The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, met H.E. George Johannes, South African ambassador to the Holy See, this morning to discuss a wide range of topics including reconciliation in South Africa and the African diaspora.
The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, participated on 25 April 2021 in an ecumenical service of remembrance for the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island (San Bartolomeo all’Isola) in Rome. The church has a special memorial to martyrs of the Christian faith from the 20th and 21st centuries. H.Em. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian from the Armenian Apostolic Church presided with H.Em. Cardinal Kurt Koch from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity preaching. Rev. Laferty read Scripture during the service from the Letter to the Hebrews, including “for you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised” (Hebrews 10:36).
Photo: The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty reading during the Armenian genocide service. Photo by Kamla Ernest.
The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, Methodist representative to the Holy See, met H.Em. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, representative of the Armenian Church to the Holy See and Pontifical Legate of Western Europe, on 21 April 2021 to discuss a number of issues including the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, the Armenian diaspora, the importance of prayer to Christian unity
In an online encounter this afternoon, the Rev. Matthew A. Laferty met Filipe Domingues and Heather Walker from the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas to discuss the Lay Centre’s work as well as continuing collaboration.
The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, met online the Rev. James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches and pastor in the Methodist Church In Fiji and Rotuma, to discuss ecumenical cooperation in the Pacific region and the Conference’s programs in self-determination, gender-based justice, and climate change as well as share about MEOR and the international Methodist-Catholic dialogue.
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