Pope to preside at vespers concluding Week of prayer for Christian Unity

( 19 Jan.2010): Pope Benedict XVI will preside next Monday evening at the celebration of the solemnity of the conversion of St. Paul at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The prayerful ceremony will be held in Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls on January 25. The Catholic Church observes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity annually from January 18 to 25. The theme for this year’s observance is taken from Luke’s Gospel - “You are witnesses of these things”.
Representatives of other Churches and ecclesial communities will be taking part in the celebrations. Affirming that our proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus, will be much more credible and effective, the more that we are united in his love as true brothers, Pope Benedict invited religious communities and the faithful of all the Roman dioceses to participate in the celebrations and pray fervently for the complete unity of Christians.