Cotonou, 23 January, 2024 / 8:45 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic Bishops in Benin have appealed to the people of God in the West African nation to settle for lifestyles that contribute to the fostering of Christian unity in the country.
In a collective statement, members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB), who concluded their second Ordinary Session for the pastoral year 2023-2024 on January 19 weigh in on the January 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU).
“We invite all the sons and daughters of the Church, whatever their state in life, to continue to work in favour of unity through behaviours, initiatives, and concrete actions that promote this common ideal,” CEB members say.
They call on members of other Christian denominations to “renew their closeness and fraternity in Jesus Christ.”
CEB members appeal for the “effective realization of this most important wish of our Lord Jesus Christ for his disciples”, upon which the annual WPCU, marked from January 18-25, is founded: the prayer of Jesus for his followers that “they may be one so that the world may believe”, as narrated in the Gospel of John 17:21.
