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Pope Leo Affirms Ecumenism Comparing Nicaea to Lutheran-Led Conference, by Jules Gomes – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Jules Gomes, The Stream, August 27, 2025

Dr. Jules Gomes (BA, BD, MTh, PhD) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Pontiff categorically declares that the Catholic Church has “wholeheartedly embraced the ecumenical path”

In a resounding endorsement of the ecumenical movement, Pope Leo XIV is drawing parallels between the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea and the Lutheran-led ecumenical Conference in Stockholm, referring to Catholics and Protestants as “fellow disciples of Christ.”

“Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church has wholeheartedly embraced the ecumenical path,” Leo told the participants of the 2025 Ecumenical Week.

Leo, who has been praised for rejecting Roman Catholic exclusivism in his quest for Christian unity, likened the unity signalled by the Council of Nicaea (325) to the Stockholm conference, which brought together 600 Orthodox, Anglican, and Protestant leaders in 1925. …

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