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May we all be one so that the world may believe. At the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Benedict XVI presided over the celebration of Vespers of the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul …More
May we all be one so that the world may believe.
At the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Benedict XVI presided over the celebration of Vespers of the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Apostle, on January 25th in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. Recalling in his homily the theme for this years week of prayer -- You are witnesses of these things (Luke 24:48) -- the Holy Father said that the communion and unity of Christs disciples are elements of singular importance for a credible and effective proclamation of the Gospel. Benedict XVI: In a world marked by religious and Christian indifference and even by an increasing aversion to the Christian faith, a new and intense activity of evangelization is required, not only among ...
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Surely intra-Church unity has to take precedence over inter-church unity. That is divisions and separations within the Catholic Church need to be overcome first and then the unity of all Christians will follow quite naturally. Is this not true?