Those are only some of the people involved. What is curious - although not really mentioned in this article - is that he is also inviting the participation not merely of Protestants (of all stripes, from conservative to gay-friendly Anglicans) but of non-Christians, some of whom, such as Muslims, have a very different idea of marriage. I don’t think this is going to turn out to be exactly what Cdl Muller had in mind.
There has been some suggestion that the Pope is very captivated by something called the “United Religions Initiative,” which seems to be vaguely affiliated, although not maybe officially, with the UN.
Austin Ruse would be the go-to guy on this.
For everybody's sake, I hope Pope Francis is NOT "very captivated by" the United Religions Initiative. Thhey are a NGO in the UN, founded by a not-particularly-Christian Episcopalian bishop, with the goal of bringing together religious people for peace --- which sounds good except the precondition for peace seems to be quietly rejecting any faith distinctives and creeds. Most of their members are apparently some-kind-of Christian, but their public face is resolutely pagan (e.g. "earth-centered spiritualities." We're supposed to accept this as "neutral.")
Even worse, they seem to be making a play for defining the legitimate religions as those which are linked up with URI. The URI Charter’s Preamble says, “We unite to support freedom of religion and spiritual expression, and the rights of all individuals and peoples as set forth in international law."
Which, again, sounds innocuous, except it can quickly mutate into, "We support your freedom of religion as defined by international law," that is, not as a universal human right endowed by our Creator, but as a web of positive law formulated by the U.N.
Obviously, this is radically incompatible with Catholicism. But I double-dog guarantee there are lots of Catholics being taken in by this ... stuff.
Keep Your servant Francis away from this, Lord Jesus. Amen..