“A sign of hope and inspiration for churches around the world”: This is how the #WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit has described the meeting of Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, this past weekend. In their common declaration Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew pledged to continue on the path toward unity between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches. “Our fraternal encounter today is a new and necessary step on the journey towards the unity to which only the Holy Spirit can lead us, that of communion in legitimate diversity,” the document said. “It is important that the Bishop of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople met to confirm this calling of the church toward unity just as their predecessors did 50 years ago,” Tveit said. “And that this is viewed as a necessary step toward communion in ‘legitimate diversity.’” “The need for and understanding of respectful diversity within the church was confirmed at our 10th Assembly in October last year, where both Orthodox and Roman Catholic leaders were present together with representatives of all the WCC member churches and beyond,” Tveit said. “To hear this directly from them adds to the inspiration we experienced at the assembly.” Read more: oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/wcc-general-secretary-sees-positive-outcomes-from-meeting-of-pope-and-ecumenical-patriarch
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 17:07:54 +0000
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