2008-06-28 18:40:09

Pope Benedict Meets With Bartholomew I


(28 June 08 - RV) Before joining together to pray Vespers at the tomb of St. Paul, Pope Benedict and Bartholomew I had a noon meeting in the Vatican. It was the first of several meetings between Pope Benedict XVI and Bartholomew I over the next two days.
Meeting privately the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in the Vatican library just hours before the scheduled opening of the Pauline Year at the Basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, the Pope has renewed his call for Christian unity.
The Holy Father said visits with Orthodox leaders provide the chance for «brotherly conversations and moments of common prayer. Speaking in English, Patriarch Bartholemew, spoke of the significance of the Pauline Year in his homeland of Turkey, where St. Paul was born.
The Pauline year is meant to foster devotion to the Saint, and also to further study into his life and writings. RealAudioMP3








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