02:29I am grateful to the Lord that in my first apostolic journey, He has granted me the grace to visit this holy land that is Turquie,
02:41a place where the story of the people of Israel meets the birth of Christianity, where the Old and New Testaments embrace, and where the pages of numerous councils were written.
02:55The faith that unites us has deep roots.
03:00Furthermore, we recall with admiration the great Byzantine history, the missionary impulse of the Church of Constantinople, and the spread of Christianity throughout the Levant.
03:15Even today in Turkey, there are many communities of Eastern Rite Christians, Armenians, Syrians, and Chaldeans, as well as those of the Latin Rite.
03:28The Ecumenical Patriarchate remains a point of reference, both for its Greek faithful and for those of other Orthodox churches.
03:39in the West.
03:42In the West.
03:46In the West.
03:47In the West.
03:49In the West.
03:52In the West.
03:53There are many families of the Chinese we have to do.
Écris le tout premier commentaire