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INSTITUTE for ECUMENICAL Leadership


AUGUST 3-10
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Pilgrimage of His Holiness

Benedict XVI to the Holy Land
May 8-15, 2009

Program
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WHAT'S NEW?
USCCB NOTEWORTHY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES

Orthodox-Catholic Consultation Studies Nature of Communion, Authority

Methodist-Catholic Dialogue Explores Eucharist, Environment

Cardinal George Calls Violence at Holocaust Museum Appalling; Cites Need for Education against Racial, Religious Prejudice

Catholics, Anglicans Meet on Debt Relief, Contraception

Sikh-Catholic Retreat Scans Common Theology, Youth Outreach

West Coast Muslim-Catholic Dialogue Explores Migration in Lives of Jesus, Muhammad

Catholic-Muslim Dialogue Examines Interreligious Education

Jewish-Catholic Dialogue Supports Pope's Witness in Israel

Pope in Holy Land Will Promote Inter-religious Cooperation

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Catholic News Service

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The Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs has a mandate from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to give guidance in ecumenical and interreligious affairs and determine concrete ways of acting in accordance with the Decree on Ecumenism and on Non-Christian Religions of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican and with other ordinances and legitimate customs, taking account of the time, place and persons they are concerned with but also of the good of the universal Church….for more see our Mandate and Brief History page.   On October 28, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sent greetings to Hindus in honor of the feast of Diwali:
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