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Posted September 23, 2005 in The Pope's Corner:
Paths to Unity

by Pope John Paul II.

I believe that one important way to grow in mutual understanding and unity consists precisely in improving our knowledge of one another.

The people of the Catholic Church already know the ways indicated by the Holy See for achieving this: to know the liturgy of the Eastern Churches; to deepen their knowledge of the spiritual traditions of the Fathers and Doctors of the Christian East, to follow the example of the Eastern Churches for the inculturation of the gospel message; to combat tensions between Latins and Easterners and to encourage dialogue between Catholics and the Orthodox; to train in specialized institutions theologians, liturgists, historians, and canonists for the Christian East, who in turn can spread knowledge of the Eastern Churches; to offer appropriate teaching on these subjects in seminaries and theological faculties, especially to future priests.

In addition to knowledge, I feel that meeting one another regularly is very important.

From the apostolic letter Orientale Lumen (The Light of the East).

 

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