Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Pope: Steps forward towards the unity of Christians

The past year has seen "positive steps" in the ecumenical process. Benedict XVI underlined this centering the catechesis of today's general audience on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. 100 Years after the Edinburgh Conference, recalled the Pope, Christians must still strongly rely on the divine gift of unity, because the world needs a common witness and a renewed fidelity to Christ, the Son of God died and rose again for the salvation of man. "Since the Second Vatican Council - explained the Pope - the Catholic Church entered into fraternal relations with all the Eastern Churches and the Ecclesial Communities of the West, by organizing- with the majority of them- bilateral theological dialogues ...

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