Thousands particpate in a Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute through the streets of Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
TheCatholicnonprofitorganizationNapaInstituteispushingformorecollaborationamongCatholicandProtestantleaderstopromoteculturalvaluesandaimsthatarecommontobothcommunities.
Earlierthismonth,NapaInstituteBoardChairmanTimBuschhostedameetingamong15CatholicandProtestantfaithleadersfortheorganization’sfirstEcumenicalForuminNewYorkCity,accordingtoanewsrelease.
TheNapaInstituteworkstopromotethere-evangelizationoftheUnitedStatesandthedefenseofCatholicisminthepublicsquare.
WhilerecognizingthedifferencesbetweenCatholicismandProtestantism,Buschemphasizedthatthereissharedagreementonmanycentraltenetsofthefaith,suchasintheApostles’CreedandtheNiceneCreed.Certaingoals,henoted,couldbebetteraccomplishedtotheextentthatbothgroupsworktogether.
Thetwogroups,Buschstated,“shareaprofoundconcernaboutrisingculturalhostil
