{"id":105818,"date":"2026-10-21T13:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/assisi-un-ospite-ecumenico-al-cefid\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:12:04","slug":"assisi-un-ospite-ecumenico-al-cefid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/assisi-un-ospite-ecumenico-al-cefid\/","title":{"rendered":"Assisi: An Ecumenical Guest at CEFID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>During my meetings with my confreres, I am often asked where I currently live, given my role as General Delegate for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue. Many still remember the headquarters of the International Franciscan Center for Dialogue (CEFID) at the <em>Franciscanum<\/em> in Assisi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me clarify a few things: CEFID\u2019s offices are still located in Assisi, where I travel from time to time. However, I reside permanently at the <em>Seraphicum<\/em> College in Rome. This is mainly because the <em>Seraphicum<\/em> offers easier access to the airport and my office requires frequent travel, meetings, and participation in events outside Assisi.<br \/>\nAt this time, however, I would like to tell you about a meeting that took place right in the city of St. Francis. On October 17, 2026, I received a visit from the Most Reverend Dylan LITTLEFIELD, Presiding Bishop of the Old Catholic Union of the West (an independent Old Catholic church community) and Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of the Pacific.<br \/>\nHow did we get in touch? Bishop LITTLEFIELD follows news and publications on Franciscan topics with interest, and after reading an article of mine on the Order\u2019s official website, he asked to get in touch with me. In October, he came to Assisi on a pilgrimage, and thus we had the opportunity to meet in person.<br \/>\nBishop LITTLEFIELD is a member of the community known as the <em>Franciscans of Restored Hope<\/em> and promotes Franciscan spirituality in the pastoral life of his diocese. In his ministry, he focuses primarily on people living on the margins of society. The St. Max Kolbe Mission is also very active in his diocese, carrying out social and charitable works.<br \/>\nOur meeting was an opportunity to share our experiences of following and bearing witness to the Franciscan charism. It also allowed us to recognize what unites us in our faith in Christ and our shared inspiration from St. Francis. Finally, it paved the way for fraternal dialogue and possible future collaboration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar S\u0142awomir KLEIN<br \/>\nGeneral Delegate for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue (EDI)<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my meetings with my confreres, I am often asked where I currently live, given my role as General Delegate for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue. Many still remember the headquarters of the International Franciscan Center for Dialogue (CEFID) at the Franciscanum in Assisi. Let me clarify a few things: CEFID\u2019s offices are still located in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4956,135,148],"tags":[228,1398,5354],"class_list":["post-105818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edi","category-general-offices","category-news","tag-assisi","tag-cefid","tag-dylan-littlefield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105822,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105818\/revisions\/105822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}