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Catholics and Reformed in Dialogue Conference

Apr 25th, 2023 | By | Category: Blog Posts, Unity in the News

Event: Creation, Nature, and Grace: Catholics and Reformed in Dialogue Dates:  28 & 29 April 2023 Location: Angelicum, Aula Minor Schedule: Friday, 28 April 11:00 Welcome and Introduction 11:05 – 13:15  What is Creation and How Do We Know About It?– Simon Oliver (Durham University)– Mariusz Tabaczek, OP (Angelicum) 14:00-16:15  Original Righteousness, Nature and Grace before […]



“First Mass since Reformation celebrated at Swiss Cathedral”

Mar 10th, 2022 | By | Category: Unity in the News

St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2022 / 12:00 pm “The first Catholic Mass in nearly 500 years was celebrated at a cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland, last week for the vigil of the First Sunday of Lent. The last Mass celebrated at St. Pierre Cathedral took place in […]



A Response to Steven Nemes’s “Why Remain Protestant?”

Nov 1st, 2021 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Steven Nemes is a Protestant theologian and phenomenologist who teaches Latin at North Phoenix Prep, a Great Hearts Academy. He is also an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University. He received his Ph.D. in Theology in 2021 from Fuller Theological Seminary. This fall Steven has uploaded two videos in which he argues that Protestants should […]



Three Anglican Bishops Received into Full Communion with the Catholic Church in 2021

Oct 30th, 2021 | By | Category: Unity in the News

In 2021 three Anglican bishops have been received into full communion with the Catholic Church. On Pentecost (May 23), John Goddard, who had been the Anglican bishop of Burnley, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church. On September 8, Jonathan Goodall, former Anglican bishop of Ebbsfleet, was received into full communion with the […]



Open Forum

Aug 11th, 2021 | By | Category: Forum

This is a forum for questions and answers pertaining to the purpose of Called To Communion, namely, resolving through good faith dialogue the disagreements that presently divide Protestants and Catholics, by together pursuing unity in the truth. These comments will be moderated to ensure they comply with our posting guidelines, so please read those guidelines […]



That There Be No Schisms Among You

Jul 7th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

I started this essay in 2013, and then put it on the back burner. But now in the midst of a global viral pandemic I decided to complete it. This sort of essay is unusual at Called To Communion because in it I intend to write primarily to my fellow US Catholics. However, the problem […]



Alister McGrath’s Conversion on Justification

May 5th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

One of the most important objections raised here at Called To Communion against the Catholic doctrine of justification has been based in large part on the Protestant theologian Alister McGrath’s work on the topic. That objection has now been undermined by McGrath’s change of position.



Called To Communion’s Ten Year Anniversary

Mar 6th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Called To Communion’s first essay was posted on Ash Wednesday in 2009. So today on this Ash Wednesday we give thanks to God for ten years, and ask for His continued grace for sanctity and gifts for service.



Bryan Cross on The Journey Home (2017)

Aug 31st, 2017 | By | Category: Blog Posts

In 2011 I received an invitation from the folks at The Journey Home to come tell my story, but at the time I had to decline the invitation because of other responsibilities. This summer I was re-invited, and was traveling through Ohio anyway, so I stopped in Zanesville and sat down with Marcus Grodi, a […]



Racial Reconciliation and the Most Segregated Hour

Aug 16th, 2017 | By | Category: Blog Posts

My daily commute in St. Louis, Missouri used to take me down a three mile stretch of north Grand Avenue from I-70 to Saint Louis University in Midtown St. Louis. Each time I would drive that stretch, I would count the number of churches on either side of the road. I would count them because […]