Focolare Movement

Istanbul – 34th Meeting of Bishops from Different Churches

Oct 29, 2015

”Together for the common home – Unity in the diversity of gifts of the disciples of Chris, and the unity of the human family,”

“Within a month, I will receive in Constantinople the Bishop Friends of the Movement:” The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople himself announced to the press the news of the upcoming Meeting of Bishops from Different Churches, Friends of the Focolare that will be held in Istanbul on November 25-30, 2015. He made the announcement during an interview following the Ceremony of the Honorary Degree in the Culture of Unity, October 26, 2015 at Sophia University Institute, Loppiano, Italy. “We will have a meeting in Halki,” he continued, “at the school of theology, and there we will have the opportunity to remember Chiara Lubich and pray for the repose of her soul, and express our experiences and our will to work for the unity of the Churches. We, as the Church of Constantinople, are happy and ready to welcome them, to exchange our experiences and the Kiss of Peace between East and West.”

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