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Etienne Quintiens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent articles:<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?p=1154&#038;lang=en\">Study day &#8220;One in Christ, sent together&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?p=1132\">Studie- en ontmoetingsdag: E\u00e9n in Christus, samen gezonden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?p=1136&#038;lang=fr\">Journ\u00e9e d&#8217;\u00e9tude et de rencontre: Un dans le Christ, unis dans la mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?p=1126&#038;lang=fr\">Les conf\u00e9rences du journ\u00e9e d&#8217;\u00e9tude \u00e0 Torhout, 29 novembre 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oikoumene.be\/?p=1123\">De conferentieteksten van de studiedag in Torhout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded by the Bishops&#8217; Conference of Belgium in 1967, the Catholic National Commission for Ecumenism aims to promote the contacts of the Catholic Church with the other Christian Churches and religious communities, as well as to develop ecumenical pastoralism in our country. 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