Christian unity needed in a divided world, Pope writes
August 22, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV strongly reaffirmed the commitment of the Catholic Church to ecumenical progress, in a message to the 2025 Ecumenical Week in Stockholm.
The Pope wrote that Vatican II offered “an early witness to the conviction that our shared confession can overcome division and foster communion.” He said that Christian unity is particularly necessary “in ur world bearing deep scars of conflict, inequality, environmental degradation and a growing sense of spiritual disconnection.”
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