We must be ‘united in our differences’, Pope says as he bestows palliums on archbishops

CatholicHerald.UK ^ | Sunday, 30 June 2013 | Cindy Wooden

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Every bishop is called to be “a servant of communion” working tirelessly to overcome divisions so that differences become a treasure and not a source of conflict, Pope Francis has said.

The Christian community should be “like a great mosaic in which every small piece joins with others as part of God’s one great plan”, the Pope said yesterdat as he celebrated the feast of Ss Peter and Paul and bestowed the pallium on 34 archbishops from 19 countries.

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Pope Francis said that when he gave the archbishops their palliums as a sign of communion, it was not a request for uniformity or for ignoring the differences that made the Mass a reminder of Pentecost, when people of every language and nation heard the disciples speaking their own language.

“This should inspire us to work always to overcome every conflict which wounds the body of the Church,” the pope said at the Mass with a delegation from the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople seated near the altar and the Lutheran St Thomas Boys’ Choir from Leipzig singing.

“United in our differences: there is no other Catholic path for unity,” Pope Francis said. “This is the Catholic spirit, the Christian spirit, this is the way of Jesus.”

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http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-34.htm

"Unity is the great need of the hour - the great need of this hour. Not because it sounds pleasant or because it makes us feel good, but because it’s the only way we can overcome the essential deficit that exists in this country.

I’m not talking about a budget deficit. I’m not talking about a trade deficit. I’m not talking about a deficit of good ideas or new plans.

I’m talking about a moral deficit. I’m talking about an empathy deficit. I’m taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another; to understand that we are our brother’s keeper; we are our sister’s keeper; that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny..." - Barack Obama, Ebenezer Baptist Church, January 20, 2008

[Steelfish]

This so-called unity in diversity is a slippery slope. There is Catholicism and everything else, is just that, everything else.

[onedoug]

Evidently involves granting communion to recusant Catholics.

[null and void]

*sigh* Yes, abortion cheerleader and funder and enabler Nancy Pelosi just got Holy Communion at the Vatican.

[Linda Frances]

“United in our differences: there is no other Catholic path for unity,” Pope Francis said. “This is the Catholic spirit, the Christian spirit, this is the way of Jesus.
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I think Pope Francis is trying to bring Catholics and Protestants to stand together. He can see the writing on the wall; priest/pastors who refuse to perform same sex marriage, businesses who refuse to participate in what they see as sinful behavior...... We need to spend our energy standing against evil and not fighting one other over petty differences in our faith.

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Francis prays that unity prevail over conflict and division at today’s Audience
06/19/2013

" Let us remember this well: being part of the Church means being united to Christ and receiving from Him the divine life that makes us live as Christians; it means remaining united to the Pope and the Bishops who are instruments of unity and communion, and also means overcoming personal interests and divisions, in order to understand each other better, to harmonize the variety and richness of each member; in a word, to love God and the people who are next to us more, in the family, in the parish, in the associations,” the Pope remarked."
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/udienza-audience-audiencia-papa-el-papa-pope-25785/

Viva Unity and Diversity! As long as the daughters return to their mother and we all fall in line behind the Vatican II sect.

[Salvation]

Better article about this — my Archbishop!

[Salvation]

Better article about this — my Archbishop!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3037471/posts