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Vademecum: Rome's Trinitarian Ecumenical Handbook
Published 5 years, 2 months ago
Description
On December 4, 2020, the Vatican published handbook with instructions for
Catholic bishops to promote unity with other professing Christian
communities. The document is called an “ecumenical vademecum.” It was
approved by Pope Francis and issued Dec. 4 by the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity. It asserts that "Christ willed" the type of
unity that the Church of Rome is now promoting. Pope Francis says that such
unity is not optional, and has support from many government and religious
leaders around the world including the World Council of Churches and the
United Nations …