Church depicts Mary and Joseph as Muslims in Nativity Scene

A parish priest in the south of Italy enraged parishioners by dressing the Virgin Mary in a Muslim burqa for his church’s Christmas Nativity scene, adding a boatful of refugees and a rainbow flag in place of the star of Bethlehem. The pastor of the parish of Saints Joachim and Anne in Potenza, Father Franco Corbo, found himself face to face with an angry mob of demonstrators gathered outside his church on Wednesday to protest his provocative display.

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Ecumenical Congress promoted ‘unity’ between Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, several Orthodox Churches, Protestant denominations and free evangelical denominations (including some Baptists and Pentecostals) debated for 3 days about how to walk towards “encounter, reconciliation and hope in a better future.”

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Catholics and Protestants Pledge Healing for 500th anniversary of the Reformation

Germany’s main Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have published a “Common Word” for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 in which they call for a “healing of memories” of past divisions and for the event to be commemorated in ecumenical fellowship.

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Pope Francis: Doctrine is not important, let's unite

Pope Francis urged Lutherans to set aside doctrinal differences Thursday and work with Catholics to care for the poor, the sick and refugees as he laid out his vision for greater communion before his visit to Sweden later this month.

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Pope, Anglican leader call for unity in mission and service

Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and, especially, joint works of charity and justice.

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Pope Leads Interfaith Peace Meeting in Assisi

Pope Francis met Tuesday with religious leaders from around the world in the Italian town of Assisi, where he condemned increasingly prevalent religious violence in the world.

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Baptists can be Catholics?

A cadre of Baptist scholars has been writing about emerging catholicity, the holy desire for unity among all ecclesial communions. Taking tradition more seriously as a source for theological construction, these Baptists urge usage of the ancient creeds of the apostolic heritage of the whole church to supplement their reading of Scripture. A leading theologian in the movement, Steven Harmon, contends, “Baptists have their own distinctive ecclesial gifts to offer the church catholic, without which even the churches currently in communion with the bishop of Rome are something less than fully catholic themselves.”

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Pope Francis: True evangelising is not debating or winning arguments

Pope Francis has said that evangelizing is not to knock on doors declaring that 'Christ is risen' but instead to live out the faith through actions and to talk "with meekness, with love, with no desire to win an argument".

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Evangelical Lutherans Vote to Approve Declaration of Unity With Roman Catholics

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a declaration of unity with the Roman Catholic Church in an endeavor to “enumerate the many points of agreement between Lutherans and Catholics”—a move that some state is contrary to biblical Christianity.

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Interfaith event to unite Muslims, Jews and Christians

A new interfaith and spiritual gathering of Christians, Jews and Muslims will take place in Jerusalem this September.

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Muslims attend Catholic Mass to show unity

Muslims gathered for Catholic Mass on Sunday in churches and cathedrals across France in a powerful display of unity following the killing of an elderly priest.

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Adventists, Catholics, Muslims dedicated to interfaith unity

On Thursday evening, July 14, Nice, France, became the location of yet another mass murder. This following recent mass tragedies in Dallas, Turkey, Baghdad and Orlando. Words cannot sufficiently describe the profound grief of the human family. We mourn the loss of innocent souls and pray for the recovery of those who are injured.

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Jews, Muslims and Christians to build a joint house of worship

In an attempt to turn away from polarization and politics, a group of Jews, Muslims, and Christians will be setting up a joint house of worship in Jerusalem. The prayer hall will be open to the public between September 5th to the 11th.

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Christian school removes cross to avoid offending Muslims

Parents at the newly established Oak CE Primary School in Huddersfield are fuming after they allege school officials removed a Christian cross on the school logo to not offend Muslims.

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Pope Francis Prays for One World Religion

Many people think Pope Francis is the Antichrist, or at least the false prophet. Videos like this one don't do him any favors. Although no reasonable person would argue against living in peace in a world of conflicting religions, the pontiff takes this ideal to a new extreme in a video message illustrating his heartfelt prayer request.

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Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus defend Islamic mosque

Nearly 20 diverse civil rights and religious groups today asked a court to support a community of Muslims in New Jersey who have been trying to build a house of worship for almost a decade. The mosque met every requirement by the local zoning board and was designed to look like a house to blend in with the surrounding neighborhood. But due to local hostility toward Muslims, the permit was denied.

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Pope Francis Meets With Evangelical, Pentecostal Leaders

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

The Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, former secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance and chairman of the Advisory Board of Christian Media Corporation, said in an interview with The Christian Post Tuesday, that there was a John 17 spirit during the two meetings he had with Pope Francis. Tunnicliffe noted that formal meetings with the pope are often said to last only 30 minutes but one informal meeting with Francis and Evangelical and Charismatic leaders lasted over two hours. Those at the gathering sensed the presence of God, according to Tunnicliffe, and a unity of the Spirit as their discussions focused on Jesus Christ even as they talked about theological differences.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/pope-francis-meets-with-evangelical-pentecostal-leaders-in-john-17-spirit-165196/#U5BPO867sjcxAzU1.99

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

The Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, former secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance and chairman of the Advisory Board of Christian Media Corporation, said in an interview with The Christian Post Tuesday, that there was a John 17 spirit during the two meetings he had with Pope Francis. Tunnicliffe noted that formal meetings with the pope are often said to last only 30 minutes but one informal meeting with Francis and Evangelical and Charismatic leaders lasted over two hours. Those at the gathering sensed the presence of God, according to Tunnicliffe, and a unity of the Spirit as their discussions focused on Jesus Christ even as they talked about theological differences.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/pope-francis-meets-with-evangelical-pentecostal-leaders-in-john-17-spirit-165196/#U5BPO867sjcxAzU1.99

Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have historic enmity.

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Pope Francis Joins Evangelicals at Historic 1 Million-Strong event

Evangelical leaders are calling on 1 million Christians to gather together in the nation's capital next month for prayer and worship at a historic event called "Together 2016." Inspired by Nick Hall, the founder of PULSE, a prayer and evangelism movement to empower the church and awaken the culture to Jesus, Americans are being urged to unite on the National Mall on July 16 to offer prayer that God will change the hearts of a divided America.

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Christians told to be quiet so as not to offend Muslims

A Catholic charity has shut down prayer in one Italian church so migrants who are in the community are not offended, in fact, taking parishioners to another location so they could recite the rosary.

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Pope Francis to address Islamic Council to improve relations between Christians and Muslims

Pope Francis has been invited to address the United Arab Emirates' Islamic council in efforts to improve relations between Christians and Muslims.

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