Wednesday, June 14, 2006
POPE PROMOTES INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MARRIAGE
Pope Benedict XVI has called on churches to build closer ties with one another through joint charitable initiatives, as well as by fostering inter-denominational marriages and families.
"Despite all the differences that need to be overcome in inter-denominational dialogue, it is legitimate to attribute charitable engagement to the ecumenical community of Christ's disciples in search of full unity," the pope said at an inter-denominational prayer meeting at Warsaw's Lutheran Holy Trinity church.
The 79-year-old pontiff was speaking on the first day of a 25-28 May pilgrimage to Poland, his first outside Italy and his native Germany since taking office in April 2005.
He said he had made "restoration of full unity among Christians" a priority of his pontificate, and has said he would support ecumenical aspirations "steeped in prayer, mutual forgiveness and holiness of life."
Benedict, noted, however, that Christian churches would become "more credible before the world" if they met "contemporary charitable challenges" together, and promoted marriage and family life across denominational boundaries.
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I think this is where someone who was Catholic before Vatican II asks: "Is the Pope Catholic?"
