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By Maria Wiering
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 |
 Despite layers of differences, ecumenical expert says there’s real hope Christians can someday be one
“I just want to show you. I'll be back in a moment.” Msgr. John Radano got up from his chair and left the room. Two minutes later, he returned with three large volumes containing the reports from four decades of formal ecumenical dialogues between Catholics and other Christian denominations. A fourth one is to be published soon, he said.
“[The reports] are made available, so people can use them,” he said. “A lot can be done. A lot should be done.”
An expert on ecumenism, Msgr. Radano finished a 24-year appointment to the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity in 2008. He spent the spring 2010 semester at St. Paul Seminary as a visiting scholar. Most recently, he coordinated a June 17-19 conference on ecumenism at the seminary. Titled “A Century of Ecumenism,” the international conference explored achievements and future goals for 11 formal dialogues between the Catholic Church and other Christians.
The “century” marker in the conference’s title refers to the 1910 World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland that launched international ecumenical dialogue efforts. Although the Catholic Church was not part of the earliest dialogues, the Second Vatican Council recognized the need for ecumenical understanding and the church has been an important voice since.
The following includes excerpts from an June 21 Catholic Spirit interview with Msgr. Radano.
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By Pat Norby
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
Msgr. William Baumgaertner, 88, is enjoying the fruits of the research and recommendations that he prepared with the late Msgr. Ambrose Hayden back in the 1970s.
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By The Catholic Spirit
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
The June 30 announcement of Father Arthur Kennedy, a former faculty member at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, as an auxiliary bishop of Boston was the latest addition to the list of bishops who have ties to St. Thomas and the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity.
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By The Catholic Spirit and Catholic News Service
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Friday, 02 July 2010 |
Father Arthur Kennedy, current rector of St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass., and a longtime professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, was named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, along with Father Peter J. Uglietto, rector of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass.
Bishop-designate Arthur Kennedy
Msgr. Jean-Francois Lantheaume, charge d'affaires at the apostolic nunciature in Washington, announced the appointments by Pope Benedict XVI on June 30, after Boston Auxiliary Bishop Emilio Allue, 75, resigned.
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