The Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission – the official joint commission between the World Methodist Council and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity – concluded its 11th dialogue round on 27 March 2021. The 11th round of dialogue began in October 2017 with a Papal Audience to celebrate the dialogue’s semicentenary. The 11th dialogue round focused on […]
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In a virtual encounter on 26 March 2021, the Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, the director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Methodist representative to the Holy See, met Sr. Patricia Murray IBVM, the executive secretary of the Unione Internazionale delle Superiore Generali (UISG), along with UISG formation programme officer Claudia Giampietro. During their one […]
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The Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, the director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office and the Methodist representative to the Holy See, met the Most Reverend Fr. Michael Brehl CsSR, superior general of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, in a virtual encounter on 26 March 2021. The congregation is also known as the Redemptorists. They […]
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In a virtual encounter on 24 March 2021, the Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, and Bishop Rosemarie Wenner, Geneva Secretary of the World Methodist Council, met Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, vice moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, to discuss the work of the World Council of […]
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The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, MEOR director and Methodist representative to the Holy See, met H.Em. Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican’s Discastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, with other dicastery officials on 24 March 2021 to discuss the work of Methodists and Catholics in the areas of peacebuilding, migration, and creation care. This […]
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The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, Methodist representative to the Holy See, met H.E. Derek Hannon, Irish ambassador to the Holy See, at the Irish Embassy on 24 March 2021 to discuss a wide range of topics including Methodism in Ireland, the work of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, and reconciliation in Ireland.
Matthew A. Laferty organized a lecture by Mrs. Gillian Kingston, a laywoman from the Methodist Church in Ireland and the vice president of the World Methodist Council, on 23 March 2021. She presented on the history of the international Methodist-Catholic bilateral dialogue from 1967 to 2006 in a webinar entitled, “From Denver to Dublin, from […]
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The Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Methodist representative to the Holy See, met His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization for Peoples, on 16 March 2021. They discussed a wide array of topics related to mission and evangelism. Cardinal Tagle oversees […]
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MEOR director and Methodist representative to the Holy See Matthew A. Laferty met H.E. Sally Axworthy MBE, British ambassador to the Holy See, to discuss the work of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, the role of women in Methodist churches, and issues affecting Methodists globally. He also presented Ambassador Axworthy with a book on women […]
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On Sunday, 7 March 2021, the Reverend Matthew A. Laferty, Methodist representative to the Holy See and MEOR director, preached and celebrated Holy Communion at St. Andrew’s Church of Scotland in Rome, Italy.
