General Audience for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

I apologise for linking to ZENIT yet again... but they are carrying a report of Pope Benedict's General Audience address yesterday; the full text is here. This address was dedicated to a reflection on the week of prayer for Christian Unity.

As usual with Pope Benedict, there is a very careful use of words - note "Christian Churches and ecclesial communities" - and a very beautiful exposition of the Scriptural passage from Ezekiel that has been chosen as the theme for the week of prayer this year. The analogy between the division of the Jewish people into the house of Judah and the house of Israel and the divisions between Christians today is rather fascinating and, until reading this report, was something I had not fully appreciated.