Tom Heneghan and Gavin Jones
ROME
Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:20pm EDT< 1 / 2 > View Full SizeROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Rome's Lutheran congregation on Sunday that Protestants and Roman Catholics should be thankful for all the unity achieved among Christians rather than complain about the slow pace of dialogue.
Addressing about 350 Lutherans in their small church, Benedict said both sides had accused each other of slowing down the ecumenical movement, but that only God, not humans, could create true unity.
The movement has brought Christian churches closer together in recent decades but has lost momentum lately.
Some Protestants, especially in Germany, say Benedict has contributed to that by stressing more strongly the Catholic claim to be the only true church.
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2 comments:
It might seem like a 'slow down', but true progress will be when everybody understands 'unity' as the One, Holy, Catholic Church. Anything else is a waste of time.
Ditto!
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