Ecumenical Church Congress - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:30:13 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Ecumenical Church Congress - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 German Catholics and Protestants Pursue Intercommunion Despite Vatican Objections https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/22/german-catholics-and-protestants/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:55:21 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=134817 Catholics and Protestants in Germany announced on Tuesday that they would press ahead with intercommunion at an event in May despite Vatican objections. In a March 16 press release, organizers of the third Ecumenical Church Congress (ÖKT) in Frankfurt said that they planned to invite Christians to attend celebrations "in many churches" in the city Read more

German Catholics and Protestants Pursue Intercommunion Despite Vatican Objections... Read more]]> Catholics and Protestants in Germany announced on Tuesday that they would press ahead with intercommunion at an event in May despite Vatican objections.

In a March 16 press release, organizers of the third Ecumenical Church Congress (ÖKT) in Frankfurt said that they planned to invite Christians to attend celebrations "in many churches" in the city and across Germany on May 15.

According to CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news partner, they said: "Christians of all denominations have the opportunity on this evening to come and enter, to get to know different traditions and — following their own conscience — to celebrate the living memory of Jesus Christ."

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