“We have worked decisively on the greater approach to our churches” and “to promote theological dialogue,” the Ecumenical Patriarch told the Italian Ansa, referring to his arrival in Rome to attend his funeral immediately after his arrival in Rome.
He also recalled their joint efforts both in refugees and the treatment of the consequences of environmental destruction.
“We have worked with dedication to the further approach of our churches. To promote the theological dialogue between us. To overcome the difficulties, but mainly for the emergence of all those who unite us, with the aim of leading us to the blessed day that we will share the common glass again, ”said Mr. Bartholomew.
Calling the Pope “brother”, he pointed out the meeting scheduled for May in Nice, Bithynia, on the occasion of the 1,700 -year anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council. The Ecumenical Patriarch emphasized that “to call him near him, and now brother Francis will pray from paradise for all of us and for the unity of the churches.”
Continuing Patriarch Bartholomew, he emphasized how the departed of the two churches went together “the way of awakening the powerful of the world and every man of good will for refugee and immigration. , in order to realize all our well -meaning fellow citizens that there are faces behind our lifeless numbers. “
‘We were sharing common anxieties’
“We were sharing common anxieties for our testimony as shepherds, for the testimony of our churches in our modern societies, which are faced with multiple challenges in our conflict and wars -wars,” he said, and did not fail to point out their tries. “We have shared common views on the need to protect the creation of God, the preservation of our public, while the planet is experiencing daily environmental degradation and the consequences of climate change, the result of our own selfish behavior,” said Ecumenical Patriarch.
