From the website of the Archdiocese of Boston
ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
New Commission for Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Official resource materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 2010 are available by clicking here.
In the affirmation of its relationship with other Christians, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston commits itself to pray and to work for that unity for which Jesus prayed:
"I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.” (John 17:20 – 21)
In the service of this commitment to Christian unity – known as ECUMENISM - the Catholic Church relates to other Christians: Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican. The icon of the brothers Peter and Andrew (more information about this icon) represents the fraternal love and full communion among Christians that the Church strives to achieve, in accord with the will of the Lord.
The Church draws its ecumenical direction and mandate from the Second Vatican Council DECREE ON ECUMENISM and from other authoritative Church documents on ecumenism.
The Catholic Church also holds in esteem the members of other religions. The Church pledges its efforts to work toward the more accurate understanding of others' beliefs and to encourage mutual collaboration in our common concern for the dignity and welfare of every person. In these efforts - known as INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS - the Church wishes to attend to those unique bonds already linking it to Judaism and the Jewish people, to that part of its heritage shared with Muslims, and to appreciating the spiritual goals and values of other religions. See the Second Vatican Council’s DECLARATION ON THE CHURCH’S RELATION TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS and other documents on interreligious relations.
The Archdiocese of Boston’s Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs is devoted to promoting unity among Christians and understanding and cooperation among members of all religions.
https://www.bostoncatholic.org/ecumenical-and-interreligious-affairs
The Church draws its ecumenical direction and mandate from the Second Vatican Council DECREE ON ECUMENISM and from other authoritative Church documents on ecumenism.
Lionel: The Decree on Ecumenism, Vatican Council II can be interpreted with the false premise or without it and the conclusion will be different.The Archdiocese of Boston interprets the Decree on Ecumenism with Cushingism.So there is a rupture with the traditional strict interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS). They repeat the objective mistake in the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 to the Archbishop of Boston relative to Fr. Leonard Feeney of Boston.
See the Second Vatican Council’s DECLARATION ON THE CHURCH’S RELATION TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS and other documents on interreligious relations
Lionel: The Declaration on the Church's Relation to Non Christian Religions no where contradicts the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) when interpreted without the false premise. There is nothing in Vatican Council II 's Nostra Aetate to contradict the Athanasius Creed which says all need to be Catholic for salvation.Nostra Aetate refers to hypothetical cases, which exist only in our mind. We do not know any example of salvation outside the Catholic Church, without faith and baptism.-Lionel Andrades
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CONTACT US ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON
Most Rev. Arthur Kennedy
Director
Reverend David C. Michael
Associate Director for Interreligious Relations
Dr. Vito Nicastro
Associate Director
Office: 617-746-5799
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