominus Iesus the C.D.F. has followed Vatican II in recognizing that outside the Catholic Church there ...

in the hill town of Rocca di Papa south of Rome to mark the anniversary of the Vatican II “Decree on Ecumenism: Unitatis Redintegratio (Unity Restored).” The 260 participants included ...