Is the Catholic church really serious about unity?

Is the Catholic church really serious about unity?

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Robert McClory  |  Jul. 16, 2013

NCR ran a story last week about an ecumenical group in Ireland that sought to have an intercommunion Eucharist service to celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary. But Dermot Clifford, the archbishop of the local Catholic diocese, Cashel and Emly, told the Glenstal Ecumenical Conference, "I do not have the authority to grant the request you made."