Word: communion
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...Episcopalians The 2003 election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. has led to a real threat of internal schism and possible second-tier status in the Anglican Communion, its global parent...
...sees the millennial split between Catholics and Orthodox. And he pledged that "the Catholic Church is ready to do everything possible" to move closer to the world's quarter-million Orthodox believers. Patriarch Bartholomew I echoed the good will, citing "the unwavering journey toward the restoration of full communion among our churches." He even called the Pope "our brother, and bishop of the elder Rome." Their joint declaration touched on two of Benedict's favorite themes: secularization and the Christian roots of Europe. "The process of secularization has weakened" Christian traditions, the statement read. "In the face of this reality...
...Tally: Although Benedict clearly wants a closer communion with the Orthodox as a historical trophy for his reign, he is still only at the starting line...
...current system, many students choose to eat a majority of their meals away from the dining hall. Dinner might be the only meal that really is a considerable social gathering. And even then, most students choose to sit with blockmates or friends rather than participate in a free-flowing communion of House unity. Thus, allowing students more freedom would hardly destroy the dynamics of House social life...
...first stated goal of the trip has always been to strengthen spiritual ties with Benedict's Orthodox counterpart in Istanbul, Bartholomew I, the Patriarch of Constantinople, the "first among equals" of the patriarchs of the Eastern communion. There are also some 30,000 of Benedict's own flock living in Turkey to whom he will be preaching in a pair of Catholic masses...