CONFERENCE ON THE RECEPTION OF ECUMENICAL DIALOGUES AT THE ISEO (PARIS)

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

From 22 to 24 March an ecumenical conference entitled "Ecumenical Dialogue and the Life of the Churches: The Challenges of Reception" was held at the Institut Catholique de Paris, organized by the Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Œcuméniques (ISEO).

The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the actors, processes and challenges of the reception of ecumenical dialogues in the different churches.

Among the speakers at the Plenary session were Professors Stavros Yangazoglou (National and Capodistrian University of Athens), Frédéric Chavel (Institut Protestant de Théologie, Paris), Michel Stavrou (Institut Saint-Serge, Paris), Theodor Dieter (Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg), Julija Naett Vidovic (Institut Saint-Serge, Paris), Agnès von Kirchbach (Institut Protestant de Théologie, Paris), Odair Pedroso Mateus (Director Emeritus of the Faith and Order Commission), and Larry Miller (Secretary Emeritus, Global Christian Forum).

Rev. Hyacinthe Destivelle, official of the DPCU, gave a presentation on "The Reception of Ecumenical Dialogues in the Catholic Church: From Reception to Receptivity".

On the occasion of this conference, an ecumenical celebration was held on 22 March at the “Temple du Luxembourg”, co-chaired by Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, President of the French Bishops' Conference, Rev. Christian Krieger, President of the French Protestant Federation, and Metropolitan Dimitrios, President of the French Orthodox Bishops' Assembly.