{"id":51560,"date":"2014-10-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2014\/10\/30\/pope-to-old-catholic-bishops-of-utrecht-it-s-about-forgiveness-and-reconciliation\/"},"modified":"2014-10-30T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:00:00","slug":"pope-to-old-catholic-bishops-of-utrecht-it-s-about-forgiveness-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2014\/10\/30\/pope-to-old-catholic-bishops-of-utrecht-it-s-about-forgiveness-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope to Old Catholic Bishops of Utrecht: It's about forgiveness and reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to strengthen unity among Christians, Pope Francis welcomed a delegation of the \u00a0Bishops Conference of the Union of Utrecht, also known as 'Old Catholics.'\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The division between the two came about in 1870 during the First Vatican Council, when a group of bishops rejected the notion of papal infallibility. Today, there are more theological and ecclesiological differences between the two, but the Pope said, they must focus on moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n'It has been possible to build new bridges of a more profound mutual understanding and practical co-operation. Convergences and consensus have been found, and differences have been better identified and set in new contexts.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Europe is confused about its vocation and identity, said the Pope. This, he explained, opens a new door for Catholics and so called Old Catholics to collaborate and help people in their spiritual journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then added that the separation between the two, triggered grave sins and human faults on both sides, but mutual forgiveness and humble repentance are key for reconciliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KLH\u00a0<br \/>\nCTV<br \/>\nJM<br \/>\nBN<br \/>\nUp:MPI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 30, 2014. ;The Pope added that a path towards ecumenical unity starts with a change of heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/IypWjAs5HCA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bvetterocattoliciint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}