Simple gestures of love
Simple gestures of love
[:it]Apertura della Porta ‘Ecumenica’
"Da questa basilica che ci vede oggi raccolti insieme con gli animi colmi di speranza, io spingo avanti lo sguardo verso il nuovo millennio.
L'auspicio che mi sgorga dal cuore e si fa supplica accorata davanti al trono dell'Eterno,
è che in un futuro non lontano i cristiani, finalmente riconciliati, possano tornare a camminare insieme come unico popolo, obbedienti al disegno del Padre, un popolo in grado di ripetere, ad una sola voce, la gioia di una uova, rinnovata fraternità"
(Giovanni Paolo II, S.Paolo fuori le mura, 18/1/2000)
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