"Unity and cohesion among the members of the Church, between them and their pastors, and above all among the pastors themselves" is a prerequisite for the Holy Spirit to still be able to work and spread the Gospel across the world. If instead "diversity escalates into division, it becomes a counter-testimony and seriously undermines the image and commitment" of the Churches to spreading the Gospel. Speaking on Tuesday night at 8.15 pm at the plenary session of the Lambeth Conference about "Proclaiming the Good News: the bishop and evangelism", card. Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the evangelisation of the peoples, made an appeal for unity. The text has been published today by the agency Fides. "Diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson ate widely spoken of today said the cardinal . Similarly, their symptoms can also be found in our Christian communities. For instance, when we live short-sightedly rooted into the fleeting present, oblivious to our past legacy and apostolic traditions, we might be suffering from a sort of spiritual Alzheimer. And when we behave disorderly, moving eccentrically along our walk with no coordination with the head or the other members of our community, that might be a sort of ecclesial Parkinson".
