Sentence examples for ecumenical understanding from inspiring English sources

Their university, they know, is widely recognized for promoting Christian-Jewish and ecumenical understanding.

In the religious sphere, there is mobility, ecumenical understanding and blurry boundaries.

Pope John XXIII led the way to the Second Vatican Council in 1962 and the pursuit of ecumenical understanding.

The extraordinary consistory, the sixth of this papacy, was called by the pope to discuss the apostolic letter in which he raised some key concerns for the future, from ecumenical understanding to ways to broaden consultation within the Roman Catholic Church, a sensitive topic inside the church hierarchy.

The Vatican is counting on the symbolism of John Paul's first visit to the Holy Land to help spur ecumenical understanding with other Christian churches, but the trip is not expected to make significant progress in mending the rift between Rome and the Orthodox Church.

To this day the Curia, which in its current form is likewise a product of the 11th century, is the chief obstacle to any thorough reform of the Catholic Church, to any honest ecumenical understanding with the other Christian churches and world religions, and to any critical, constructive attitude toward the modern world.

Mr. Bush's proposals, if enacted, would force a choice between ecumenical acceptance of all religions' understandings of social issues and a realistic desire to finance only programs and initiatives that could demonstrate concrete measures of success in combating poverty.

November 20, 1877 Buckinghamshire, England June 12 , 1955Staffordshire, England William Edwin Orchard, (born November 20 , 1877 Buckinghamshire, England died June 12 , 1955 Brownhills, Staffordshire) English ecumenical priest who strove for a closer understanding between Protestants and Roman Catholics.

Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles said, "The tone of 'Dominus Iesus' may not fully reflect the deeper understanding that has been achieved through ecumenical and interreligious dialogues over these last 30 years or more".

Indeed, he says, the ecumenical patriarch himself has been "a major voice for understanding and tolerance between all peoples, but specifically between Turkey and Greece".

"The hour of fellowship around the table we shall long cherish," Trever writes, "for it gave us a feeling for ecumenical Christianity, and it brought us closer in our friendship and understanding of the Syrians".