Is the Pope the Vicar of Christ?

Growing up in the same fundamental religious denomination as novelist Ken Follett and poet Patricia Beer, I was taught from earliest days that nothing good could come from the Catholic Church. My paternal grandmother, for example, a superb mimic, would occasionally regale us at the Christmas dinner table at Wahroonga with humorous anti-papist rhetoric.  On one occasion, in …

New Ecumenical Council general secretary eyes greater church unity

Sight Magazine โ€“ April 16, 2025 โ€œAt its heart, the ecumenical community is a community of prayer โ€“ for one another, for all who seek to follow Christ, for people everywhere of all faiths or none, and for our world. As theologian Karl Barth said, โ€˜Prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder …