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Jan 2002 The Pope calls on all lawers to refuse to represent clients seeking divorce. Although he mentioned Catholic lawers the news services indicated that the message was for all lawyers. He said "Marriage is indissoluble.... It doesn't make any sense to talk about the 'imposition' of human law, because it should reflect and protect natural and divine law." He indicated that divine law superseded human law. Some from the political and law field said the comments were at best inappropriate and at worst were an attempt to intervene in state affairs. Politicians from both left and right wing parties warned the Church to stay out of state affairs.

In May 2001 the pope made history by becoming the first Catholic leader to set foot into a mosque and participate in an organized prayer service. The symbolic meeting took place when the Pope entered the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Jan 1, 2001 After four decades of talks, Episcopalians and Lutherans now allow the their churches to share clergy, sacraments and programs.

2000 Pew Survey Showed that Catholics have a more favorable impression (8 out of 10) with Americans than did Evangelicals. (6 out of 10) Evangelicals had a "unfavorable" rating (16%) twice as high as Roman Catholics had (9%).

September 2000 Vatican Says Protestants Are Not Equals The Roman Catholic document Dominus Iesus, issued Sept. 5, questions the validity of Protestant churches. The official statement, issued by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, rejects the idea that other branches of Christianity could be considered equal to Roman Catholicism, whose authority comes directly from God through the pope, the successor to St. Peter, it says. Other Christian churches - referred to as "ecclesial communities" -- have "defects" even though the "Church of Christ" is present in them, according to the statement.

January 2000, representatives of the Lutheran, Anglican and Orthodox churches helped Pope John Paul usher in a Year of Jubilee in the Vatican. 

Tuesday 16 th June 1998 Lutherans Approve Joint Declaration on Justification with Catholics Document ends 400-year dispute on doctrine of justification Source: LWF By a unanimous vote

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