Word: waldensians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dissident priests were in deadly earnest, and they asked the Pope's blessing. Instead, the Vatican quietly passed the word that the priests were to be denied meeting space on Catholic premises. Eventually, they were forced to meet at the Waldensian Protestant church near the Tiber. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore delta Domenica observed that many of them had in effect already left the church they were purporting to liberate...
Since the papacy of John XXIII, hostility on both sides is giving way-slowly -to dialogue and cooperation. Catholic priests often attend lectures at the Waldensian seminary in Rome, and one Italian Protestant attended the Vatican Council sessions as an official observer. Today, Italian Protestants are cautiously hopeful about the Vatican's new interest in friendship with other churches. "We welcome any step toward Christian unity based on the word of God," says the Rev. Ermanno Rostan, moderator of the Waldensian Church. But, he adds, "we are also vigilant...