By Courtney Mares OSV News ROME — Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the Catholic Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2,000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The pope expressed this hope during a June 30 audience with […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, right, prays at an icon of the crucified Christ at the Taize prayer service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 24 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
Newman continues to host annual prayer service for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva will represent the Catholic Church at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 25, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This will be the fifth straight year the Newman Center, the hub of the university’s Catholic campus […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, third from left, sits with leaders of other Christian denominations at the Taize prayer around the cross Jan. 19 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. The ecumenical hour-long session of chants, petitions, readings and meditation, hosted by the Diocese of Honolulu, was in observance of the 2017 […]