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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
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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 delegation well received by Catholic leaders in Rome</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Mennonite-Catholic International Dialogue Report Going to Churches</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2004/04/07/mennonite-catholic-international-dialogue-report-going-to-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS RELEASE
Mennonite World Conference
For Immediate Release
April 7, 2004
At first thought, a small group of Mennonites and a Vatican delegation seem to be unlikely conversation partners. But maybe not. Five-plus years after they first met for a formal Dialogue, seven representatives from Mennonite World Conference (MWC) and seven from the Catholic Church&#8217;s Pontifical Council for Promoting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite-Catholic dialogue featured in Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2003/01/25/mennonite-catholic-dialogue-featured-in-vatican-newspaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Contacts Between Mennonites and Catholics
by John A. Radano
For its relationship with Mennonites, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is in touch with the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) whose central office is in Strasbourg, France. Those communities from different parts of the world adhering to the MWC consist altogether of about one million persons.
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint news release: Mennonite-Catholic International Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2002/11/14/joint-news-release-mennonite-catholic-international-dialogue-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) and
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
November 14, 2002
AKRON, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. &#8211; The fifth meeting of the Mennonite-Catholic international dialogue took place at the headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pennsylvania, October 25-31, 2002. Co-sponsored by the Mennonite World Conference (Strasbourg, France) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint News Release: Mennonite-Catholic International Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2002/01/28/joint-news-release-mennonite-catholic-international-dialogue-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOINT NEWS RELEASE
Mennonite World Conference and
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
January 28, 2002
ASSISI, Italy &#8211; The fourth meeting of the Mennonite-Catholic international dialogue took place at St. Anthony&#8217;s Guest House of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, in Assisi, Italy, November 27th-December 3rd, 2001. Co-sponsored by the Mennonite World Conference (Strasbourg) and the Pontifical Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonites and Catholics Find Common Ground on Adult Baptism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS RELEASE
Mennonite World Conference (MWC)
January 28, 2002
ASSISI, Italy &#8211; Global Anabaptist-related churches may be surprised to learn that Catholics believe in baptizing adults on confession of faith. Wasn&#8217;t voluntary adult baptism at the root of the turmoil and persecution of Anabaptists in the 16th century in Europe?
Baptism and the Lord&#8217;s Supper were topics discussed here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walter Cardinal Kaspar&#8217;s letter on Mennonite-Catholic dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2001/11/26/walter-cardinal-kaspars-letter-on-mennonite-catholic-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greeting to the Mennonite Delegation
November 26, 2001
Walter Cardinal Kasper
Dear Friends,
I am delighted to welcome you to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
We are very happy that a dialogue between the Mennonite World Conference and the Catholic Church has been underway since 1998. Be assured of my best wishes and prayers for a fruitful meeting [...]]]></description>
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