Kristne må be sammen – sier paven
I gårsdagens audiens tok pave Benedikt (selvsagt) opp temaet om kristen enhet – siden dette temaet alltid står i sentrum denne uka i januer. Paven snakka om de 100 års historie denna markeringa har, om Den katolske kirkes plass i dette, og en hel del om Vatikankonsilets dokument om kristen enhet. (Noen lesere av denne bloggen er fryktelig negative til økumenikk, og de bør lese det paven her skriver grundig.)
Nedenfor følger hele pavens tale i engelsk oversettelse:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which comes to an end Friday, Jan. 25. This day marks the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. Christians from various churches and ecclesiastical communities come together at this time in unanimous prayer to ask the Lord Jesus for the re-establishment of unity among his disciples.
It is a unanimous plea made with one soul and one heart in response to the Redeemer’s own desire, who turned to our Father at the Last Supper and said, «I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, …





