COVID-19 and ecumenism: Pandemic prompts prayer, action
Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is pictured in a Jan. 29, 2017, photo. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito)
By Cindy Wooden • Catholic News Service • Posted January 14, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions have had an impact on the Catholic Church’s relationships with other Christian churches, but the effects were not all bad.
Around the globe, Christians of different denominations have and continue to practice what Pope Francis has called the “ecumenism of charity,” working together to care for the sick, support the mourning and feed the hungry.