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Every January, churches from many different traditions set aside a special week to pray for Christian unity. And every year, the Catholic Church uses the occasion to encourage all of its members to participate.
In closing the 2001 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, pope John Paul II said: “We need to live and practice that communion which, though not yet full, already exists between us. Leaving behind distrust, we must meet, know one another better, learn to love one another, and work together fraternally as much as possible.”
During that year’s celebration, pope John Paul II noted the importance of practical cooperation: “As Christians, we … are called to bear witness before the world to the ‘glorious Gospel’ (2 Corinthians 4:4). In his name, let us unite our efforts in order to be at the service of peace and reconciliation, justice and solidarity, especially at the side of the poor and the least of the earth.”
As stated on the Vatican Web site for the Week of Prayer for Christian…
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