Missionaries of the Sacred

Social justice is a great area to explore when you are looking for common ground between religions. For instance, although the Anglican and Catholic churches use different sources and methodologies,  they come to very similar solutions regarding international debt relief. As another example, there is significant overlap in the moral principles of  Judaism and Christianity regarding the proper use of wealth.

Check out these articles posted on the USCCB’s website for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs:

• West Coast Muslim-Catholic Dialogue Explores Migration in Lives of Jesus, Muhammad
• Methodist-Catholic Dialogue Explores Eucharist, Environment
• Catholics, Anglicans Meet on Debt Relief, Contraception
• Sikh-Catholic Retreat Scans Common Theology, Youth Outreach

“Both Catholics and Sikhs stress the common origin of humanity in God, from which is derived their respective teachings on the kinship of all people,” Father Francis Tiso, Associate Director for the  Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs