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The National Commission for Ecumenism
The commitment of the Catholic Church to ecumenism, to the unity of the Christian community, is based on the undoubted will of Jesus Christ as symbolised at the Last Supper when Jesus prayed that his disciples might be one, as he and his Father are one.
The Catholic need for Christian unity is, in the first place, a call for unity within the Church itself. Catholics must have a recognition and acceptance of the central importance of unity for a true understanding of the very nature of the Church.
The unity within the Church is an essential prerequisite to forming even greater degrees of unity with other Churches and eccelsial bodies. This unity is as necessary within the Church in New Zealand as for the Church world-wide.
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Global churches act on communal violence in India - The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have jointly called on the Prime Minister of India requesting his intervention to end the violence in the state of Orissa. Christians Celebrate New Religious Freedoms in Libya - A new wave of religious freedom is sweeping across Libya. This follows three decades during which, observers say, the tiny Christian community faced restrictions due to the overwhelmingly Muslim nation's hostile stance towards the West. "People are respecting us. They accept us. We are free," says Roman Catholic Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, who is based in the capital Tripoli. New Catholic chaplain promotes interfaith work - After two years of publicity searches, active recruiting, and student pressure, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life finally hired a new Catholic chaplain: Father Hal Weidner.
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