Pope Francis
By means of the decision to elect a non-European, the Catholic Church has clearly accepted and given prominence to the fact that the center of gravity of world Christianity has shifted to the global south. […]
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The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church thanks the World Evangelical Alliance
(Bonn Profiles News 07/2013 – No. 243) The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka I., along with several bishops and archbishops of his church, has publicly thanked the Ambassador for Human Rights of the […]
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Interacting with Roman Catholic Teaching
My book on “Indulgences” was translated from German to English and will be released in September. My preface deals in general, how Protestants should deal with Roman Catholic Teaching: The Roman Catholic Church and its […]
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A new Page of History is Written
“Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct” published (Bonner Querschnitte no. 172 – 18/2011, June 29, 2011) “Today represents an historic moment in our shared Christian witness,” claimed Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran, president of […]
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Christianity and Democracy
ARTICLE Despite much ambivalence in the relationship between Christianity and democracy, there are reasons why determined Christians and minority churches have called for secular democracy, have advanced it, and have helped to stabilize it.
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Official inaugural visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch
The newly elected Chairman of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, Professor Thomas Schirrmacher, has made his first official inaugural visit, which led him to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, in the form of a courtesy call. The one-hour audience in the Patriarch’s study was followed by lunch together.
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Hope founded on Salvation
This is a comment on the second encyclica by Pope Benedict XVI. I praise it for its exegetical approach and every Protestant will love it except for the last two paragraphs.