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Passau, Germany, Jun 10, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA).
An influential theologian considered to be close to Pope Francis has said that he is “very worried” about the German Catholic Church’s controversial “S.
Ecology in focus during unity week in South Korea
Korean Faith Ministry says Covid-19 was caused by human damage to the ecosystem
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Preservation of the environment is the focus of Christian Unity Octave in South Korea. (Photo: Unsplash)
Catholics and Protestants in South Korea are focusing on ecological conservation for the common good of the world during prayer meetings and seminars to mark Christian Unity Octave from Jan. 18-25.
The declaration was made by the Korean Council of Christian Faith and Order, also known as the Korean Faith Ministry, ahead of Christian Unity Octave, a joint initiative of the World Council of Churches and the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
ROME: It was 40 years ago, that Saint Pope John Paul II declared Saints Cyril and Methodius as co-patrons of Europe. With his Apostolic Letter
Egregiae virtutis, dated 31 December 1980, Pope John Paul marked the centenary of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical that introduced their liturgical feast of 14 February into the calendar of the Catholic Church.
The 9th-century missionary brothers from Thessaloniki (in present-day Greece), evangelized the Slavic peoples and took the step of adapting the Greek alphabet into what came to be known as the “Cyrillic” alphabet. Saints Cyril and Methodius are also great ecumenical figures, venerated by several Christian Churches. Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Vatican Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, released a video message to mark 40 years of the declaration of the Apostles to the Slavs as co-patrons of Europe.