RUSSIA: CARD. KASPER, "DID WE TAKE JESUS’ WILL SERIOUSLY?" (2)

"Division among the Christians and the Churches – added Card. Kasper – is in contradiction with the basic sacrament and the highest mystery of the Church". Moreover, on recalling the will of Jesus, "let everybody be one thing", the cardinal wondered: "Did we take this will of His seriously? Not enough, perhaps. Therefore, there is reason to pray uninterruptedly; and in every Eucharistic celebration, we pray for peace and the unity of the Church, above all; but just that is not enough, we must be active, do our best and pave the way to the recomposition of unity". The Vatican representative is in Russia from 21st to 30th May, and the journey programme includes a long series of meetings and visits, such as a meeting with His Holiness, Patriarch Alexius II, to whom Card. Kasper will deliver a message and a gift from His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI.