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DIMENSIONS IN THE FORMATION OF DEACONS

57 CIC, c. 1031 §2. See BNFPD, no. 37. 58 DMLPD, no. 61. 59 BNFPD, no. 37. 60 DMLPD, no. 81. 61 BNFPD, no. 56; see DMLPD, nos. 61, 81.

62 “While the decision to accept such a [divorced] man remains with the bishop, it must be exercised with the highest caution and prudence.This is particularly so if the candidate has had his marriage declared null by a Church tribunal on psychological grounds (see Letter of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, July 8, 1983, Prot. N. 657/83 & 982/80/136, to His Excellency the Most Rev. John Roach, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, President of the Episcopal Conference of the USA, concerning the admission to seminary of men whose marriages have been declared null by ecclesiastical tribunals).” Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy, Joint Study of the US Draft Document–The National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States , Prot. No. 78/2000 (March 4, 2002). 63 PDV, no. 29. 64 BNFPD, no. 10. 65 Bishops’ Committee on Migration, NCCB, One Family Under God , rev. ed. (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998), 20. 68 See Second Vatican Council, Decree on Ecumenism ( Unitatis Redintegratio ) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1964), nos. 1-4. 69 Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism (March 25, 1993), no. 70. 70 Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Ecumenical Dimension , nos. 2-4. See also nos. 16-29. 71 Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Ecumenical Dimension , no. 28. 72 Second Vatican Council, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1965), no. 2. 73 Pope Francis, Interreligious General Audience on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Nostra Aetate (October 28, 2015), www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/ audiences/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20151028_udienza-generale.html. 74 Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Ecumenical Dimension . See Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Ecumenical Formation: Ecumenical Reflections and Suggestions (May 20, 1993), III, nos. 17-25, in Ecumenical Formation of Pastoral Workers (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998). 66 BNFPD, no. 9. 67 BNFPD, no. 11.