Catholic-Methodist dialogue moves toward joint statement on church

Published: 2003-10-27

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The United Methodist-Catholic Dialogue moved a step closer to a joint statement on the local and universal church during an Oct. 2-5 meeting in Washington. "The Church in Each Place and in All Places" is the theme of the current series of twice-yearly sessions. According to a news release issued Oct. 22 by the U.S. Catholic bishops' Department of Communications, at its latest session the group moved from a mutual learning phase to formulating common themes and developing an outline for a draft report. At its next meeting in March 2004, it plans to begin discussing the report and refining it. United Methodist Bishop Walter Klaiber of Frankfurt, Germany, presided at the October meeting. Auxiliary Bishop Frederick F. Campbell of St. Paul-Minneapolis is the Catholic co-chairman.

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