“The Pope’s most loved Protestant”
With these words, Prof. Dr. Daniel Philpott from the University of Notre Dame opened Thomas Schirrmacher’s lecture in the Pontifical University Urbaniana in December 2015.
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WEA and the Vatican release consultation statement, highlighting challenges and opportunities
The World Evangelical Alliance and the Roman Catholic Church have jointly released a ground-breaking statement—based on six years of dialogue—which, while acknowledging continuing areas of theological divergence, also calls it “imperative” for Evangelicals and Catholics to work together in addressing the spiritual needs of an increasingly secularized and polarized world.
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Pope calls upon WCC to return to emphasizing evangelism
During his visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, Pope Francis, along with many kind words, urged the WCC to once again prioritize the task of evangelism and mission.
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“My paternal friend Cardinal Tauran”
The Catholic News Service kath.net published a tribute to the late Jean Louis Cardinal Tauran by Thomas Schirrmacher, which we make available for free use by the media now.
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Benedict’s Jesus Trilogy and Historical Critical Theology
These comments were written during Pope Benedict XVI’s term in office, prior to his resignation. References that were current at the time have not been changed, e.g., to “Pope emeritus.” However, an excursus at the end adds more recent information.
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Howell and Schirrmacher hand Pope Francis four books and reports
Richard Howell and Thomas Schirrmacher hand Pope Francis reports on persecution in India, by the Global Christian Forum and by the World Evangelical Alliance
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70 years WCC: “Something is starting to move”
70 years ago, on August 23, 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded. The theologian Thomas Schirrmacher talks about the history of the “World Council of Churches”, why Catholics are not members – and why he sees a missionary departure also in Germany.
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Schirrmacher talks with the President of Korea, the Joint Chief of staff and with the Commanding General of the 8th US army about a peaceful reunification
Interviews with Thomas Schirrmacher