{"id":31068,"date":"2019-12-02T06:50:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=31068"},"modified":"2026-08-26T03:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:03:36","slug":"world-leader-of-salvation-army-meets-with-pope-francis-vatican-to-discuss-ecumenical-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/world-leader-of-salvation-army-meets-with-pope-francis-vatican-to-discuss-ecumenical-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"World Leader of Salvation Army Meets With Pope Francis\/Vatican to Discuss Ecumenical Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1-600x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31071\" width=\"353\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1-600x440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1-500x366.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1-760x557.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brian-peddle-pope-francis-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><figcaption> (photo credit: <em>Pope Francis And General Brian Peddle &#8211; \u00a9 Vatican Media<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a November 2019 posting on the Salvation Army website titled, &#8220;World Leader of The Salvation Army General Brian Peddle meets His Holiness Pope Francis,&#8221; it appears that the Salvation Army is part of the growing ranks of evangelical organizations in the race toward unity at all costs. The post from the Salvation Army site states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>GENERAL Brian Peddle and Commissioner Rosalie Peddle visited the Vatican today for conversation with His Holiness Pope Francis. During the visit, the accompanying delegation \u2013 Commissioner Betty Matear, Secretary for International Ecumenical Relations, Lieut-Colonel Massimo Tursi, Officer Commanding Italy and Greece Command and Major David Williamson, Private Secretary to the General \u2013 met with Cardinal Koch, Bishop Farrell and Father Avelino Gonzales of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is intended that beyond this historic visit there would be a series of meetings, which will strengthen relationships and cooperation in areas of mutual concern and service.&nbsp;(source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvationarmy.org\/ihq\/news\/inr081119\">https:\/\/www.salvationarmy.org\/ihq\/news\/inr081119<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirteen years ago Lighthouse Trails wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=2619\">&#8220;Salvation Army Joins the Contemplative\/Emerging Ranks.&#8221;<\/a> It is the &#8220;natural&#8221; course of those organizations that go contemplative to eventually go ecumenical, of which a large part includes unifying with the Catholic Church as you can see from some of our past headlines below. All of the ministries listed below first moved into the contemplative camp and then later the ecumenical camp with the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Francis first met with a Salvation Army General in 2014 when  Andr\u00e9 Cox led the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=30740\"> Wycliffe, YWAM, &amp; Other Evangelical Groups to Take Part in Roman Catholic-Endorsed Global Event in 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18894\">Protestants and Catholics in Vancouver (Canada) to Hold Ecumenical \u201cWeekend of Protestant and Catholic Discovery\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18583\">Rick Warren\u2019s Dangerous Ecumenical Pathway to Rome And How One Interview Revealed So Much<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=14071\">Embracing Contemplative Shows Ill Effects at Moody Bible Institute in Ecumenical \u201cRoad to Rome\u201d Event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=8647\">Wheaton College \u201cDialogue\u201d Evening \u2013 Exploring \u201cCommon Ground\u201d with Catholicism in \u201cA Conversation on Unity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=27939\">Christian Leaders \u2013 A New Openness . . .<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a November 2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":31070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,182,164,43,89],"tags":[2933,952,1714,2638,4217,4218],"class_list":["post-31068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-global-spirituality","category-the-new-evangelization","category-ecumenism","category-contemplative-organizations","category-road-to-rome","tag-ecumenism","tag-roman-catholic-church","tag-pope-francis","tag-unity","tag-salvation-army","tag-brian-peddle","wpcat-122-id","wpcat-182-id","wpcat-164-id","wpcat-43-id","wpcat-89-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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