Jun 25, 2016 / 09:56 am
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 percent of Armenia's 3 million people practice Christianity. Of those Christians, about 92 percent 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.