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| Pope Francis and Pastor Rick Warren. (Photo: Courtesy of Rick Warren) |
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who leads the eighth largest church
in America, Saddleback Church, and is the author of the hugely popular
book The Purpose Driven Life,
said that Protestants and Catholics must form a “unity of missions” to
defend the sanctity of life, sex, and the family, stressing that, “If
you love Jesus, we’re on the same team.”
“We have far more in common than what divides us,” said Pastor Warren in an interview with Catholic News Service. “When you talk about Pentecostals, charismatics, evangelicals, fundamentalists, Catholics, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, on and on, they would all say we believe in the Trinity.”
“We believe in the Bible,” he continued. “We believe in the
resurrection; we believe in salvation through Jesus Christ. These are
the big issues.”
Warren, along with leaders of other faiths and denominations,
attended a conference at the Vatican in November – the “Complementarity
of Man and Woman” -- to discuss and defend the family and marriage as
being between one man and one woman, and related topics. He made his
comments in the video in December.
At the conference, Warren re-emphasized that “marriage can only be
between a man and a woman, explaining that marriage reflects Christ’s
love for the church.
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