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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/16/vaticans-ecumenical-council-proposes-renewed-dialogue-with-mennonites/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Information Service publication of the Vatican&#8217;s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) includes news that the PCPCU has sent a letter to the Mennonite World Council &#8220;proposing a round of conversations.&#8221;  The council suggests that this new round of dialogue begin in late 2010 or early 2011, and that discussions center on &#8220;the theology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite World Conference participates in WCC theological dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, France (MWC) &#8211;  How and where does the global church discuss issues such as the nature and mission of the church, sources of authority and moral discernment in the churches? One long-standing forum for important discussions such as these is the Faith and Order Plenary Commission of the World Council of Churches. This body, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lutheran statement expresses &#8216;deep regret&#8217; for Anabaptist persecution</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2009/12/10/lutheran-statement-expresses-deep-regret-for-anabaptist-persecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland (MWC) – The Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has taken another critical step towards reconciliation with Anabaptists.
At its October meeting near Geneva, the council unanimously recommended that the LWF Eleventh Assembly adopt the statement “Action on the Legacy of Lutheran Persecution of &#8216;Anabaptists&#8217;” when it meets in Stuttgart, Germany in July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite-Catholic news from Mennonite World Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2009/10/28/mennonite-catholic-news-from-mennonite-world-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite World Conference met last summer in Asunción, Paraguay for its every-sixth-year general assembly. While the central purpose of the assembly was to strengthen bonds of communion between Mennonites from around the globe, the assembly also welcomed guests from other Christian traditions, including the Anglican Church, the Baptist World Alliance, the Catholic Church, the Lutheran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonites in Congo learn from Catholic experiences of self-reliance and service</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2008/12/21/mennonites-in-congo-learn-from-catholic-experiences-of-self-reliance-and-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following news article caught our attention this week. Around the world, churches of all traditions find themselves working simultaneously to put down deeper roots in their own cultural locales while maintaining global ties.  Here we learn of Mennonites in Congo drawing on Catholic experiences struggling to become more responsive to the needs of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite delegation well received by Catholic leaders in Rome</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/11/05/mennonite-delegation-well-received-by-catholic-leaders-in-rome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Service
November 5, 2007 
Strasbourg, France &#8211; Mennonites and Catholics are developing a common
statement to the World Council of Churches (WCC) as it prepares for the
International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in 2011. The convocation,
convened by the WCC, will come as the culmination of the WCC &#8220;Decade to
Overcome Violence. Churches seeking Reconciliation and Peace&#8221; (2001 &#8211; 2010).
Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join us in prayer, as Vatican hosts worldwide Mennonite representatives</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/10/16/join-us-in-prayer-as-vatican-hosts-worldwide-mennonite-representatives/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us in prayer as Mennonite delegates from 10 countries around the world travel to Rome for continuing consultations on Mennonite-Catholic dialogue and peace.   On October 18-23 the Pontifical Council for Promoting Church Unity will host Mennonite World Conference delegates for a church-to-church visit.  A brief meeting with Pope Benedict is scheduled for October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Catholics and Mennonites strike new bonds at first dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/09/11/colombian-catholics-and-mennonites-strike-new-bonds-at-first-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bogotá, Colombia (MWC)- &#8220;I have been able to get to know a new world that I never knew before,&#8221; said Monsignor Fidel Cadavid, the bishop of Quibdo, Colombia. &#8220;Without knowing one another, it is impossible to practice ecumenism.&#8221;
Bishop Cadavid plans to connect with the Mennonite congregation in Quibdo on his return. &#8220;I see a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite Central Committee leads ecumenical delegation to Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/03/02/mennonite-central-committee-leads-ecumenical-delegation-to-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/03/02/mennonite-central-committee-leads-ecumenical-delegation-to-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ecumenical delegation organized by Mennonite Central Committee &#8212; the arm of Mennonite churches in North America for relief, development and peacemaking &#8212; has just returned from Iran.  Among the delegation was David Robinson, executive director of the Catholic peace organization Pax Christi USA.  
&#8220;We traveled to the Islamic Republic of Iran at [...]]]></description>
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