Posted on 06/27/2016 3:35:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
‘With great joy, we are walking together on a journey that has already taken us far,’ the Holy Father declared today at an ecumenical meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.
YEREVAN, Armenia — Working toward full communion is a project of love, humility and peace, Pope Francis told Armenian Orthodox leaders gathered at an ecumenical meeting on Saturday.
“With great joy, we are walking together on a journey that has already taken us far, and we look confidently towards the day when by God’s help we shall be united around the altar of Christ’s sacrifice in the fullness of Eucharistic communion,” he said.
About 95% of Armenia’s 3 million people practice Christianity. Of those Christians, about 92% belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Pope Francis, together with the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos Karekin II, the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, offered prayers and remarks on peace and unity in the Armenian city of Yerevan during the Holy Father’s visit to the country.
“On this journey, we have been preceded by, and walk with, many witnesses, particularly all those martyrs who sealed our common faith in Christ by their blood. They are our stars in heaven, shining upon us here below and pointing out the path towards full communion,” he said.
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What religion would want to embrace this Pope?
“It’s a trap!”
full communion.... ordinarily something I would support...yes....
but with this pope?
suggestion: wait and see if the RCC is blessed with a better, more pro-Christian Pope...next time
it is not at all clear communion with “this pope’s church” would be what God/Christ would want (now, isn’t that nicely phrased, ha!)
Francis: “It’s simple - fall down and worship me!”
I first read it as ‘full communism’.
I fail to see why one should get so worked up to join with others with different beliefs. It is false ujity. There is zero upside. Syncretistic, unionistic.
Full communism.....um opps I mean communion
I thought it said, ‘Let Us Race Towards Full Communism!’ lol. More coffee needed.
“Full Communion”: another attempt from Vatican II to assert that non-Catholic sects have “partial communion” with the Church of Christ. Another example of heretical teachings on the part of Vatican II.
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