Christian unity

Amid cries for church unity post-election, some Christians say ‘Not so fast’

By Emily McFarlan Miller and Roxanne Stone — November 11, 2020
NEW YORK (RNS) — After a polarizing presidential election, Christian leaders are urging believers of all political convictions to find common ground in their faith.

‘You can’t just jump to hope’: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on healing after the election

By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 11, 2020
(RNS) — Curry spoke to Religion News Service about what divides the United States, what people of faith can do to help bridge those divisions and why he believes healing is possible.

Reformed churches endorse Catholic-Lutheran accord on key Reformation dispute

By Tom Heneghan — July 6, 2017
PARIS (RNS) Five hundred years after the Reformation, one of Protestantism’s leading branches has officially said it now agrees with the Vatican on the main issue at the root of its split from the Roman Catholic Church.

Vatican exhibits Rembrandt in gesture of Christian unity

By Josephine McKenna — December 8, 2016
(RNS) For the first time in history, the Dutch master has a show in the Holy See.

Tony Palmer, who captured Pope Francis’ bid for Christian unity with a cellphone, dies after motorcycle crash

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — July 22, 2014
(RNS) In the video, Pope Francis referred to Palmer as "my brother, a bishop-brother," saying they had been friends for years. "Let us allow our longing to increase so that it propels us to find each other, embrace each other and to praise Jesus Christ as the only Lord of history," Francis said.

Pope Francis uses smartphone video to urge Christian unity

By Eric J. Lyman — February 20, 2014
ROME (RNS) Pope Francis said it doesn't matter who's to blame for divisions among Christians: "Who is at fault? All of us are. We are all sinners. There is only one who is right, and that is our Lord."
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