Pope: May we all join in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Vatican News

by | Jan 18, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecumenical Dialogue, Fellowship Opportunity, Pope Francis, Prayer Intentions, United in Christ

During the Angelus Pope Francis recalls this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January and invites everyone to offer up their struggles and suffering in favor of Christian unity. By Vatican News staff writer Pope Francis has invited everyone to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January, which this year focuses on a theme relating the experience of the Magi, who came from the East to Bethlehem to worship the Messiah King: “We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him.”  Pope to close Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with vespers The Pope said that in a similar way, Christians of diverse backgrounds and traditions “are pilgrims on our way to full unity” who come closer to our goal when keeping our gaze fixed on Jesus. The Pope encouraged us to pray for Christian unity and also offer up our struggles and suffering. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has published resource materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity available to all.  Source: Pope: May we all join in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Vatican...

Highlights of the Holy Father’s Visit to the Clergy & People of Greece and the Hope Generated by It

by | Dec 6, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecclesial News, Ecumenical Dialogue, Hope, Peace, Pope Francis

Pope Francis thanks Greece for warm welcome POPE GREECE ORTHODOX CHURCH POPE FRANCIS APOSTOLIC JOURNEY ECUMENISM Pope Francis expresses his appreciation for the warm welcome he has received in Greece, and recalls that “thanksgiving” is at the heart of our Christian faith and life. By Devin Watkins As the Pope wrapped up Mass in Athens on Sunday, he thanked the people of Greece for welcoming him in their midst. Using the Greek word for “thank you” (Ευχαριστώ), Pope Francis noted that the Greek language gave the entire Church a term to sum up the gift of Christ: Eucaristia, or Eucharist, “thanksgiving”. “For us Christians, thanksgiving is at the heart of our faith and life,” said the Pope. And he prayed that the Holy Spirit might “make of everything we are and everything we do a ‘Eucharist’, a thanksgiving to God and a gift of love to our brothers and sisters.” 05/12/2021 Pope at Mass in Greece: Conversion helps us move beyond existential deserts Carrying Greece with him as he departs With this grateful attitude in mind, the Pope expressed his appreciation to the Greek civil authorities and the nation’s Catholic bishops for their invitation and help in preparing his Apostolic...

Meeting on the Global Compact on Education: “Religions and Education”

by | Oct 7, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecclesial News, Ecumenical Dialogue, Education

06 October 2021 Foto © Vatican Media Vatican City, Vatican – October 2021 – On 5 October, Pope Francis chaired the meeting on Education with the participation of representatives of various religions on the theme ” Religions and Education: Towards a Global Pact on Education”. During his speech, the Holy Father Francis highlighted, among other things, education as a global initiative “to rekindle the dedication for and with the young people, renewing the passion for a more open and inclusive education, including patient listening, constructive dialogue and better mutual understanding,” and he invited everyone “to unite efforts in a broad educational alliance, to form mature individuals capable of overcoming division and antagonism, and to restore the fabric of relationships for the sake of a more fraternal humanity.” The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education on its official website, (https://www.educationglobalcompact.org/en/) has presented three tools in five languages which will make it possible to concretely implement the Education Global Pact: https://www.educationglobalcompact.org/resources/Risorse/vademecum-english.pdf   RELATED ARTICLE(S) Italy – Relaunch Global Educational Pact to safeguard our “common...