Milwaukee auxiliary, Dutch Protestant discuss Christianity's future

Published: 2006-02-15

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (CNS) -- The younger generation met the older generation at the World Council of Churches' gathering in Porto Alegre as a U.S. Catholic bishop sat on a stage in dialogue with a young female Protestant pastor from the Netherlands. The dialogue between Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba of Milwaukee and the Rev. Jantine Heuvelink, a chaplain at the University of the Hague, was featured in a "bate-papo," the Brazilian expression for chat. The chat sessions occurred in the mornings during the Ninth General Assembly of the World Council of Churches Feb. 14-23. During the "bate-papo" gatherings, young people challenged their elders to explain what they have done, or what they have not done, to create a better world. The topic for the Feb. 15 session was "Is There a Future for Christianity in the 21st Century?"

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