” “"Simon Peter and Andrew said the Pope this morning during the Divine Liturgy in the Church of Saint George in Istanbul were called together to become fishers of men. But the same task took different forms". Simon "was called ‘Peter’, the ‘rock’ on which the Church would be built; in particular he was entrusted with the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven". His journey would take him to Rome, "so that in that city he could wield a universal responsibility". The topic of the universal service of Peter and his successors, highlighted Benedict XVI, "unfortunately gave rise to our differences of opinion, that we will hopefully overcome, not least through theological dialogue". "My wish", added the Pope, is to renew John Paul II’s invitation "to enter into fraternal dialogue, in order to find ways in which Peter’s ministry could be practised today, though respecting its nature and essence, so as to ‘accomplish a service of love recognised by both’". Andrew, instead, since he could speak Greek, became "the Apostle of the meeting with the Greeks come from Jesus", and, as such, "he stands for the meeting between primitive Christianity and the Greek culture". (to be continued)” “
