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April 10, 2020

Ecumenical covenant a ‘message of hope’

Leaders from four Christian churches convened for the 2019 Covenant Prayer Service in May at St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Regina. From left, Roman Catholic Archbishop Donald Bolen, Bishop Sid Haugen (Saskatchewan Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada), Bishop Robert Hardwick (Diocese of Qu’Appelle, Anglican Church in Canada), and Fr. Vasyl Tymishak (St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Regina).

While the VIDO-Intervac laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan is working flat-out on a vaccine for COVID-19, bishops from all over Saskatchewan have come together to launch a laboratory of their own to work on the elusive formula for Christian unity.

Published in Easter
December 1, 2019

Dialogue continues on path of co-operation

Bishop Brian Dunn, Catholic co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada.

Catholics and Anglicans in Canada have been working on their relationship ever since Gen. James Wolfe surprised Gen. Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in the fall of 1759.

Published in Faith
September 19, 2019

Pope Francis: Canon law 'an essential dimension' to ecumenism

Pope Francis greets Astrid Kaptijn, a professor of canon law and president of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, Sept. 19, 2019, during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY -- The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches' lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

Published in Faith
November 28, 2017

Unity, not uniformity, leads to peace, Pope says

Pope Francis greets men during a small informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders Nov. 28 at the archbishop's residence in Yangon, Myanmar.
YANGON, Myanmar – In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is the secret to peace.
Published in International
April 23, 2017

Book: 'Towards Unity' explores golden era of ecumenical dialogue

Regina Archbishop Don Bolen at the book launch of 'Towards Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue 500 Years After the Reformation' at the Toronto School of Theology April 7.

Five hundred years of division in the Western Christian tradition has yielded 50 years of striving for unity — and some of the best theology of our times, Regina Archbishop Don Bolen said at the launch of a new book of essays on ecumenism.

Published in Book News