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Published Date: February 9, 2010

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity President, Cardinal Walter Kasper, has proposed the development of a shared “ecumenical catechism” as a fruit of four decades of dialogue.

“We have affirmed our common foundation in Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity as expressed in our common creed and in the doctrine of the first ecumenical councils,” Cardinal Kasper said, the Catholic News Service reports.

Opening a three-day symposium at the Vatican to brainstorm on the future of ecumenism, Cardinal Kasper said it is essential “to keep alive the memory of our achievements” in dialogue, educate the faithful about how much has been accomplished and prepare a new generation to carry on the work.

Cardinal Kasper suggested that the catechism could be the work of Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and members of Reformed churches.

He said the members of his council “proposed an ecumenical catechism that would be written in consultation with our partners,” but “we do not yet have any idea how such a catechism could be structured and written.”

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Cardinal asks dialogue partners if an ecumenical catechism might work (Catholic News Service)

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