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No. 3569.
PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1972.
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This is the Secretariate for the Promotion of Christian Unity in plenary session Rome this month from February 8 - 18. Cardinal Jan Winebrands, second from the right with his back to the camera is President of the Secretariate. On his right is the Secretary, Fr. Jerome Hamer, O.P. Achbishop Goody is second from the top in the centre seating. On his left is Archbishop Pantin of Trinidad, and opposite is Cardinal Parecattil of South India.
Work for Christian unity going at lively pace Archbishop Goody "Now,with six
WORK in the area of contact between the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches has progressed at an encouraging pace and there have been one or two meetings that would have been unbelievable a few years ago. This was stated by His Grace, Archbishop Goody, when he r eturned
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Unity that m eets in Rome each year. The 10-day meeting is Talks with the World oured much of the disin two parts, a review of Lutheran Federation ageement that arose. work done in the past have been extremely proNow there has been year and the planning of mising, although there direct written contact activity for the coming are many splinter groups between Pope Paul and year. of the Lutheran Church the Patriarchs of AlexanThe Eucharistic State- in the Federation. This is dria and Antioch and the ment of agreement by the further complicated by Katholikos of the ArmenAnglican and Catholic the fact that the Lutheran ians asserting that there Commission was studied Church is episcopal in is no difference in the and was welcomed in Scandinavia and non- faith of the two Churches general. One or two episcopal in Germany. over the natures of points, such as the real As a result of talks Christ. presence and the mean- with the World Methodist Meetings that would ing of sacrifice in the Conference, 90 per cent have been unbelieveable Eucharist, did not seem of which is in the United a few years ago have also sufficiently clear. States, the American taken place. The CardinSo far neither Church Methodist Churches have al and two envoys were has approved the agree- agreed to eliminate all present for the election ment but both are study- anti-Catholic references of Patriarch Pimen, Pating its further improve- from their articles of riarch of All the Russias. They met with the Patment. The Secretariate belief. riach of Moscow. was instrumental in the OPTIMISTIC setting up of the ComAlso in May last year An outstanding step mission to proceed with they were invited to offiforward was the optim- cial this work several years talks with the istic dialogue held with Church ago. of Greece. The the separated Christian mee ting on that occasion Future discussions must Churches of the Middle was referred to as now be held on the mean- East. "hands stretched forward ing of ministry and Some of these divisions to greet and heal with priesthood because in a reach back to the times brotherly affection." sense the effectiveness of of the Council of Chalcethe Eucharist depends don in 4Si when division INTEREST upon the approach taken arose over the MonophyAsked about the effect to this matter. site question. of all this on the individThe Secretariate is At the time the Council watching with interest defined Catholic doctrine ual member of the Cathand sympathy the pos- that in the one Person olic Church, Archbishop sible union of the Metho- of Christ there were two. Goody said that never dist and Church of Eng- not one, natures, the was the work of Christian Unity more active at land in England. Their human and divine. the official level. solution of the problem Misunderstandings beHowever, he said, it of the mutual recognition tween the precise meanof orders could give a ings of Greek, Latin and was the interest of indilead to a similar type of Syriac words in the con- vidual Christians that future recognition in the text, as well as national must be cultivated. There Catholic Church. and local jealousies, colContinued on Page 4.
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