Pope
Francis greets members of Orientale Lumen Foundation on ecumenical pilgrimage
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said on Friday there is no
authentic ecumenical dialogue without being ready “for an interior renewal” and
the quest for a greater fidelity to Christ and his wishes. His remarks
came in an address at the Vatican to delegates taking part in an ecumenical
pilgrimage, promoted by the Orientale Lumen Foundation and led by the Orthodox
Metropolitan, Kallistos of Diokleia. The Pope said this journey
towards an interior renewal is “absolutely essential” in order to make progress
along the road leading to reconciliation and full communion between all
believers in Christ.
He expressed joy that
the Foundation’s ecumenical pilgrimage had chosen to commemorate the figures of
Popes John XXIII and John Paul II and said this underlines the two Popes’ great
contribution towards developing closer relations between the Catholic Church
and the Orthodox Churches. “The example of these two saints,” he continued,
“always bore witness to a strong passion for Christian unity.”
Referring to his
upcoming meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, during his visit
to Turkey at the end of November, Pope Francis described this meeting as “a
sign of the profound ties uniting the Sees of Rome and Constantinople”
and the desire “to overcome, through love and truth, the obstacles that
still divide us.”
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