VATICAN CITY - January 23, 2008 (ZENIT) - Prayer is at the heart of the life of the Church, and that which gives life to ecumenical movement, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope reflected today at the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which ends Friday, Jan. 25, feast of the conversion of St. Paul.
During the octave of prayer, he said, "Christians from various churches and ecclesiastical communities come together at this time in unanimous prayer to ask the Lord Jesus for the re-establishment of unity among his disciples."