The Dispatch
The death of an Evangelical titan
When I started my own evangelical ministry, Word on Fire, some twenty years ago, I drew some very practical inspiration from Billy Graham. […]
ecumenism
Analysis
Questioning the prospects of Catholic-Orthodox unity
The latest statement of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation (NAOCTC) begins and ends with questions, and these are both more valuable and certainly more interesting […]
Essay
I am a Catholic because of St. Josaphat
Josaphat, as a Catholic monk, priest and bishop, worked unceasingly to effect unity between Catholics and Orthodox. […]
The Dispatch
Ecumenism and the Eucharist
Attempts to achieve Christian unity are noble things, for those outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church who are baptized properly are indeed Christians. […]
Analysis
The Nashville Statement is part of an ecumenical “ecology of man”
The major theme of the Nashville Declaration, what the Catholic tradition calls an “ecological conversion,” is in complete accord with the Catechism of the Catholic […]
The Dispatch
Recalling the prophetic embrace of Athenagoras I and Paul VI
The exchange of visits in fifty years ago between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras marked a new epoch in East-West relations. […]
Interview
Former Anglican bishop finds a home in the Catholic Church
Monsignor Keith Newton, 65, is the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, headquartered in London, England. The ordinariate was established in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI; its purpose is to reunite Anglicans with Rome while preserving […]
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Anti-American projections and trendy scapegoating
From 1989 until roughly 1996, I was formally involved in the ecumenical movement, jetting off to regional and World Council of Churches meetings on five different continents. By 1991 in Canberra, Australia, I came to […]
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The Bible, the Reformation, and G.K. Chesterton
“I suppose it will take centuries to unwind the coil of confusion and stupidity, which began when the Reformers quite irrationally separated the Bible from the Church.” Although G.K. Chesterton is admired by both Protestants […]