The readings for the Seventh Sunday in Easter speak to the central pillars of unity and prayer – image courtesy of Vecteezy.com. The readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter highlight two central ...

Charles Spurgeon once said, "Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. Since union is ...

The Catholic Church is not afraid of human knowledge because it boldly professes that whenever one seeks truth regardless of discipline, one seeks He who is Truth, Jesus Christ. Contrary to the ...

Today, January 18, begins the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. What do we pray for when we pray for Christian unity? What are the obstacles to unity that need to be overcome? When we ...

A recent German book, written from a Christian ecumenical perspective about the ethical issues surrounding the beginnings of human life, quotes the view—commonplace in religiously-divided Germany—that ...

“Lumen Fidei,” Pope Francis said, would be an encyclical written “by four hands”—those of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his own. Much of the encyclical shows the thinking of Benedict: extensive ...

In a recent article, I also responded to the comments of Patriarch Awa and, in line with his concern with "uniatism," criticized the code of canon law common to the Eastern Catholic Churches (CCOE).

A wall fresco depicting the First Council of Nicaea in the Sistine hall of the Vatican Library. (CNS photo/Carol Glatz) The various liturgical calendars in use throughout most of Christianity feature ...

The indwelling Holy Spirit secures the unity of the Church. Establishing and strengthening unity among the people of God falls within the province of the third person of the Holy Trinity. The early ...