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Article: Bridging the East-West divide: Benedict set to carry on John Paul II's dream of Christian unity.(VIEWPOINT)
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- September 2, 2005
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Even as the French and Dutch electorate voted down the European Union constitution, putting on hold the process of European integration, Pope Benedict XVI was calling for the reunification of Eastern and Western Christendom. In his first papal trip, to the Italian seaport of Bari, Benedict reinforced the theme of his sermon at his inauguration Mass, in which he called for Christian unity, pledging to make the cause of reunification a "fundamental" commitment of his papacy. In the end, Christian unity may prove to be more enduring than any treaty negotiated by the parliamentarians in Brussels, providing spiritual direction for a continent adrift in both political and ...
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