A Truly Ecumenical Council

Walter Cardinal Kasper

Function: President of Promoting Christian Unity, Roman Curia

Title: Cardinal Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Birthdate: Mar 05, 1933	Country: Germany

Elevated: Feb 21, 2001	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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A Truly Ecumenical Council
Sept 12, 2004
Talk of reform of the Church raises the question of whether a new Pope should call a council of the whole Church. Cardinal Kasper has very clear ideas about this.

(The Tablet, 6 July 2002) “A truly ecumenical council would have to include at least the Orthodox Churches”, he points out. “That would be one of my greatest desires; but the situation is not yet mature.” But then he hints that the groundwork for a council is already being laid. “Perhaps the ecumenical dialogue – especially with these Eastern Churches – is a certain type of pre-conciliar phase to prepare for such an ecumenical council”, he says, giving the impression that he really didn’t mean to qualify his thoughts with that perhaps. He finishes the thought more emphatically. “We are”, he thinks, “in the preparatory phase.”

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