“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.
-
-
Invited by the Lutheran bishop in Jerusalem
The Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has now personally expressed his belated congratulation to Ibrahim Azar, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELKJHL), based in the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, on his new ministry and wished him God’s blessing and wisdom for his difficult task as a mediator.
-
Schirrmacher gives ecumenical “Bishop’s sermon” in Neumarkt, Bavaria
The Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance has given the annual ecumenical Bishop’s sermon on the persecution of Christians in the cathedral of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria), which has been held since 2014.
-
Is the Orthodox Church splitting?
Bartholomew, the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, has initiated the recognition of another independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In an interview with pro, Thomas Schirrmacher, Chairman of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, explains the process in Ukraine.
-
Prayer Breakfast in the Austrian Parliament
Report by ideaHeute on the second National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in the Hofburg in Vienna
-
Reading the Bible instead of going to ecumenical events
To the reader’s letter “Ecumenism – the loss of the true Gospel?” by Wolfgang Nestvogel (idea Spektrum, No. 12, p. 43) as well as to the report “Christians should read the Bible instead of attending ecumenical meetings” (on idea.de)
-
WEA welcomes Book “Christianity” by All Churches in Turkey
Schirrmacher speaks at book launch to the Ecumenical Patriarch and other heads of churches in Turkey