The Feast of Peter and Paul on June 29th is a major affair here in Rome. Both Peter and Paul were martyred in Rome, and their tombs remain to this day important pilgrimage sites. Many representations and icons of the two saints exist, but the Eastern Orthodox icon of Peter and Paul meeting and holding […]
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MEOR director the Rev. Matthew A. Laferty met with the president, general secretary, and other leaders from the Lutheran World Federation during their visit to Rome, 25-27 June 2021. Rev. Laferty was a special guest at a lecture by LWF general secretary the Rev. Dr. Martin Junge at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas […]
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On 21 June 2021, MEOR director Matthew A. Laferty along with leaders from various churches and Christian communions met at St. Anselmo Monastery in Rome to discuss ways to strengthen prayer, friendship, and collaboration among Rome-based churches and global communion representatives. Pictured left to right: Msgr. Marco Gnavi from the Diocese of Rome, Rev. Laferty, […]
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At a luncheon at the Anglican Centre in Rome on 25 May 2021, MEOR director Matthew A. Laferty shared about John Wesley’s spiritual experience at Aldersgate Street on 24 May 1738 with H.Em. Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Wesley, the founder of the Methodist revival, reluctantly attended a […]
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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.
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