towards a major ecumenical commemoration in Jerusalem for the 2000 years of the Resurrection of Christ

With the great commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea barely over, eyes are already turning to the future. In the plane which took him this Sunday, November 30 from Turkey to Lebanon, the second and final stage of his first trip outside Italy, Pope Leo

“After the important ecumenical meeting in Nicaea (…), we talked about possible future meetings,” the Pope confided, standing in the aisle of the plane. One of them would take place in 2033, two thousand years after the Redemption, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Speaking of an event that “all Christians obviously want to celebrate,” he speculated that it would be held in Jerusalem. “We have not yet issued the invitation,” however, tempered the Bishop of Rome.