Benedict XVI: Council was turning point for Ecumenism. The Second Vatican Council, for which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of its opening in October, marked a turning point in ecumenical relations …More
Benedict XVI: Council was turning point for Ecumenism.
The Second Vatican Council, for which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of its opening in October, marked a turning point in ecumenical relations. This was said by Benedict XVI in a speech to a delegation of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which is in Rome for a traditional visit celebrating the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Friday. The Holy Father recalled the progress by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue, and the good relationship and meetings between Pope John XXIII and the then Patriarch Athenagoras. The Pope concluded by speaking of his "great joy" in the manner which the current Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, has continued this wor ...
The Second Vatican Council, for which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of its opening in October, marked a turning point in ecumenical relations. This was said by Benedict XVI in a speech to a delegation of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which is in Rome for a traditional visit celebrating the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Friday. The Holy Father recalled the progress by the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue, and the good relationship and meetings between Pope John XXIII and the then Patriarch Athenagoras. The Pope concluded by speaking of his "great joy" in the manner which the current Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, has continued this wor ...