Members of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission, the official theological dialogue commission between the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church, produced short videos about the commission’s work and its meeting agenda at the commission’s last meeting in Pocheon, Korea, from 22-27 September 2024.
The Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric, Methodist co-chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission (MERCIC), spoke about his hopes for MERCIC’s work as the Commission begans its deliberations on 23 September 2024
Bishop Shane Mackinlay, Catholic co-chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission (MERCIC), spoke about how the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality and the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed shaped the Commission’s work.
Sister Prof. Mary Sylvia Nwachukwu DDL speaks about her experience of the Methodist-Catholic international dialogue and the importance of the dialogue’s meeting in Korea.
Fr. Gerard Kelly shares about the importance of the Methodist-Catholic international dialogue’s project to re-synthesize and harvest the dialogue’s 11 reports into a single published text similar to the dialogue’s 2010 document “Together To Holiness”.
Prof. Dr. Catherine Clifford links her participation in Methodist-Catholic international dialogue and Methodist theology of conferencing, connectionalism, and lay participation as important insights for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
The Rev. Dr. Hermen Shastri talks about unity as primary to our Christian vocation and the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission’s work in living this vocation.
The Rev. Prof. Glen O’Brien speaks about the Methodist-Catholic international dialogue moving Catholics and Methodists toward greater unity in Christ.
The Rev. Prof. Danny Pilario CM speaks about his learnings of mission and an ‘ecumenism of blood’ from the Korean Catholic and Methodist churches.
Dr. Jung Choi speaks about Methodist-Catholic dialogue as a journey in unity in Christ.
The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty offers the final video from this year’s meeting in Seoul, Korea, of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission. He describes the urgency of Christian unity in a divided world.
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