{"id":1976,"date":"2010-02-09T17:28:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/02\/vatican-official-calls-for-ecu.php"},"modified":"2010-02-09T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:28:41","slug":"vatican-official-calls-for-ecu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2010\/02\/vatican-official-calls-for-ecu","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Official Calls for &#8216;Ecumenical Catechism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Vatican official called on Monday (Feb. 8) for &#8220;an ecumenical catechism&#8221; setting forth the common beliefs of the Catholic and major Protestant churches.<br \/>\nCardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, announced the proposal at a Vatican symposium with representatives of the Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed churches.<br \/>\nCiting the need for an &#8220;ecumenism of basics that identifies, reinforces and deepens the common foundation&#8221; of Christianity, Kasper said that the proposed catechism would be written &#8220;in consultation with our partners,&#8221; according to a report by Catholic News Service.<br \/>\nKasper noted that &#8220;we do not yet have any idea how such a catechism could be structured and written.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe cardinal himself is unlikely to preside over such a project, since he turns 77 next month, placing him two years past the normal retirement age for the heads of Vatican offices.<br \/>\nAs head of the council since 2001, the noted German theologian has led the Catholic church&#8217;s ecumenical dialogue with other Christian churches as well as with Jews.<br \/>\nIn Monday&#8217;s address, Kasper warned that ecumenism &#8220;is perhaps in danger of becoming a matter for specialists and thus of moving away from the grass roots,&#8221; and appealed for &#8220;a people-centered ecumenism&#8221; to revitalize dialogue with other faith communities.<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Francis X. 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