Vatican City, Jan 25, 2006 / 22:00 pm
Last evening at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls, Pope Benedict closed the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a vespers reflection on the profound need for Christian unity in order to effectively spread the Gospel and Christ’s message of salvation throughout the world
The theme for the week has been: "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them."
Speaking to a large crowd, the Holy Father said that "the aspiration of all Christian communities and of each individual faithful to unity, and the strength to achieve it, are gifts of the Holy Spirit.”
He added that this aspiration goes “hand in hand with an ever more profound and radical faithfulness to the Gospel. We realize that conversion of heart lies at the base of ecumenical commitment."